FIRST
AND SECOND KINGS
&
FIRST
AND SECOND CHRONICLES
In 1st and 2nd Kings and 1st and 2nd Chronicles He
is “our Eternal Reigning King.”
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My servant David, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following
the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over My people Israel:
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and
have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like
the name of the great men that are in the Earth.
Also I will ordain a place for My people Israel, and will plant
them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people
Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that
the Lord will build thee an house.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou
must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which
shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build Me an house, and I will stablish his Throne for
ever.
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son: and I will not
take My Mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
But I will settle him in Mine house and in My Kingdom for ever:
and his Throne shall be established for evermore.
1 Chron. 17:7-14 KJV
The closest way in
which David foreshadow “Christ the Coming King” can be seen in the Covenant God
made with him in Second Samuel 7:4-17.
David wanted to build
a house for God; but instead, God made a house for David. The same three
promises of an Eternal Kingdom, Throne, and Seed are later given to Christ.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto Him the Throne of His father David:
And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of His
Kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke 1:32-33 KJV
There are nine
different dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel, but there is only one
dynasty in Judah. The promise of a permanent dynasty (eternal rule and reign)
is fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
Solomon typifies
Christ in a number of ways. His fabled wisdom points ahead to “Christ Jesus,
Who became for us Wisdom from God” (I Cor.1:30). Solomon’s knowledge, fame, glory,
wealth, and honor foreshadow Christ in His Eternal Kingdom. However, despite
Solomon’s splendor, the Son of Man later says,
“…behold a greater than Solomon is here.”
Matt 12:42 KJV
In Matthew 12:6,
Jesus said: “I
tell you that One greater than the temple is here” (NIV).
In Revelation 21:22
He replaces the temple: “But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple.”
For unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My
Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and
He shall be to Me a Son?
And again, when He bringeth in the Firstbegotten into the world,
He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him.
Heb 1:5-6 KJV