Your Kingdom Will Not Endure

1 Samuel 13:14 – But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”

Isaiah 55:4 – See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.

Jeremiah 30:9 – Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Ezekiel 34:24 – I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

Ezekiel 37:24 – “‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.

Hosea 3:5 – Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.

Micah 5:2 – “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

2 Samuel 7:10-12,14-16 – And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. “‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you: When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom…I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”

1 Samuel 2:30 – “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.

Application:

• ·         Saul will not be followed by his sons; there will be no dynasty bearing his name.
• ·         “David their king” was the Messiah.
• ·         The Lord announced a kingdom where He would be King and the earthly king a “prince”.
• ·         The coming ruler is likened to a shepherd who cares for His flock.
• ·         “Ruler” was ultimately Christ, who will rule for God the Father.
• ·         His beginnings were much earlier than His human birth.
• ·         It is God’s building that effects His kingdom.
• ·         Jesus Christ is the one whom God has chosen and enthroned to rule in His name as the official representative of God’s rule over His people.
• ·         “My love” is God’s special and unfailing favor.
• ·         The promise of an everlasting kingdom for the house of David became the focal point for many later prophecies and powerfully influenced the development of the Messianic hope in Israel.
• ·         Spiritual privileges bring responsibilities and obligations; they are not to be treated as irrevocable rights.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV