Day 40 of 365
PROTECTING THE LINE OF DAVID
Throughout the reign of the Davidic dynasty, God faithfully preserved the promises he had made to David. Adonijah, Solomon's older brother, vied to sit on the throne of his father David. As Bathsheba pointed out, had Adonijah gained the throne, she and Solomon would have been counted as criminals (v. 21). God's promises, however, were stronger than Adonijah's schemes. The line of David would be carried on through Solomon, not Adonijah, because the Lord had appointed Solomon ruler over Israel and Judah. God's faithfulness to protect the kingly line of David would usher in the birth of the King of kings, Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and the one to whom the promises pointed (Mt 1:1). Through Christ, the Davidic throne was perfectly established and was secured forever.
Jesus, your promises are always stronger than our schemes, and I praise you for this. Thank you for your miraculous faithfulness, which guarantees forever. Amen.
1 Kings 1:28-37 NASB
28 Then King David said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king. 29 The king vowed and said, "As the L ord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, 30 surely as I vowed to you by the L ord the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day." 31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever."
32 Then King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came into the king's presence. 33 The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet and say, ' Long live King Solomon!' 35 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne and be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah." 36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may the L ord , the God of my lord the king, say. 37 As the L ord has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!"
Matthew 1:1 NASB
1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
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