880 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 4 Book 74 - Connecting the Dots of Scripture - Part 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 74 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF SCRIPTURE – PART 4 Genesis through Revelation Okay, good to see everybody back for our number four program this afternoon. Again, we want to welcome our television audience. And we just trust you will, as so many have written, take your Bible and your pen in hand and study with us, because we’re not going to be preaching at you, hopefully. I think I’ve only done that once or twice in thirty years where somebody came up and said, “Les, you did everything but the invitation.” But I normally claim to just be a teacher. I’m not going to preach at people. I just want folks to see what the Book really says. And it’s not that difficult. That’s what we’re trying to do, even in this series of programs. It is to show how everything fits from Genesis through Revelation. It’s not that difficult. All right, we’re going to take this program, now, and continue on the concept that Israel is looking forward to a coming earthly kingdom, because that’s what God promised Moses on Mount Sinai back in Exodus 19: that Israel would be a “kingdom of priests.” And, you remember, I made the point (I think it was on the program) that in order to have a viable kingdom, you need two entities. What is it? The king and his subjects. All right, so now we’re going to look at the king aspect. And the ideal kingship of Israel, of course, was King David. He was a man after God’s own heart, and, I think, the apple of God’s eye! So, we’re going to jump from Exodus to II Samuel chapter 7, and we’re going to look at God dealing with King David. Now on our timeline, remember, Abraham appears at 2,000 B.C. Then we’ve got almost 500 years between Moses and Mount Sinai and King David, who rules and reigns about 1,000 B.C. You can pick that up on the timeline. It’s not up there yet, but it will be in a moment. Okay, II Samuel chapter 7 and let’s drop down to verse 8 where God is speaking to David through the prophet Nathan. II Samuel 7:8-10a “Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9. And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10. Moreover (on top of all that) I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own,…” Now, as you read this, think back that since 1948 this has all been fulfilled. They’re there. By divine appointment. God said it. God promised it. And these preachers and theologians can pooh-pooh this all they want. They’re lying through their teeth, because God cannot lie. Man can, but God can’t. And God has said He’s going to “bring them back and plant them,” and you and I have seen it. II Samuel 7:10b “…I will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as beforetime,” Now, keep that right between your ears, because we’re going to jump up to Luke in just a little bit, and you’ll see the same thing repeated. That’s what I like to do by connecting Scriptures. All right, now verse 11: II Samuel 7:11 “And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also, the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.” Now, I have to stop. The first impression you get of “a house” is a building, right? So I suppose the first thought is that we’re talking about Israel’s Temple. No. We’re going to talk about a different house. When you have a royal family anywhere in history, it’s always called The House of such and such. The House of Togarmah. The House of Windsor in England. The House of Orange in Holland. The House of Hapsburg’s in Austria. It was called a house, because it’s a royal bloodline. Out of that family is where the kings and queens always come. So, the “house” that God is promising David is not a physical building of wood and stone and rock, it’s a royal bloodline. It’s the family of David. And we call it the House of David. Okay? Now read on in verse 12. II Samuel 7:12 “And when thy days be fulfilled, (In other words, he’s going to die physically like everybody else.) and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will (Now watch the I wills that God speaks in the Old Testament. If they haven’t happened, they will. God’s Word will never fail. So, after you’ve died--) I will set up thy seed after thee, (in other words, other sons and so forth) who shall proceed out of thy bowels, (Inner-most being—in other words #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible