A Son Of David
A SON OF DAVID
The following promise was given to King David and regards his son and successor.
“When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant [seed] after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.
“He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish his kingdom forever.
“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.
“And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” (2 Samuel 7:12-16). The promise to David revolves around the establishment of a seed. This takes us all the way back to the promise we saw back in Genesis 3:15. It was there that the Lord had promised Adam and Eve that there would come One who would be of the seed of the woman. This Seed would crush the serpent's head. He would be the destroyer of the works of Satan.
(Dead Sea Scroll 4Q Florilegium, a midrash scroll, shows that the Qumran scribes took the “son” in 2 Samuel 7:14 to be a reference to Messiah.) This promise is fulfilled in two parts. The immediate fulfillment will be in the person of Solomon. He will be the seed who will build a house in the name of the Lord. It will be Solomon who constructs the temple of God in Jerusalem. Solomon will found the Davidic dynasty. But the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy is seen in Jesus.
Solomon|Jesus|
Son of David.|Ultimate son of David.|
Established the united monarchy of Israel.|Established the kingdom of God upon earth.|
Built the temple.|He WAS the temple.|
Established a kingdom that would continue until 586 B.C.|Established an eternal kingdom that will never end.|
Chastened because of his iniquity.|Took upon Himself the sins of the world.| The first part of 2 Samuel 7:14 (“I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me”) is quoted twice in the New Testament.
• Hebrews 1:5 quotes it in a context that speaks of Jesus as the Son of God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18 gives a partial quote as the Lord tells US that “I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me.”