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THE SON OF DAVID
THURSDAY, JULY 23
Acts 2:29-36

2 Samuel 7:12-13

 

“…and I will stablish the throne

of his kingdom for ever.”

 

THE SON OF DAVID
 
David is described as a man after God’s own heart. Peter referred to him in this passage (Acts 2:29-36) as a patriarch, considered as one of the great fathers of the Jews. The Messiah is prophesied to come as the “Son of David.” Prophecies in the Old Testament are unfolded in the New Testament to prove that indeed the Bible is no ordinary book but of Divine origin being inspired by God. We must believe the prophecies of the New Testament for we are presented with many infallible proofs of prophecies established by not only being of David but also by the many prophets in the past.
 
David knew: David knew that God would fulfil His promise of a son in his lineage who would be raised up to sit in his throne forever. That son is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
David saw: David trusted that the seed of his lineage would overcome death. “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption” (Ps 16:10). This reference of the resurrection of the Christ was seen by David over a thousand years before the birth of Jesus. Peter then affirmed that he was one of the many witnesses of the resurrection of Christ which David prophesied.
 
David claimed: Acts 2:30 recorded that Peter quoted a verse from another Messianic Psalm: “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Ps 110:1). This is with reference to Jesus Christ who is anointed to sit on the throne of David. Peter concluded that God made Jesus of Nazareth (who was crucified, buried and resurrected) as both Lord, equal to the Jehovah of the Old Testament, and the Messiah, whom the Father anointed to come and reign on this earth and in His Kingdom forevermore.
 
Do you see Jesus as the King who will reign on earth for a thousand years? Do you worship Him equally as Jehovah God of the Old Testament?
 
THOUGHT: Am I seeing Jesus Christ both in the OT and NT?
PRAYER: Father of mercies and abundant grace, help my unbelief and let me trust in the inerrancy and infallibility of the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation.

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