Ob and In:
1. The 3 similar terms: kingdom, dynasty (throne) and house v.11-16 would all be permanent v.16. How could that be possible? These can only be fulfilled by Jesus. When Nathan told David this covenant it would give him hope.
(EBC) God’s promises to David’s descendants: a “house” (= dynasty, vv.11b, 16; cf. “offspring,” v.12); a throne (vv.13, 16) and kingdom (vv.12–13, 16) that will last forever (vv.13, 16); a “house” (= temple, v.13); and a Father-son relationship (v.14) including a covenant love that will never be taken away (v.15)
(EBC) That “house” is used with two different meanings in these verses is clear from the verbs used with it... Although David is not to build a “house” (temple) for the Lord (v.5), the Lord will establish a “house” (dynasty) for David... It is David’s “offspring” (v.12) who will build the Lord’s temple (v.13).
(EBC) Christ fulfills the promises of the Davidic covenant. “The failure of the kings generally leads not to disillusion with kingship but to the hope of a future king who will fulfill the kingship ideal—a hope which provides the most familiar way of understanding the significance of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ coming in his kingdom”
2. The father and son relationship will be reflected in the Father's correction with the rod and woundsv.14b.
Instead of removal from God's love (like Saul v.15), God corrects His sons.
Reflection: how good am I to receive discipline? Do I doubt the love of the one who discipline me? Or I am willing to be corrected knowing that this is from His love?
Love is never without correction.
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