OT Promise 221: The King is Settled

221. The King is Settled

1 Chronicles 17: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

The covenant with David and the promise to us continues with the word “settle,” or “confirm.” The Lord will settle or confirm the Descendant in God’s House and in His Kingdom forever, and the throne of this Descendant will be established forever. The promise is for us in that Jesus is the Son of David and the Son of God for us. The Lord will confirm Him in the Church of God forever. Jesus shall reign as Lord of lords and King of kings forever, world without end. His throne, authority and rule are firm for eternity. Nothing shall ever shake it.

This promise is good for us in that the reign of God in the spiritual kingdom endures under King Jesus for all time and eternity. All the kingdoms and authorities of this present world come and go and pass away, but the king and the kingdom and the word of the Lord endures forever. And since I am in the kingdom by the grace of God in Christ Jesus, I will live and reign forever. Ultimately, everything, everything we have seen and known about in the earthly realm of history and geography, even the present heavens and the earth will pass away. In its place the New Heaven and New Earth will be established, and that kingdom will never end. We are in that kingdom that will never end. Under the authority and rule of the Seed of David we may rest secure and comfortable, joyful and happy, finally at peace and rest.

We can only and always live thankfully in the peace and joy of the Lord, for God made a promise, and the promise is sure. There is nothing like living at peace and in joy in the eternal kingdom of God under the Good King. It is settled.