Davidic Covenant

 

 

2Samuel 23:5, Psalm 89:3

 

       2 Samuel 7:8,16 - "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says:  . . . Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.'"

       2 Samuel 23:1,5 - These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel's singer of songs:  . . . "Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire?

       Psalm 89:3-4 - You said, "I  [God] have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah

       Psalm 89:30-37 - "If [David’s] sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, 31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, 32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; 33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. 34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. 35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- 36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; 37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah