Lord of hosts," because He is Lord of vast hosts or multitudes of angels, who worship before Him and do His will. Liable to sin, is subject to sin, likely to sin. Chapter CXXXVEE. DAVID A PROPHET, AND TYPE OF CHRIST. THE Lord had given to His servant David, by the mouth of the prophet Nathan, a promise or covenant, that He would set up his seed after him, and would establish his kingdom for ever; He said, "I will set up thy seed after thee, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever 1." 199 .... In these words God renewed to David the promise which He had made to Abraham, that "in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed "." This covenant or promise was renewed again to Isaac, the son of Abraham; after 1 2 Samuel vii. 12, 13. 16. 2 Gen. xxii. 18. wards to Jacob, his son; and again, in other words, to Judah, the son of Jacob, when the Spirit of the Lord, who prophesied and spoke by Jacob, said, "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be "." The ruler of God's people was to dwell among the tribe of Judah until the Shiloh (that is, "He who was to come") should come, and then all nations should be gathered unto Him, and be subject to Him. And this same promise or covenant was given again, in another way, to David, who was of the seed of Abraham, and of the tribe of Judah, when God said to him, that "He would set up his seed after him, and would stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever." Solomon, who was the son or seed of David, sat upon his throne after him; and his kingdom was established for more than four hundred years. For more than four hundred years, kings, who were of the house and family of David, sat upon his throne, and reigned in Judah. But no earthly 3 Genesis xlix. 10. kingdom has lasted, or can last, for ever. The throne and kingdom of David that was established in Jerusalem came to an end; it did not endure five hundred years; and now, for more than two thousand years, no king of David's seed has reigned in the land of Israel. Yet God's promise to David His servant did not fail; for "He made with him an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure." It was in our Lord Jesus Christ that this promise was fulfilled; of Him, and of His kingdom, that the promise chiefly spoke. For He was born of the family and lineage of David, and was called "the Son of David ;" and to Him has been given a kingdom, even an everlasting kingdom. His kingdom, which is His Church, has now endured for eighteen hundred years, and shall endure for ever. David ruled as king over God's chosen people, who were then the children of Israel; and his throne was established in the land of Judah. And his Seed also was to rule over all the 4 2 Samuel xxiii. 5. people of the Lord; His kingdom was to be as David's kingdom, the kingdom of God's chosen people. But the throne of David's promised Seed was to be established on high, over all the world; and into His kingdom were to be gathered the people of the Lord from all countries under heaven; that in Him God's promise to Abraham might be fulfilled, and all nations of the earth be blessed in Him. And now "the Son of David," the promised "Seed," "the Son of Man," and "the Son of God," our Lord Jesus Christ, rules as a king from His throne in heaven over all the people of the Lord. For Christians are now God's chosen people, and Christ's holy Church the true Israel. In Him God has kept His covenant with David, and made "David's Seed to endure for ever, and His throne as the days of heaven";""unto Him have all nations of the earth been gathered ;" and in Him have "all nations of the earth been blessed." In Him have been fulfilled all words of prophecy which were spoken of 5 Galatians iii. 29. Romans ix. 6-8. 25, 26. 6 Psalm lxxxix. 29. David's promised Seed before He came; “His dominion is from one sea to the other, and from the flood to the world's end..... Kings have fallen down before Him, and nations have done Him service." For "the Lord hath sent forth the rod of His power out of Sion, and He is ruler even in the midst among His enemies." "The Gentiles have come to His light, and kings to the brightness of His rising," who is "the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star" "His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed. Blessed shall be His glorious name for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen "." 2 99 The Holy Spirit enabled David to understand in this true sense the words of the promise which God gave to him by Nathan the prophet, and to explain to others the fulness of its meaning. For 7 Psalm 1xxii. 8. 11. 8 Psalm cx. 2. 9 Isaiah lx. 3. 2 Psalm lxxii. 17-19. |