The Davidic Covenant (Unconditional) 2 Samuel 7:8b-16

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The Davidic Covenant (Unconditional) 2 Samuel
78b-16 Thus says the Lord of hosts I took you
from the pasture, from following the sheep to be
prince over my people Israel and I have been
with you wherever you went, and have cut off all
your enemies from before you and I will make for
you a great name, like the name of the great ones
of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my
people Israel and will plant them, so that they
may live in their own place, and be disturbed no
more and evildoers shall afflict them no more,
as formerly, from the time that I appointed
judges over my people Israel and I will give you
rest from all your enemies. Moreover the Lord
declares to you that the Lord will make you a
house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie
down with your ancestors, I will raise up your
offspring after you, who shall come forth from
your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He
shall build a house for my name, and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I
will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to
me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him
with a rod such as mortals use, with blows
inflicted by human beings. But I will not take my
steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul,
whom I put away from before you. Your house and
your kingdom shall be made sure forever before
me your throne shall be established
forever. Other covenants Noahic, Abrahamic,
Mosaic. Big Bird asks, Which of these covenants
is not like the other covenants?
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Another View of the Davidic Covenant (from Psalm
89) Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful
one, and said I have set the crown on one who
is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the
people. I have found my servant David with my
holy oil I have anointed him my hand shall
always remain with him my arm also shall
strengthen him. Once and for all I have sworn
by my holiness I will not lie to David. His line
shall continue forever, and his throne endure
before me like the sun. It shall be established
forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the
skies. But now you have spurned and rejected
him you are full of wrath against your anointed.
You have renounced the covenant with your
servant you have defiled his crown in the dust.
You have broken through all his walls you have
laid his strongholds in ruins. Lord, where is
your steadfast love of old, which by your
faithfulness you swore to David? Remember, O
Lord, how your servant is taunted how I bear in
my bosom the insults of the peoples, with which
your enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they
taunted the footsteps of your anointed. Blessed
be the Lord forever. Amen and Amen. Question
Is the Psalmist calling God a liar? An
oath-breaker?
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Nehemiah 81-8 All the people gathered together
into the square before the Water Gate. They told
the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of
Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel.
Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law
before the assembly, both men and women and all
who could hear with understanding. This was on
the first day of the seventh month. He read from
it facing the square before the Water Gate from
early morning until midday, in the presence of
the men and the women and those who could
understand and the ears of all the people were
attentive to the book of the law. The scribe Ezra
stood on a wooden platform that had been made for
the purpose and beside him stood Mattithiah,
Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on
his right hand and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah,
Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam
on his left hand. And Ezra opened the book in the
sight of all the people, for he was standing
above all the people and when he opened it, all
the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the Lord,
the great God, and all the people answered,
Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands. Then they
bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with
their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, Bani,
Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah,
Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan,
Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to
understand the law, while the people remained in
their places. So they read from the book, from
the law of God, with interpretation. They gave
the sense, so that the people understood the
reading.
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Ezra 101-5 While Ezra prayed and made
confession, weeping and throwing himself down
before the house of God, a very great assembly of
men, women, and children gathered to him out of
Israel the people also wept bitterly. Shecaniah
son of Jehiel, of the descendants of Elam,
addressed Ezra, saying, We have broken faith
with our God and have married foreign women from
the peoples of the land, but even now there is
hope for Israel in spite of this. So now let us
make a covenant with our God to send away all
these wives and their children, according to the
counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at
the commandment of our God and let it be done
according to the law. Take action, for it is your
duty, and we are with you be strong, and do it.
Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests,
the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would
do as had been said. So they swore.
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Ruth 37-11, 49-12 When Boaz had eaten and
drunk, and he was in a contented mood, he went to
lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then
Ruth, the Moabite came stealthily and uncovered
his feet, and lay down. At midnight the man was
startled, and turned over, and there, lying at
his feet, was a woman! He said, Who are you?
And she answered, I am Ruth, your servant
spread your cloak over your servant, for you are
next-of-kin. He said, May you be blessed by the
Lord, my daughter this last instance of your
loyalty is better than the first you have not
gone after young men, whether poor or rich. And
now, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for
you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my
people know that you are a worthy woman. Then
Boaz said to the elders and all the people,
Today you are witnesses that I have acquired
from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to
Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and
Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,
the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to maintain
the dead mans name on his inheritance, in order
that the name of the dead may not be cut off from
his kindred and from the gate of his native
place today you are witnesses. Then all the
people who were at the gate, along with the
elders, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord
make the woman who is coming into your house like
Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house
of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah
and bestow a name in Bethlehem and, through the
children that the Lord will give you by this
young woman, may your house be like the house of
Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.
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Ruth 413-22 So Boaz took Ruth and she became
his wife. When they came together, the Lord made
her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women
said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, who has not
left you this day without next-of-kin and may
his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to
you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your
old age for your daughter-in-law who loves you,
who is more to you than seven sons, has borne
him. Then Naomi took the child and laid him in
her bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the
neighborhood gave him a name, saying, A son has
been born to Naomi. They named him Obed he
became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Now these are the descendants of Perez Perez
became the father of Hezron, Hezron of Ram, Ram
of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of
Salmon, Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed, Obed of
Jesse, and Jesse of David.
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The Genealogy of Jesus, from Matthew 1 An
account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah,
the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was
the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of
Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his
brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah
by Tamar who seduced her father-in-law Judah!,
and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the
father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab,
and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon
the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of
Boaz by Rahab who was a prostitute!, and Boaz
the father of Obed by Ruth who seduced Boaz!,
and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the
father of King David. And David was the father of
Solomon by the wife of Uriah with whom David
committed adultery, leading to her husbands
murder!, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
skip several hundred years and Jacob the father
of Joseph the husband of Mary whose pregnancy
was scandalous!, of whom Jesus was born, who is
called the Messiah.