The Dividic Covenant

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The following is further evidence that the LORD is not finished with Israel, their land, their house, and their throne.

The Covenant Jehovah made with David forms the basis for the future earthly Kingdom of the Messiah. The covenant was given to Nathan the Prophet in Jerusalem to give to David. The Covenant provides a King for the Kingdom. Four things were promised to David: Land, a Son, a House, and a Throne.

The Covenant looks forward to a future time when the Jews would be “planted” permanently and securely in the land of Israel, never again to be driven out. The Covenant was to be fulfilled through King Solomon, David’s son. Jehovah promised to preserve Solomon’s throne (representing royal authority) forever, but not Solomon’s seed.

Concerning Solomon’s seed, Mary, Jesus’ mother was not of Solomon’s lineage, she descended from Nathan, son of David. So, the Messianic bloodline bypassed Solomon.

Regarding Solomon’s throne, Joseph, Mary’s husband, but not Jesus' biological father descended from Solomon. It was through Joseph that the royal authority of the throne legally passed to the Lord Jesus. The glitch in King Solomon’s bloodline is found in Jeremiah. He wrote that no descendant of the genealogical line of David, Solomon, and Jeconiah also called Jehoiakin would ever sit on David’s throne.

Jeremiah 22:24-30 tells the story. Verse 24, the LORD said to King Jehoiakim, “I will pluck thee thence; and give thee into the hand of them that seek your life Verse 26, “I will cast you out.”

So Jeconiah’s lineage was now forbidden, therefore no physical descendant of Joseph could be the Messiah. But Nathan’s lineage was not cursed. So, the virgin birth was required not only to assure the sinless nature of the Lord Jesus but also to fulfill the terms of the Covenant.

Jesus’ legal right to the throne came through Joseph. Jesus' blood right came through Mary. So, Jesus now had the authority to rule the kingdom.

Luke 1:31-32, “Behold, you (Mary) shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest (Most High): and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.”

The LORD’s promise to David: Psalm 132:11, “The LORD has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; of the fruit of your body will I set upon thy throne.” Not because of David’s merits, but because of God’s faithfulness is the Covenant fulfilled.

Psalms 89:34, the LORD said, “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure, and his throne as the sun before me.”

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Genesis 49:10, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."

Genesis 49:10 is a Messianic prophecy: namely that the promised Messianic ruler would be born of the tribe if Judah. That prophecy was fulfilled 2000 years ago in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

The criteria to become a spirit-anointed co-ruler in heaven with that one is based on FAITH in Jesus not on gender, race or nationality.



NOTE : The original promise to be a co-ruler in heaven in his heavenly government (to rule over this our planet earth ) was originally purposed exclusively to the descendants of Abraham. Sadly as a nation the Jews proved unfaithful, so places in the government (also referred to as Gods Kjngdom- see illustration above) were opened up to Gentiles)



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