Day 95 of 365
A GUARANTEED KINGDOM
David's security, as king over the people of Israel, proved to be in question throughout this book. In the natural order of things, it would not be uncommon for the son of the deceased king to ascend to the throne. However, that was not God's plan. David's kingdom was guaranteed and never in question from the perspective of God's sovereign oversight of his life.
Jesus was born as a proclaimed king, one whose reign would be without end, the one for whom Israel longed. Zechariah 9:9 states, "Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." Although it seemed that his rule was insecure to his disciples at times, Jesus' kingdom was promised. Even today, when believers look around them and feel that the world has gone awry, God's plan of final redemption has not changed. He is working all things to his glory and moving all things toward a final conclusion when Jesus will have final victory over all ungodliness (Rev 21:6 - 8). His is a kingdom that is guaranteed.
Jesus, in this broken, lost world that seems to be so far removed from your truths, remind me that you are still the King and that your kingdom plans are still alive and well. Amen.
2 Samuel 2:8-17 NASB
8 But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. 9He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 11 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Civil War
12 Now Abner the son of Ner, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 Then Abner said to Joab, "Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise." 15 So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent's side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17 That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
Revelation 21:6-8 NASB
6 Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. 8But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
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