2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
TUESDAY, JULY 7
Acts 1:6-7
Luke 1:32
“…and the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David.”
KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
The LORD promised David: “And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever” (2 Sam 7:12-13, 16).
The inquiry: The disciples asked when the restoration of Israel’s Kingdom would be. The Lord did not chide them for they were right to expect the Kingdom of Israel. Rev Timothy Tow said that the great commission is an unfinished commission. Yet, it will be consummated when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to establish His kingdom. When He returns again to this earth, He will sit on the throne of His father David in the city of Jerusalem and will rule on this earth for a thousand years!
The answer: It was clear that they needed to know not when, but what to do while awaiting for this Kingdom. “I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah” (Ps 89:3-4, 27-29, 34-37). The first coming of Christ was already a sure proof of the restoration.
Will you be part of this Kingdom on earth? Will you reign with Christ when He comes again to sit on the throne of His father David?
THOUGHT: Do I acknowledge Jesus Christ as my King?
PRAYER: O God my Father, preserve me unto the time when the Lord Jesus Christ will reign as King, whom Thou hast appointed to sit on the throne of His father David in the millennial kingdom.