The Lineage of The King 2 Samuel 7

The Lineage of The King • 2 Samuel 7: 12 -16 • Solomon was NOT The Fulfillment of Nathan’s Prophecy! • Matthew 1: 1 Jesus son of David • Acts 2: 29 -36 The Fulfillment • Sit One On His Throne = Resurrection • He was Exalted! • Enemies His Footstool • 1 Corinthians 15: 25 • He NOW REIGNS & WILL REIGN!

Time Of The Kingdom • Daniel 2: 31 -44 • “In The Days Of These Kings” • Gold Head = Nebuchadnezzar • Chest & Arms = Medo-Persian Empire • Belly & Thighs = Grecian Empire • Legs & Feet = Roman Empire • ONLY 4 KINGDOMS!

While The Image Still Stood, The Kingdom Began! • Stone Cut Of The Mountain • Crushed The Whole Image! • Representing The End of World Kingdoms!

Daniel 7: 13 • "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. ” • Acts 1: 9 -11 Fulfilled by Christ • Daniel 7: 14 • Dominion, Glory & A Kingdom!

David’s Throne • Stood for Power as King • Solomon Sat on it – 1 Kings 2: 12 • 1 Chronicles 29: 23 • Solomon Sat on His OWN THRONE • 1 Kings 1: 48

IF Christ IS to sit on David’s Throne- • It CANNOT BE ON THE EARTH! • 1 Chronicles 3: 16 • Jeremiah 22: 30 • Matthew 1: 11, 12 Jesus The Seed of Coniah!

Christ HIGH PRIEST & KING • Psalm 110: 4 • Hebrews 6: 20 • Zechariah 6: 12, 13 • His PRIESTHOOD & KINGSHIP ARE CONCURRENT! • He Must NOW be KING ON HIS THRONE! • Hebrews 8: 4

If Christ Sits On David’s Throne on Earth: • He Will Not Prosper – Jeremiah 22: 28 -30 • He CANNOT Be a Priest on Earth – Zechariah 6: 12, 13 • When He Ceases to be High Priest – He Ceases to be KING!

The Nature of The Kingdom • Isaiah 2: 1 -5 • Premillenialists Will Demand A Literal Interpretation • What about Isaiah 40: 3, 4? • IF Both LITERAL – How can the MOUNTAIN of the Lord’s house be established on the TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS when John raised “every valley” & LOWERED “every mountain? ”

Parallels to Isaiah 2: 1 -5 • Ezekiel 34: 20 -26 • Ephesians 2: 11 -18 • Isaiah 2 “in the last days” • Pentecost Beginning of “the last days” Acts 2: 16, 17 • Ezekiel 34 “one shepherd” over “all sheep” John 10: 16 • Ephesians 2 “made both one” “one new man” “preached peace”

Parallels to Isaiah 2: 1 -5 • The Lord’s House Will Be Established • 1 Timothy 3: 15 • The Church Is The Lord’s House • Ezekiel 34 “one shepherd” over “all sheep” • Ephesians 2 Jews & Gentiles One New Man – One Body – The church • 1 Peter 2: 10 “once not a people” “now the people of God”

Isaiah “Out of Zion the Law Would Come…. ” • Luke 24: 46, 47 Christ the Fulfillment • Ezekiel – a covenant of peace • Ephesians 2 – Christ preached PEACE!

Isaiah “new law” • Ezekiel 34 – “new covenant” • Ephesians 2 – Christ Abolished Law of Moses & made Jews and Gentiles ONE • Judged By The SAME LAW!

Isaiah “swords into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks” • Ezekiel – peace under New Covenant • Ephesians 2 – broke down wall of partition – all reconciled to God.

The WALL in Ephesians 2 is NO MORE LITERAL than the SHEEP in Ezekiel 34, or the PLOWSHARES in Isaiah 2! • They Are ALL FIGURATIVE!

Isaiah – ALL invited to come to the House of the Lord • Ezekiel- God will make places around the Lord’s Hill a Blessing • Ephesians 2 – In Christ Jews & Gentiles have Access to God in ONE BODY – THE CHURCH

Old Kingdom – New Kingdom • Carnal Warfare – Swords, Spears, etc. • Spiritual Kingdom – Spiritual Battle Ephesians 6: 12

Isaiah 11: 6 -9 • Fulfilled – Acts 13: 22, 23 • V. 10 fulfilled in FIRST COMING of Christ Romans 15: 8 -12 • VSS. 1 -5 Coming of Messiah st the 1 time • VSS. 6 -9 Characters of Men Drastically Altered!

Christ pictured His Disciples as SHEEP in the midst of WOLVES Matthew 10: 16 • Isaiah 35: 8 -10 “beasts in the way” way of Righteousness FREE from unrighteous men

Jeremiah 31: 31 -34 • Hebrews 8: 6 -13 Christ Mediator of “better covenant” • Jeremiah is Referring to the SPIRITUAL NATURE of the NEW KINGDOM!

Not Considering The “Restoration of Physical Israel” • Hosea 13: 10, 11 Earthly King NEVER Intended for Israel! • Jews & Premillenialists Still Looking for an Earthly King Will Perish Together

The Nature of The Kingdom • Luke 17: 20, 21 – Within You • John 3: 3 -5 “born again” • 1 Peter 1: 22 -25 “begotten again” when obey the truth • John 18: 36 “not of this world” • No Need for Carnal Fighting – no Swords & Spears • Romans 2: 28, 29 – True Jews are such INWARDLY not OUTWARDLY

The Nature of The Kingdom • Kingdom Parables • Matthew 13: 19 • SEED is the WORD OF GOD • Daniel 2: 45 “became a great mountain” = “seed spread” & grew into a GREAT KINGDOM • No Need for Carnal Fighting – no Swords & Spears

The Nature of The Kingdom • Kingdom Parables • Matthew 13: 21 • The DEVIL at work IN THE KINGDOM! • How could this be IF Revelation 20: 3 is talking about the EARTHLY, MILLENIAL KINGDOM?

The Nature of The Kingdom • Kingdom Parables • Matthew 13: 24 • Wheat & Tares Sown & Remain Till THE END OF THE WORLD! • IF The Kingdom is on earth for 1, 000 years, BOTH will be together for

“ 7 Simple Sermons On The 2 nd Coming” • “You see, the millennium is to be a time of righteousness & peace. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that Satan be removed from the earth. ”

HOW Can This Theory be TRUE & the words of CHRIST be TRUE at the Same Time? They CAN NOT! “Let God be TRUE & Every man a Liar. ” Romans 3: 4