David And God's House: Who is Going to Build Whom a House?

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2 Samuel 7:1-17

Some Bible commentators have said that this is one of the most important chapters in the entire Bible.

3 Observations

1. David's desire to build a house for God comes from a good heart (verses 1-2).
2. God turns David's request around and promises to make a house out of David and his descendants (verse 11).
3. The house of David is to be God's everlasting house and kingdom (verse 16).
   

• Kingdom: Solomon is the immediate fulfillment of the prophecy given in 2 Sam. 7. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy. Jesus is given "the throne of his father David" (Luke 1:32-33). In Revelation 22:16, Jesus says that he is the Root and Offspring of David, meaning he is the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy in 2 Sam. 7.
• House: Where does God live? Psalm 33:13-15 (God is above in heaven looking down on his creation), Exodus 40:34-38 (God comes to live among his people, the family of Abraham, in the tabernacle), John 1:14 (God became flesh and "tabernacled" among us), John 14:23 (The Father and the Son make their home within their followers), 1 Cor. 3:16 (believers are God's temple), 1 Peter 2:5 (believers are being built into a spiritual house), Rev. 21:22 (the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the future eternal temple).

3 Takeaways

1. Worship - God is the one who fills the whole earth with his glory, and he is the one who chooses to dwell close with his people.
2. Thanksgiving - We thank him for what he's done for us.
3. Responding with humble obedience - As we look at the contrast between Saul and David and between Saul's hard heart and David's soft heart, let's challenge our own hearts to walk humbly before our God all our days.