The sixth perpetual covenant we are going to look is God's covenant with David when He said to him; “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne for his kingdom forever” (2 Samuel 7:12-13).
This covenant like all of the other covenants is immutable, it will not be broken, for the Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: And what He said was, “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.” Regardless of how much evil some of the sons of David did in the sight of the Lord, “Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever” (Psalms 132:11; 2 Chronicles 21:7).
According to the word of the Lord, only if God had not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth would His covenant with David be broken. Because the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah saying; “Thus says the Lord: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me” (Jeremiah 33:20-22).
The remarkable sign of this everlasting covenant which is dual in nature is Jesus Christ the Seed who descended from the body of David, and with whom God established his kingdom and priesthood forever.
With regards to the perpetuity of David’s throne through Jesus Christ it is written: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father; Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform it” (Isaiah 9:6-7).
And with regards to the other part of the covenant concerning the Levites which states, “Nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man to stand before Me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices”, this has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ who evidently arose from Judah of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood, but of whom the Lord has sworn and will not relent, saying; “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” Therefore by so much more Jesus has become a guarantee of a better covenant. (Hebrews 7: 14, 20-22).
Jesus has become a guarantee of a better covenant in that formerly, there were many priests who were prevented from continuing in office because of death; but now, because Jesus Christ lives for ever, He has a permanent priesthood, and is capable to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them and thus making this covenant perpetual.
To be continued
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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