I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever. With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
For I said: "Steadfast love will be built up forever. In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness."
You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I have sworn to David, My servant: I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations."
Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! (Verses 1-5) Italics mine
"I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star." Jesus, Revelation 22
Here is a thought for a Monday morning. The root of the plant becomes the fruit of it. Hmm. God established David as king, having created the young shepherd for just that purpose, then comes to earth as a descendant (the fruit of) David's line. Indeed, let the heavens praise His wonders. Our God Who established his steadfast love for a young man tending sheep in the fields of his father so that God Himself could be born as a man, Jesus Christ, and establish not only David's kingly line but an eternal one. Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
That God actually initiates oaths with men is bind bending for me. God swears by Himself, because there is none higher. The Old Testament law was a covenant begun by God and sworn to by men. The New Testament covenant was also made by God to man: "I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more." Why would God swear such an oath to us in our puny human state? Why would He care?
Because God is love--steadfast love. He can't help but love. The holy ones who surround His throne, the angelic beings who relay His will and messages, the moon and stars, mountains and streams, emu and buffalo--and us. In love, He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will. Love birthed the whole idea of having us become God's children. Before God built the universe and all that sustains it, He knew us. Loved us. And swore to love us for eternity. The root blessing the fruit that will come from its branches. But not before the root sprang forth as fruit itself. God prepared David's life and the generations that unfolded from it in such a way that it would bear the blossom that would rule all generations for all time and eternity. Our God isn't arbitrary. He is a mastermind whose glorious creation moves intentionally through time, covered in steady, faithful love. No mistakes grace God's world. No afterthoughts move their feet on Earth's dusty crust. Love holds our destiny in His hands.
Not only did God make a covenant with David, His servant, but also with His Chosen One. God raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things under his feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church. (Ephesians 1) Destined for all eternity to be Lord of all, Jesus is the fruit of His Father's grand scheme. As the Word of God, His Logos, Jesus is also the very One Who spoke the world into being. All things were made through Him and without Him, nothing was made that was made (John 1). Our salvation was established in the heavenlies forever ago to last forever more. God decided to become the fruit of the root He established in mankind so that mankind could partake of the unfathomable riches of relationship with Him. Love, faithful love, has guided its course from glory, throughout history, and will lead us home.
For I said: "Steadfast love will be built up forever. In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness."
You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I have sworn to David, My servant: I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations."
Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! (Verses 1-5) Italics mine
"I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star." Jesus, Revelation 22
Here is a thought for a Monday morning. The root of the plant becomes the fruit of it. Hmm. God established David as king, having created the young shepherd for just that purpose, then comes to earth as a descendant (the fruit of) David's line. Indeed, let the heavens praise His wonders. Our God Who established his steadfast love for a young man tending sheep in the fields of his father so that God Himself could be born as a man, Jesus Christ, and establish not only David's kingly line but an eternal one. Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
That God actually initiates oaths with men is bind bending for me. God swears by Himself, because there is none higher. The Old Testament law was a covenant begun by God and sworn to by men. The New Testament covenant was also made by God to man: "I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more." Why would God swear such an oath to us in our puny human state? Why would He care?
Because God is love--steadfast love. He can't help but love. The holy ones who surround His throne, the angelic beings who relay His will and messages, the moon and stars, mountains and streams, emu and buffalo--and us. In love, He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will. Love birthed the whole idea of having us become God's children. Before God built the universe and all that sustains it, He knew us. Loved us. And swore to love us for eternity. The root blessing the fruit that will come from its branches. But not before the root sprang forth as fruit itself. God prepared David's life and the generations that unfolded from it in such a way that it would bear the blossom that would rule all generations for all time and eternity. Our God isn't arbitrary. He is a mastermind whose glorious creation moves intentionally through time, covered in steady, faithful love. No mistakes grace God's world. No afterthoughts move their feet on Earth's dusty crust. Love holds our destiny in His hands.
Not only did God make a covenant with David, His servant, but also with His Chosen One. God raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things under his feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church. (Ephesians 1) Destined for all eternity to be Lord of all, Jesus is the fruit of His Father's grand scheme. As the Word of God, His Logos, Jesus is also the very One Who spoke the world into being. All things were made through Him and without Him, nothing was made that was made (John 1). Our salvation was established in the heavenlies forever ago to last forever more. God decided to become the fruit of the root He established in mankind so that mankind could partake of the unfathomable riches of relationship with Him. Love, faithful love, has guided its course from glory, throughout history, and will lead us home.
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