2 Samuel 5: 1-3 All the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, and they said: “Look! We are your bone and your flesh. In days past, when Saul was still our king, you were the one who led Israel out in all its battles and brought it back. And the LORD said to you: You shall shepherd my people Israel; you shall be ruler over Israel.” Then all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron, and at Hebron King David made a covenant with them in the presence of the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel. Covenant is cut to become king; same language seen in Genesis (bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh…)

David made a big impact politically (what he did for the nation of Israel), liturgically (what he did for worship), and eschatologically (what he symbolized for God’s future people)

Skillful warrior (David and Goliath story) and intelligent general (made general by Saul) Unified the 12 Tribes of Israel and laid the foundation for an Israelite empire (2 Samuel 9) – height of empire will be his son, Solomon Made Jerusalem capital city (2 Samuel 5) perfect location, between North & South and no other tribe had captured it, so he was not showing favoritism Jerusalem is a major city and used as a symbol for Heaven, mentioned 800 times in Scripture

After making Jerusalem the capital city, David brought the Ark of the Covenant (God’s presence – held the 10 Commandments) to the middle of the city This sets an example for all and made divine worship the center of national life Introduced singing and music to worship David was the first writer of the Book of Psalms In ancient Israel, a sacred song was a mizmor, translated into Greek as psalmos, then to the English, psalms

David foreshadowed the Christ Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word messiah, which means “anointed” David is the “anointed one” who is covered in oil (1 Samuel 16) and God’s Spirit David can drive out demons David is given the power to drive out demons with his harp (1 Samuel 16:13-23) Jesus casts out demons and the people ask “Can this man be the Son of David?” (Matthew 12:23) David is known as the suffering king David was a suffering king: on the run from Saul attempting to murder him (1 Samuel 18-31), then later overthrown from office by his son Absalom (Judas figure) David writes about his sufferings in Psalms, which became prophecies of the sufferings that Jesus would undergo (Psalm 22)

2 Samuel 7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to become ruler over my people Israel. I was with you wherever you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. And I will make your name like that of the greatest on earth. I will assign a place for my people Israel and I will plant them in it to dwell there; they will never again be disturbed, nor shall the wicked ever again oppress them, as they did at the beginning, and from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you: when your days have been completed and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom. He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. If he does wrong, I will reprove him with a human rod and with human punishments; but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul who was before you. Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.” God’s Covenant with David

In 2 Samuel 7, God Promises David a son who will: Build a temple Be the Son of God Rule Israel forever While the word covenant is not used here, we are assured that God made these promises into a covenant by 2 Samuel 23:5, “For he has made with me an everlasting covenant.”

Permanent Sign of God’s Covenants with His People: The Temple is a kind of Eden – reminder of the Adamic Covenant Decorated to reflect the beauty of Eden (just as we see today in churches) Stream that flowed out of the side of the temple mount was called “the Gihon” after one of the rivers the flowed in Eden Known as the “new ark” – reminder of the Noahic Covenant The Ark was known as a ‘floating Eden’ Built in a similar way as the Noah’s Ark – for ex: 3 levels Permanent house for the Ark of the Covenant (before it was held in a tent) – reminder of the Mosaic Covenant The Temple was built on Mt. Zion, but was on a rock formation of Moriah (‘Mt. Moriah’), the same location as the almost-sacrifice of Isaac – reminder of the Abrahamic Covenant Built by David’s Son, Solomon (1 Kings 8) – reminds us of the Davidic Covanant

While David is a great king, he is not perfect, and even he falls into sin, most notably in 2 Samuel 11: David lusts after Bethsheba, wife of Uriah. He takes Bethsheba for his own, and kills Uriah by sending him to the front of the line in battle with no troops as back up. David’s son Solomon is born from Bethsheba (shows us that God can make good from every sin, and that every child has worth, regardless of how they were conceived) Notice that after every covenant thus far, there has been some sort of fall that includes a sexual sin. Sexual sin is a sin against matrimony and matrimony reflects our relationship with God: if someone is not faithful in marriage, it reflects their unfaithfulness to God (shows us why divorce is wrong: you cannot break a covenant without consequence, just like you cannot break your relationship with God without consequence) Note: While David committed a great sin, he was repentant of his sins. Many of the Psalms are about his repentance.

God’s promises with David are fulfilled through Jesus, the true King: Kingdom of David only reaches full potential when it becomes the Church Gabriel’s announcement to Mary: Luke 1:32-33 Jesus using the Solomon’s temple to speak of the temple of His body in John 2:19-21 “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body.