David: I'll build you a House (temple). God: No, I'll build you a HOUSE (heritage) 2 Sam 7 (Episode #201)
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- Michael Smith
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- Sat 03 Oct 2020
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David: I'll build you a House (temple). God: No, I'll build you a HOUSE (heritage) 2 Sam 7 (Episode #201)
We are wondering why Jesus teaching in the Jerusalem TEMPLE was such a big deal. Place is important. Here, we find out something that is even MORE important.
We will look at the "foundations" of the Temple that Jesus is speaking in physically. It involves a decision to build a nice HOUSE for God in 2 Samuel 7:2. But the Lord says:, "You think you are going to build me a house (temple). I am going to do you one better: I am going to build YOU (David and his progeny) a HOUSE (a heritage, a lineage, a promised future).
When Jesus gets to Jerusalem, we find Him occupying both the physical HOUSE that David and Solomon builds and occupying the prophetic and messianic OFFICE that the Lord establishes. No wonder the Jerusalemites were a bit confused! Listen, it is easier to see 3000 and 2000 years later.
