The Jesus Bible Reading Plan / ETERNAL KINGDOM

The Jesus Bible Reading Plan

Day 147 of 365 ETERNAL KINGDOM The proverbs of Solomon referred to a faithful king who would establish an eternal kingdom. A key characteristic of this ideal king was fair treatment of the poor. This principle connects up with God's promise to David that one of his descendants would establish a kingdom that lasts forever (2Sa 7:12 - 16). The problem was that Solomon and the rest of David's descendants leading up to the time of Christ failed. Not one of them was the ideal king. Yet these disappointments only increased the expectation that someday a son of David would be the ideal king and establish an eternal kingdom. Isaiah 11:1 - 5 described that future king as the embodiment of Proverbs who is anointed with the Spirit of wisdom. The New Testament presents Jesus of Nazareth as that King. He is the Son of David who came ministering to the poor, and he was given the kingdom of David (Lk 1:32). Jesus, thank you for your fairness. Thank you for caring for all of us, even the poor, even the weak, even the small. Amen. Proverbs 29:14 NASB 14 If a king judges the poor with truth, His throne will be established forever. 2 Samuel 7:12-16 NASB 12 When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" Isaiah 11:1-5 NASB 1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the L ord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the L ord . 3 And He will delight in the fear of the L ord , And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear; 4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. 5Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,