Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

international Lesson for July sc. 1896
Gods Promises to David-a Samuel =:
Ale.
ARRANGED from Pelouhets Notes1
GOLDEN TEXT-In Thee, o Lord, do
put my truSt--PSa- III
THE SECTION covers the whole hfessi--
anic idea of Davids time. including Chap.
z. and the parallel, Chron- 17:l-27. Psalm
no. the conquering King: Psalm .. the En-
throned Messiah: Psalm -, the righteous
King: Psalm %. the burial Of the Messiah.
and Psalm Is. the advent OF Jehovah az
Deliverer, are MesSianic psalms
TIME.-Probabiy not long after the last
lesson. B. c. 1912. David was about II years
old.
PLACE.-Jerusalem.
LESSON NOTES.
1. Dayid's Desire to Build a Temple
VS.. Is. The kingdom was now fairly
launched. The people were united. the
ark was on Mount Zion, religious serv,
ices were renewed. David lived in a
magnificent palace, from which he
looked olo upon the place of worship for
the nation and saw only tent. It did
not seem right and fitting that any
house. even a kings. should be more
beautiful and costly than Gods house.
David accordingly consulted the
prophet Nathan whether he should not
build n fitting temple for the worship
of Jehovah. The proposal struck the
prophet favorably. and he babe him
Godspeed, for God approved of it.
II. The Desire Not Granted in the
Form Proposed.-Vs. 40. That night
the word of the Lord came to Nathan
in vision forbidding David to build
the house. The prophet was right in
the assurance that the object of David's
desire was pleasing to God, but there
was need of light upon the best way OF
accomplishing it. The reasons why
David should not build were probably:
u The temple was to be type of the
church, a kingdom of peace carried on
by peaceful measures, and bringing
peace, while David was man of war
(2) The kingdom had not yet reached
its promised limits, and not yet suffi-
GENTLY established to allow David to
take the time from its organization
and conquests. 81 The temple could
be built much more magnificently by
David's son in the peaceful times which
David, as warrior and statesman, would
bring to the kingdom. Here follows a
very brief historical resume, given that
David's faith should be confirmed in the
promises about to be given him, be-
cause God had proved Himself able and
willing to fulfill them. And in looking
back over his history he could see that
God had sometimes dealt with him mys-
teriously, as he was doing now, in re-
fusing him the desire of his heart in
the form he had planned, but that in the
end Gods plan was always wisest and
best.
LII. David's Desire Granted IN Other
and Better Ways.-Vs. lilo. These
promises look far beyond David's time,
are the further unfolding of the Mes
sianic prophesies which began with
Adam in the promise that the seed Of
the woman should ultimately triumph
over the serpent, and the promise to
Abraham that in his seed all the ma
lions of the earth should be blessed.
Now the Messianic promise becomes
more definite in David. unfolding in
larger promises and clearer visions.
The covenant promised to David was
threefold.
First, the house of David was to be
established forever. Solomon recog-
niz ed the fulfillInent of this promise
in his elevation to the throne, then
the line of David's descendants who
succeeded him on the throne of Jul
dab, and finally Christ came, in whom
the prophecy reaches its highest full
fllment. But it is only in Jesus Christ
that it becomes an eternal throne.
Second, the house Of the Lord should
be built by David's seed. The glorious
temple that David desires to build was
built by his son Solomon, while David
himself had the privilege of making
great preparations for this temple, at
least $3.50. OOO. 900 in gold, besides vast
quantities of other material But this
temple was but one expression and
symbol of Gods spiritual temple,
built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets. Jesus Christ
Himself being the chief cornerstone;
in whom ali the building. fifty framed
together, groweth unto an holy temple
in the Lord; in whom We also are build
ed together for an habitation of God
through the spirit" (Eph. 2: 20-22).
1.-The temple of Solomon was the his
torical movement toward a realization
of the prediction, for that ideal was
something higher and more glorious
than the temple OF Solomon. "-Messi-
anic Prophecy, p. 129. Thus Dayid's
son Solomon built the temple at Jeru>
salem. David's greater son built the