MESSIANIC PROPHECIES: DESCENDANT OF DAVID AND HEIR TO HIS THRONE

MESSIANIC PROPHECIES

DESCENDANT OF DAVID

AND HEIR TO HIS THRONE

Prophecy

2 Samuel 7:12-13 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Susie: King David was aging and expressed a desire to build a temple for God. However, through Nathan the prophet, God let him know that he was not the one to build the temple. His son, Solomon, would have that privilege. God promised that David’s kingly line would pass on to his descendants.

Susan: No human except the God-man, the Messiah, could live forever. The throne would pass to the Messiah, Jesus, whose kingdom would never end.

Isaiah 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Susan: According to this prophecy Jesus the Messiah’s time will come to set up His everlasting kingdom.

Susie: Jesus did not set up an earthly kingdom when He was born in Bethlehem and walked among men for thirty-three years. However, by His sacrificial death on the cross, Jesus gave us the opportunity for Him to rule in our hearts which brings His kingdom to us right now.

Susan: His physical kingdom on earth will be established at Jesus’s second coming.

Isaiah 11:1-5 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Susie: Much of this will be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Christ as well. We see further prophesy concerning the “breath” of the Lord in Paul’s writings:

2 Thessalonians 2:8 (NIV) And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

Susan: Jesse was the father of King David. Therefore, this is a prophecy that the Messiah would be in the royal line of David. Both Matthew and Luke trace the lineage of Jesus back through the Davidic line.

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Susie: Jesus was the only completely righteous man to ever walk the earth, and will ultimately serve as both King and judge. Again, this verse links the Messiah as one of David’s descendants.

Fulfillment

Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias

Susie: Matthew makes it doubly clear that Jesus was descended from King David by listing David both in his thesis sentence and in the specific list of ancestors in Jesus’s genealogy.

Acts 13:22-23 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

Susan: The Apostle Paul and Barnabas were preaching in a synagogue. Paul gave a condensed version of Israel’s history in order to show that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. After removing Saul, Israel’s first king, from office, God chose David to replace him.

Susie: David was not as royal in appearance as Saul (who stood a head taller than other men), but he had something more important than kingly looks—David was a man after God’s own heart. The Messiah would be descended from a man whose heart was focused on God.

Susan: Paul presented Jesus not only in the royal position as King but, also, as our Savior, the one who graciously sacrificed His life in our place.

Romans 1:3   Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead . . .

Susan: Paul underscored in his preaching and his writings that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the prophetic scriptures.

Susie: He pointed out that Jesus was a descendant of David from an earthly perspective but identified him as the Son of God as well as David.