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Before getting into 2nd Samuel chapter 8, I'm going to finish up where I left off in chapter 7 because I wasn't able to finish my sermon last Wednesday night. So I'm going to pick up where I left off and then we'll get into chapter 8. But first of all, I want to start in verse 12 of chapter 7 where the Bible reads, And when thy days be fulfilled, and remember this is Nathan the prophet speaking to King David, he says, When thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee, and thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee, thy throne shall be established forever. Now obviously he's talking about King Solomon because he's talking to David saying after you die your seed, meaning your descendants, your physical child, is going to sit on the throne, he's going to rule, I'm going to establish his kingdom, he's going to build a house unto me. And of course we know that Solomon did build that physical temple. And then it says right after that, if he commit iniquity. So obviously he's going to have the capability of sinning, and it says, if he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. So what he's saying is that even if his son does not do that which he's supposed to do, that David's kingdom will continue, his sons will be established on that throne in Jerusalem. Now there's also a symbolic promise here though that is prophetic of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because we know that Jesus is also called the seed of David. And if you think about it, the Bible is saying here that the kingdom of David will last forever. No human kingdom could really last forever if you think about it. Because obviously this world is going to pass away, and all the kingdoms of this world are going to pass away at some point. But the reason why God can make this promise of David's kingdom enduring forever is that it's going to endure through the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only that, so there is the physical primary application where he is specifically talking about King Solomon. Where he says look, even if Solomon does wrong, his son is still going to sit on that throne. Because we know that Solomon's son Rehoboam becomes king, even though Solomon does turn away from the Lord in his old age. And Rehoboam is established, and Abijah, and Asa, and Joram, and Josaphat, all the way down the line, there were kings of that line of David ruling over at least the kingdom of Judah, if not the whole nation. And of course there's that prophecy all the way back to Genesis 49, where the Bible said that the scepter would not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his knees until Shiloh come, which is a reference to the coming of the Messiah. And once the Messiah came, who is Jesus, who is of the house and lineage of David, then that's an everlasting kingdom through Jesus. Now here's what the Bible says here. It says, I will set up thy seed after thee, halfway through verse 12, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Now let me ask you this, is that true of Jesus Christ? Absolutely. Because he says that he will build an house for my name, and what did Jesus say? Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And the church in the New Testament is the house of God. So what we have here is a physical primary application that is temporary, because nothing that's human is going to last forever, because people die and nations crumble and they're taken over and replaced and so forth. So he says, you know, your son Solomon, I'm going to continue to have mercy on him, he's going to build a house for my name. But did that house last forever? No, the temple was eventually destroyed, right, by Nebuchadnezzar. But then there's the symbolic meaning, the spiritual application, where he's talking about Jesus being set up of the seed of David and building a house that is the house of God, that is the local church. Now those of us who are Bible-believing Christians who have not been deceived and deluded by this dispensationalist garbage are often accused of spiritualizing everything. And they'll say, you know, you spiritualize everything. You know, when God makes a promise to David or God makes a promise to Israel, you just spiritualize it. Here's the thing, God spiritualizes it. You know, I'd rather spiritualize things than carnalize things. And the Bible says here that the kingdom's going to last forever and that David's going to sit on that throne forever. Well, guess what? There are no sons of David ruling over in Israel today. And by the way, for the last 2000 years, there haven't been any Israelites, you know, ruling over there or doing anything until more recently. So to sit there and say that this is a physical promise is ridiculous, okay? Now go to Psalm 89 because Psalm 89 actually has an expanded version of this prophecy of Christ that really will show you that this is about Jesus Christ, that this isn't just a physical promise made for King Solomon but that it's deeper than that and that it has a spiritual application for the Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament. And what's wonderful about this is that in Psalm 89 we have a great passage on the eternal security of the believer through Jesus. Look at this in Psalm 89. It says in verse number 20, I have found David my servant. With my holy oil have I anointed him. With whom my hand shall be established, mine arm also shall strengthen him. Let's jump down to verse 27. It says also I will make him my firstborn higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him forever and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure forever and is thrown as the days of heaven. Now stop and think about this. If David here represents Jesus because Jesus is the son of David and the Bible over and over again long after David had physically died was prophesying and saying David my servant shall rule over them and it's talking about Jesus because he's the son of David because David represents him. Well think about it. It says here that I will make him my firstborn. That's obviously true of Jesus because Jesus is the firstborn among many brethren the Bible says. Higher than the kings of the earth. We know that's true of Jesus because Jesus is the king of kings. My mercy will I keep with him forever and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure forever and is thrown as the days of heaven. So let me ask you this. Who are the seed of Jesus or the descendants of Jesus? Well keep your finger here and go to Isaiah 53. Isaiah 53 is one of the most famous Old Testament passages that prophesies of the coming of Jesus Christ. But look at Isaiah 53 where it says of course in verse 3 the famous part he is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with our grief and we hid as it were our faces from him. He was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he had borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted but he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Let me just jump down to verse 10 for sake of time. It says yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed. Now do you see that about Jesus? It says when Jesus' soul will be made an offering for sin he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Watch this. He shall see of the travail of his soul. Now what is travail associated with in the Bible? Travail is an old-fashioned word for labor. And so he says the travail, the Bible talks about women travailing when they're going to have a child, right? So again the travail has to do with his seed, with his children, okay? So it says he shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify him, justify many for he shall bear their iniquities. For I will divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he had poured out his soul unto death and he was numbered with the transgressors and he bare the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors. So go back to Psalm 89. In that scripture it says over and over again how he died for our sins. He's bruised for our iniquities. He made intercession for the transgressors and he was wounded for our iniquities. Over and over again it's talking about the fact that Jesus died for us and that he bare in his own body our sins when he died on the cross. And that's what that whole passage is talking about. And it says that when he goes through this great suffering in order to justify the sinners and save them from their sins, it says that he shall see his seed and the seed are the many that he shall justify. That's his seed. Why? Because of the fact that we are begotten. We are saved and not only that but we are born again and we are children of God. So Jesus Christ, despite what Hollywood and all this fraudulent, you know, gospel that they come out with where they dug up some new gospel of, you know, they find some character in the Bible that wasn't a big character, all of a sudden he wrote a gospel. Gospel of Bartholomew, gospel of Thomas, you know, gospel of whatever unknown disciple. And basically they come out with this stuff of, oh, Jesus was married. I mean, isn't this the stupidity that Time Magazine and the History Channel is always putting out, CNN or whatever, you know, is doing a special on the fact that I just saw I was sitting in the airport and CNN was doing something about Jesus. What is the cable news network going to tell us about Jesus? But they're doing a whole special on Jesus or something. And what do they say? Oh, it turns out he was married and had children, blah, blah. No, no, no. Here's the thing. Jesus did not get married and Jesus did not have children. It says, who shall declare his generation? He was cut off from the land of the living. But how did he see his seed? Not a physical seed, a spiritual seed of Jesus. Because every one of us that believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and have been born again, we are begotten of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are saved and Jesus is our Father. That's why his name is called the Everlasting Father because he is our Father if we're saved. And so the seed of Jesus are those who've been saved according to Isaiah 53 and according to really the message of the whole New Testament, you know, it talks about being born again and the spirit of adoption and so on and so forth. So therefore, when it says in verse 29 there in Psalm 89, his seed also will I make to endure forever, seed there is referring to his children, those of us that are saved. We're the seed of Jesus Christ. It's the same word as when it says if you be Christ, then you're Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. So if you're in Christ, you're the seed of Abraham. You inherit those promises. And if you're in Christ, you're also the seed of Jesus himself and then you inherit those promises. See, here's a genealogy for you, okay? Abraham begat Jesus, Jesus begat Stephen Anderson. That's my spiritual genealogy right there. That's totally biblically accurate what I just told you there. You know, I'm in Christ, therefore I'm the seed of Abraham because Jesus is the seed of Abraham. Jesus is the seed. If I'm his seed, then Abraham is my spiritual granddaddy, okay? So right here in the scripture, look at the powerful proof of the eternal security of the believer right there before your eyes. It says, his seed also will I make to endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children, whose children? Jesus. It says if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments, if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments, I'll just smile and say that's okay. Is that what it says? No. He said, look, if they break my commandments. He says, then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. Now isn't that what the Bible said that the Lord would do if we disobey as Christians? It said, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. And this is exactly what this passage is teaching. Let's keep going. Nevertheless, verse 33, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me. So he starts out by saying, look, the seed will endure forever. His children will endure forever. And we know that this is prophetic of Jesus Christ. And it says, look, if they break my commandments, if they forsake my law, they go out and live a life of sin, he says, I'm going to punish. I'm going to visit them with the rod and I'm going to chasten them for their transgression. But I'm not going to take away my loving kindness utterly from them. I'm not going to alter the thing that's gone out of my lips. I'm not going to break my covenant with them. And this is just like when the Bible says in hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before the world began, he can't break his promise. He will not break the covenant that he has made that new covenant in his blood. He will not break it. Now does that mean we get away with whatever? No, because he said, I'll visit them with the rod, but I'm not going to take away my loving kindness. What does the Bible say in the New Testament? Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Who can separate us from the love of Christ? It lists all the things and it says that I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor height nor depth nor any other creatures shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And so isn't it amazing the consistency between Psalms and the teaching of the New Testament? Both teaching eternal life through Jesus. Both teaching that you cannot lose your salvation. So let's go back to 2 Samuel chapter 8. And if you'll notice what we just read in Psalm 89, part of it was directly quoting 2 Samuel 8. Because David is the author there. So basically a lot of the same statements are made in Psalm 89 as what we see in 2 Samuel 8 where he says in verse 14, and remember we can apply this to ourselves as believers. Ah, you're spiritualizing. Yes, the Bible's a spiritual book. It's spiritually discerned. You know, whenever you hear people whining about things being spiritualized, maybe they're just not spiritual enough to understand. Oh I'm sorry, are you so carnal that you can't stand me spiritualizing something? It's a spiritual book, friend. But it says right here in verse 14, I'll be his father and he shall be my, this is 2 Samuel 7 verse 14, I'll be his father and he shall be my son if he commit iniquity. Apply this to yourself if you're a child of God. I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men, but my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee. So God's not going to take his mercy from us. He'll discipline us, but he's still going to love us, we're still going to endure forever, we're still going to have everlasting life. Now as we go down here, let's keep on reading. It says in verse 17, according to all these words and according to all these visions, so did Nathan speak unto David, then went King David in and sat before the Lord and said, who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house that thou has brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, but thou has spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? So what's David doing here? He's just expressing his humility and he's not puffed up saying, well, yeah, of course I'm going to endure forever. Didn't you see what I did to Goliath? You know, didn't you see what all the battles that I've won? Of course my kingdom's going to last. No, he's humble and saying, you know, I don't deserve this. And by the way, what is the difference between those who are saved and those who are unsaved? A big part of it is humility versus pride. Because to be saved, you have to be humble enough to put all your trust in Jesus and admit that it's not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us. And a prideful person doesn't want to accept that free gift. They want to try to pay for it themselves and earn it. Well, you know, good luck with that. But as we go down a little further, there are some other statements that David makes about the promises of God. It says in verse, I want to point out one specific thing to deal with. It says in verse 22, wherefore thou art great O Lord God, for there's none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible for thy land before thy people, which thou redeemest to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods. For thou has confirmed to thyself thy people Israel, to be a people unto thee forever, and thou Lord art become their God. Now I just want to just focus in on that verse 24 there, because this is one of those verses that people will often take out of context and just isolate and pull it out and try to use it to teach false doctrine in verse 24 there, where it says, for thou has confirmed to thyself thy people Israel, to be a people unto thee forever. And they say, see right there, it says, you know, that he confirmed that Israel is God's people forever no matter what. You know, they love a verse like that, where they can take it out of the Old Testament from before they rejected Jesus and just isolate it all by itself out of context and say, see right there, you know, Israel is going to be God's people forever. And then what they'll do is, they'll find a nation in the Middle East where a bunch of Polish people, a bunch of Polish people, and you know, I have nothing against Polish people, I'm actually part Polish, I found out, but a bunch of Polish people come over there and take over with the help of the United Nations and Lionel Rothschild, and they come in there and take over that land, and then they just call it Israel. And then now they're God's people. You know what, just because you call your nation Israel doesn't make it Israel any more than if you name your kid Jesus, he suddenly becomes Jesus. I mean, like if you say, well, this is Jesus, and the Bible says Jesus saves, therefore this guy named Jesus can save me. I mean, wouldn't that be ridiculous, you'd say, look, just because his name is Jesus, that doesn't really make him Jesus Christo, you know what I mean? Sorry to get all Spanish on you there. But anyway, go to Romans 9, Romans chapter 9, because isn't this what people think? Oh, it's called Israel. And then they're like, Palestine, Philistines, see, ah, see how I'm trying to say, Philistines, Palestine. So now it's real easy to see who the good guys and the bad guys are. Israel, of course it's the good guy. But wait a minute, is that what the Bible really teaches, that just as long as you have that name, you're good to go? As long as your name is Israel, you're good to go. Or they'll say, well, they're not really Polish. You know, don't let the blonde hair and blue eyes fool you. They're actually descended, I mean, they're pure blooded descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Jacob, Begat, Judah, Begat, Begat, Begat, you know, all the way down to, you know, Mordecai or whatever, Mordecai, Levi or, you know, whatever Jewish dude over there. And they'll say, oh, yeah, they're the pure blooded descendants. But look what the Bible says about this exact issue in Romans chapter 9. It says in verse 6, not as though the word of God hath taken none effect, for they are not all Israel which are of Israel. So what happens is you've got a promise in the Old Testament in 2 Samuel chapter 7 where God says, oh, yeah, Israel is going to be my people forever. But then they ignore the teachings of the New Testament which say right here in Romans 9, they're not all Israel which are of Israel. So what he's saying there is that when I say Israel is going to endure forever, I'm not talking about every person who descends from Israel or says they're Israel. That's not going to do it. Let's keep reading. He says, for they are not all Israel which are of Israel. Verse 7, neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children. Not enough. But in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God. But the children of the promise are counted for the seed. So right there it's crystal clear that the physical flesh descendants of Israel are not Israel in God's eyes. That's why the Bible just told us seven chapters ago in Romans 2, 28, for he is not a Jew which is one outwardly. What's outwardly? The flesh. He's not a Jew which is one outwardly. Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh. He's a Jew which is one inwardly. And circumcision is that of the heart and the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God. You say well what is that spiritual circumcision? Well Philippians 3, 3, we are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus. You're not of the circumcision according to Philippians 3, 3 unless you rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh. And what is their confidence in today? The flesh. Oh yeah, we're descended of Abraham. Think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. But isn't that their claim to fame? Oh Abraham's our father. Oh we're descended from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He said they are not the children of God. The children of the promise are counted for the seed. You say well who are the children of promise? Well you know Galatians tells us, he says now we brethren as Isaac was are the children of promise. And who's he talking to, Gentiles? He says to the Galatians, we as Isaac was are the children of promise. You put that side by side with Romans 9 and it's crystal clear what's going on here. Being of Israel physically is meaningless in the sight of God and it's not that God's promise because did God break his promise to Israel? No, God's promise has not taken into effect, it's just that they're not all Israel which are of Israel. And then it's funny how people would go to Romans 11 where it says all Israel shall be saved and then they don't forget that not all Israel is Israel. I mean think about it. If the Bible says all Israel shall be saved, how can an unsaved person be part of Israel? Just think about it, just let that sink in for a second. So all Israel shall be saved when he's going to send the deliverer that's going to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Who's the deliverer? Who's the savior? You better say Jesus. And so if it says look, all Israel shall be saved and then you're like no unsaved Jews are Israel. They're going to hell but they're still Israel. They're still the chosen people but they're going to hell because they don't believe in Jesus. That doesn't even compute. It doesn't even make sense. Well they're God's people but they're going to hell. It's called cognitive dissonance where you can hold two contrary ideas in your head at the same time and think that they're both true. It doesn't make any sense folks. I mean what does the Bible say? No, the reason that God's promises are not, you think God broke his promises to Israel. It's that they're not all Israel which are of Israel. Go to Romans 11. I don't want to spend any more time on this because you know I've been spending all day on it. We're working on the movie with Paul. I got to get this off my chest after spending all that editing but anyway Romans 11. Okay look what the Bible says here in verse 1. It says I say then hath God cast away his people? God forbid for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin. So people look at that and say see God didn't cast away his people. Well here's what Paul's saying. Well here's why God didn't cast away his people because I'm an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin and I'm saved and I'm not cast off because I'm saved. And that's why if you go down just a few verses it says in verse 4 but what sayeth the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there's a remnant according to the election of grace. So there is a remnant that has not been cast away according to the election of grace. Look at verse 7. What then Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for but the election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded. Who's the election according to verse number 5? Those who are saved by grace. It's the election of grace. Not of the flesh, not of works, not of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man but of God. And so we have here a crystal clear statement that says the reason that God has not cast off his people is because there are some Israelites that are saved because of the grace of Jesus. Because they're saved. I mean who here thinks that there are Israelites that believe in Jesus? Somewhere in this world, of course. But what do most, most Israelites are bowing down to Baal today. And I mean isn't that what he said? Hey there's seven thousand that haven't bowed the knee to Baal. You know what that means if there's seven thousand that have not bowed the knee to Baal? It means there are hundreds of thousands bowing the knee to Baal. I mean isn't that what it means? And that's, the Jews today are worshiping Baal literally. And that star symbol, that hexagram that they have as a symbol is a symbol of Satan. It is Baal that they worship that is not, you say well they worship God. No the Bible says if you don't have the son you don't have the father. So how can you say they have the same God that we do when the Bible says they don't have the father? Because they don't have the son. And if they don't have the father then who do they have? Because they're praying to somebody. I mean aren't they praying to somebody? Is it Jesus? Oh what about this verse? And it's like these dispensationalists they have like, they have that disorder where like the left half of their brain doesn't communicate with the right half or something. You know how some people have a disorder where it doesn't communicate right? So like on one side of their brain they believe yeah you have to believe in Jesus to be saved. And they quote John 14 6, no man cometh unto the father but by me. If you ask anything in my name I'll do it. But then over here on the Jew side of their brain they're literally, this is what they'll literally say. They'll literally say this, God answered their prayer. Hello? God answered their prayer in the six days war. And God answered their prayer. And they'll say, oh you know the Israel, I mean I've seen Christians today posting pictures on Facebook of an Israeli troop praying for God's help and they're like oh look at this Israeli troop. He's praying to God. He's praying, and they love to pull out the Old Testament names. He's praying to Jehovah. He's praying to the Lord. Praying to God. Okay is he doing it in Jesus' name? Because last time I checked no man cometh unto the father but by him. I thought he said if you ask anything in my name I'll do it. I mean when I finish praying I say in Jesus' name, amen. Who says that at the end of your praying when you pray? In the name of Jesus, amen. Yeah is that what they're saying over there? Then you know how far their prayer's going? It's going a couple feet above their head and just going into thin air. It's hitting the ceiling and stops right there. Because your prayer does not go to the father unless you're going through Jesus. You have no access. The Bible says that we come boldly to the throne of grace to find mercy, to help in time of need. It says we have access by faith into that grace wherein we stand. That's the access to the throne room of God. What's our access to the father? Through Jesus? The Bible says therefore we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Look if they don't have Jesus they're at enmity with God. What's the opposite of peace? War. Look they're walking according to the prince of the power of the air. They're at enmity with God. They are by nature the children of wrath even as others. The Bible says if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life. If you haven't been reconciled by his son you're enemies. That's why are you still in Romans 11? Hey while we're there let's just look at verse 28 since we're there already. As concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sakes. Look unbelieving Israel is an enemy according to scripture. But it says but as touching the election they're beloved for the father's sakes. So look does God still love them? You know what but God loves a lot of unsaved people. God loves his enemies. That's why he could tell us to love our enemies and not be a hypocrite by doing it. Anyway I could go all night on that subject. Let's go back to 2 Samuel. But I wanted to touch on that. And I don't want somebody to say that I glossed over that 2 Samuel 7 about Israel enduring forever. Hey I believe Israel is going to endure forever. I believe Israel are the chosen people of God. But they're not all Israel which are of Israel. And that the bunch of Polish people who moved there in 1948 without believing in Jesus are not spiritually Israel. They're carnal Israel which is a fraudulent Israel which is a fake Israel. It's not going to endure. Now look is it any surprise that we find these two things in the same chapter? Up a few verses he's talking about David's son enduring forever. I mean is Solomon still reigning? Or was there a spiritual application there? Spiritual of Jesus right? But then here's what's funny. Everybody would agree with that. Any Baptist that we showed this to would say oh yeah when it says David's kingdom is going to be an everlasting kingdom and when it says that his sons are going to sit on that throne forever there's no question that's fulfilled in Jesus. Not a physical throne. But then you go down a few verses and it's like don't spiritualize this. What are you doing? They're fine with you spiritualizing you know verse 14. But then all of a sudden verse 24, 25 is just no it's got to be that physical nation you know. I mean look what if we just started a town in Arizona and just called it Israel? And then we just said well this is Israel you know and all the promises of Israel apply to this town. It wouldn't make any sense. Yeah but they're doing it in the right geography. God's the God of the whole earth okay but anyway I don't want to go all night on that but there's plenty of scripture we could go all night. Someday I will. No I'm just kidding. But anyway let's finish out with this. So let's get in chapter 8. So that was chapter 7. He talks about how God's going to bless him forever. He says in verse 29 of chapter 7, therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may continue forever before thee for thou O Lord God has spoken it with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever. Verse 1 of chapter 8. I'll just blow through this. After this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and David took methigamma out of the hand of the Philistines. I'm not going to read all this because we already read it at the beginning of the service with brother Jesse but as you go down through this verses 1 through 8 it's just listing David defeating this enemy, David defeats this enemy, David defeats this enemy. They're dwelling securely. He's reaping a great reward from these victories that he's achieving. Then it says in verse 9, when Toai king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the hosts of Hadadezer, one of the enemies he defeated, then Toai sent Joram his son unto king David to salute him and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him for Hadadezer had wars with Toai and Joram brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he had subdued. So what do we see here? He's fighting against all the Lord's enemies, he's winning all the battles, God's blessing him, God's established his kingdom and then another kingdom just to thank him for defeating a wicked nation brings a present to him and says hey here's a bunch of gold and silver and everything because you defeated our arch enemy and we appreciate that and then he takes that gold and silver and he dedicates it unto the Lord and the reason he's dedicating all this gold and silver unto the Lord is because it's going to go toward building the temple because the temple's all going to be gold plated and have all kinds of gold and silver and precious stones associated with it and the vessels and the building itself. So that's what he's doing in this chapter. It says also in verse number 13, and David got him a name. So he's getting a reputation of being a great warrior. David got him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt being 18,000 men and he put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom he put garrisons and they of all they of Edom became David's servants and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went and David reigned over all Israel and David has executed judgment and justice unto all his people. Now when it says that he put garrisons there basically he's stationing troops in Edom. Basically his troops are there ruling so that basically he's the boss of Edom now. He's not just ruling over Israel but he's got his garrisons all throughout Edom so he's ruling Edom as well. He has them in submission. Now why is that important? Because this is an important fulfillment of Bible prophecy because what was told unto Rebekah when Rebekah had Jacob and Esau in her womb do you remember? Flip over there quickly Genesis 25 this is an important fulfillment of Bible prophecy in 2 Samuel 8 don't miss it because this is actually a significant doctrinal point once you understand what I'm showing you here in Genesis 25. In Genesis chapter 25 we have the story about Rebekah and she has the two children in the womb and they're twins and it says in verse 22 and the children struggled together within her and she said if it be so why am I thus and she went to inquire of the Lord and the Lord said unto her two nations are in thy womb. Now she's like oh man I knew I was having twins but I didn't expect that many multiples you know two nations but he's saying two nations are in thy womb and two manners of people shall be separated from thy bells and the one people shall be stronger than the other and the elder shall serve the younger. Now did you notice there that three times he emphasizes that it's a plurality of people because he says don't miss it he says two nations right then he says two manner of people and then he says the one people shall be stronger than the other and the elder shall serve the younger. Now here's what's funny that phrase the elder shall serve the younger is quoted in Romans 9 and people will try to apply it to the individuals Jacob and Esau. Is this a verse about individuals? Is this verse saying that the person Esau is going to serve the person Jacob? No it's saying there are two nations and when it says the elder shall serve the younger he just told us three times that we're talking about people nations groups so what he's saying is that the nation of Edom or the nation of Esau is going to serve the nation of Israel because Jacob or Israel is one of those twins he has two names Jacob or Israel and then Esau or Edom those are the two names that he goes by is another nation so when the Bible says the elder shall serve the younger it's saying that the nation of Esau is going to serve the nation of Israel now if you study the whole book of Genesis you'll never find the person Esau ever serving Jacob ever in fact you'll find the opposite you'll find Jacob serving Esau Jacob giving gifts to Esau so when was this fulfilled because Esau lived and succeeded and thrived and grew up to be an old man but Esau never served Jacob ever in the Bible but let me ask you this did the nation of Esau serve the nation of Israel? 2 Samuel chapter 8 is the fulfillment of that prophecy because what do we see in 2 Samuel chapter number 8 verse number 14 he put garrisons in Edom throughout all Edom putty garrisons and all they of Edom became David's what? Servants so in 2 Samuel 8 all they of Edom all they of Esau became David's servants that's the fulfillment of Genesis 25 because Genesis 25 two nations are in your room two manner of people the one people will be strong in the other the elder shall serve the younger it's not saying that Esau is going to serve Jacob that never happened in the Bible saying Edom is going to serve Israel that happened in 2 Samuel chapter 8 see how that's an important fulfillment there where all Edom and nobody can say well you know that's not well all Edom became David's servants and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went so that's an important teaching also if you go to Romans 9 and find that quote it also says in that same verse Jacob have I loved Esau have I hated they'll try to apply that to the individual but if you look at that one up in Malachi we won't go there for sake of time in Malachi chapter 1 it says I hated Esau I loved Jacob and hated Esau and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness and it says they are the people against whom the Lord hath indignation forever so who's God mad at the person Esau or the nation of Esau it was the nation of Esau that he was mad at and he never laid the person Esau he never laid his habitation waste for the dragons of the wilderness he actually prospered Esau Esau actually prospered and did well in his old age and thrived and succeeded I believe Esau is in heaven you know people think oh you're crazy you're nuts he believed he was a good guy there's nothing you know now did he make some major sins in his life oh yeah what were the sins of Esau he married multiple wives this is what Esau did wrong he married multiple wives he married heathen wives and he hated his brother in his heart okay but let me ask you this is there evidence that he later repented of those things and actually did right before the Lord yeah is there evidence that he repented of marrying heathen wives well yeah because I mean at least he did say he saw that it upset his parents so then he took a third wife that was not a heathen and he thought that would fix it well you know I didn't fix it but then also he felt bad about the fact that he hated his brother because he made things right with his brother remember when Esau comes and hugs Jacob and he's crying and he's sorry what about that and then God blesses him and everything's great after that so anyway people people get a messed up view when they when they they skip some of these details that's why we read the Bible you got to pay attention to detail that's why it's important to have a King James Bible right because a lot of these details are gone in the new versions because they're just like oh just get the gist of it just paraphrase it you miss these little things that change doc they're game changers when it comes to doctrine but let's finish up in second Samuel 8 so we see that important fulfillment of biblical prophecy where all of Edom is ruled over by Israel it says in verse 15 and David reigned over all Israel and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people and then he just lists off all of the people that were in David's government so what's the message of of second Samuel 8 if we're just give an overarching message for the whole chapter is that you know what if you obey the Lord and do what's right God's gonna bless you and you're gonna see you're gonna have success that's what the Bible is saying now it doesn't mean you're not gonna go through trials and tribulations and hard times but you know what we see in second Samuel 8 God blessing David preserving him establishing him giving him victory over all his enemies why because he did justice and judgment because he loved the Lord because he was generous with the Lord he wasn't just some greedy guy that's just trying to amass all the gold and silver he's generous with the Lord he loves the Lord and he's obeying his voice he's ruling the people with you know justice and equity and so what does God do blesses him establishes his kingdom later on he's gonna make some mistakes but right now we're at a point in David's life where he's actually doing the right things and things are going pretty good and and and he's actually being blessed let's borrow that word of prayer father we thank you so much for the word of God and we thank you for this this chapter and the the things that we can learn from it the the fulfillment of an important prophecy the the example of a man who obeyed you and and was taken care of and preserved Lord and thank you so much for what we learned from chapter seven about just just the Old Testament promise of eternal security eternal life and and your chastening and everything Lord thank you for such a wonderful word that we can learn from and and and trust and anchor our soul to and in Jesus name we pray amen