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发帖数: 3781 | 1 By Pastor Kelly Sensenig
I hate weeds. If there is one thing I hate it's pulling weeds from gardens a
nd flower beds. Someone has invented a product that will keep weeds from gro
wing. It's called "preen" and this product stops the weeds from germinating
and producing roots. The world will forever be grateful to the man who inven
ted this product. If you can stop the roots from starting you will have no w
eeds! We can rejoice when weeds have no roots. However, just the opposite is
true with the roots or origins of the Millennial Kingdom. The promise of th
e kingdom does have strong roots and these roots cannot be pulled out and st
opped from producing.
The promises given to Israel concerning the Millennial Kingdom are founded u
pon unchanging covenants such as the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3; 17:7-8
, 13, 19; 1 Chron. 16:17; Psalm 105), Palestinian Covenant (Deut. 30:5-6; Ez
ekiel 16:60), Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:16; 23:5; Isa. 55:3), and New Coven
ant (Isa. 24:5; 61:8; Jer. 31:26-34; 32:40; 50:5; Ezek. 36:26-27; Heb. 13:20
).
The roots of the Millennial Kingdom can be clearly traced back to the Davidi
c Covenant and the promise that were given to David. This covenant promises
that David will always possess a seed (posterity that can produce a king), k
ingdom (sphere of rule), and throne (place of rule and a king that will resi
de over Israel) that will be eternal and envisions a time when David's desce
ndent will rule on the throne in Jerusalem without interruption. | R*o
发帖数: 3781 | 2 The roots of the Millennial Kingdom can be clearly traced back to the Davidi
c Covenant and the promise that were given to David. This covenant promises
that David will always possess a seed (posterity that can produce a king), k
ingdom (sphere of rule), and throne (place of rule and a king that will resi
de over Israel) that will be eternal and envisions a time when David's desce
ndent will rule on the throne in Jerusalem without interruption.
David had become firmly established as king over the entire nation of Israel
(2 Sam. 7:1) and he expressed the desire to build a permanent house of wors
hip for God in Jerusalem (2 Sam. 7:2-3). Through Nathan, the prophet, God re
vealed that it would be Solomon, David's son, and not David himself who woul
d build the house of worship (2 Sam. 7:4-7, 12-13). Please note that David w
anted to do something for God but God promised to do something for David. S
ometimes we must simply let God do it His way! God did not allow David to bu
ild the Temple, but He did establish a significant covenant with him. Since
God made this covenant with David, theologians have called it the Davidic Co
venant. Although this passage does not call God's promises to David a covena
nt, other passages clearly indicate that God was establishing a covenant wit
h His servant (2 Sam. 23:1, 5; 2 Chr. 7:18; 21:7; Ps. 89:3-4, 28-29, 34-37;
Jer. 33:19-26) and like the other covenants it was an eternal covenant built
upon the faithful promise of God (2 Sam. 7:15, 23:5; Ps. 89:3-4; 20-37; Jer
. 33:19-26). This covenant has special significance concerning the future Ki
ngdom of God that is foretold in the Bible. |
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