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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR OCTOBEI, ii.

Subject: Gods Promises to David, 1
Chron. 17-Golden Text, Kings
S:56-Commit Verses 13, IL
Read 2 Sam. z and Ps. 80.
TINIE.-1O42 B. c. PLACE.-Je-
rusalem.
EXPOSITION.-l. II have been
with thee whithersoever thou went
est" VS.. Ito. Nathan took 1t for
! granted without consulting God that
! David's proposition to build a house
for God would be acceptable unto
Him. But God set Nathan right "the
!, same night" In the first instance
Nathan had spoken out of his own
judgment, but now "the word of the
Lord" came unto him. God will make
His will known to those who sincere
| ly desire to know it Gam. 3:O. Je-
hovah speaks of David as MY SER
cant." but refused to permit him to
| build a house for Him. God accepts
| one kind of service from one man
and another kind of service from an
other man. The prime reason why
God would not permit David to build
His temple was because he had been
q man of war and blood (ch. 22:7, 8;
2S:3). Jehovah is the God OF
peace" Israel had been pilgrims
dwelling in tents and wandering from
place to place; and Jehovah had
dwelt in tent with them. He had
walked with all the children Of Is
rael" (cf. 2 Cor. GIG; Rev. 2:D.
God has never complained at sharing
His peoples experience nor suggested
to any of the judges that they should
build an. house of cedar for Him. God
! appreciated the love that prompted
David to offer to build an house for
Him, though He was obliged to de-
cline the offer. He had done great
things for David, exalting him from
the lowliest position to the most er-
Glted. 1t is ever Gods way to exalt
the lowly to position among the
highest (Ps. 1877, s; Lu. 1:52).
Many of those who are to-day among
the obscurest on the earth will some
day sit among princes. God took
David from being ruler Of sheep to
be ruler of His people. Fidelity In
! the humber position had fitted him
for the higher position. But not only
had God exalted David to this posi-
tion. lie had also been with thee
| whithersoever thou wentest" (cf. l
Sam. 1914; 2 Sam. 22:30,34,3S).
And He promises to be with us also
Matt. $500. He had cut off his
enemies and made for him great
name, and that He will do for us
Elsa. $3.50. What God did for David
| Is only faint sugg vstion of what God
can and will do for all who are in
Christ (Eph. 1:1S-22). God declared
| to David His purpose not only regard
| ing himself, but also regarding all
Israel This purpose Of grace as an
| nounced in v. 10 had a partial full
| fillment in the days Of Solomon, but
| its complete fulfllment lies still in
| the future 1t will be fulfilled to the
very letter Ger. 24:G ;Ez. 37:25.27;
Am. 9:14,15; Isa. COILS; Ez. 2S:2D.
Israel's history has been one of per-
secution and suffering, but 1t will not
always be so. Its temporary triumph
! under David and Solomon was but
faint type of the triumph that Is to be
, theirs Czech. S:23). Prepare for the
day when the Lord cometh again.
ii. / Will Raise Up Thy Seed After
Thee, 1915. Jehovah's goodness to
David would not end with his de.
parture from this world He should
sleep with his fathers, not die (cf. l
| Thess. 4:14, but his seed that pro-
ceeded from himself should follow
him upon the throne. Two precious
II wills" are to be noted: 81 will
raise up" 81 will establish" The i'm
mediate and partial fulfillment Of this
promise was in Solomon Il K: 500;
| SIS; l Chron. 22:9, 10; IS: 6-10).
| But the final and complete fulfillment
| is in Jesus Christ FPS. 69:29; Isa.
90, 7; 11:1-3, 10: Matt. 22:42-i4;
| Acts 2:30). "He shall build Me all
house' refers, of course, primarily to
| the building Of the temple by Solo,
mon, but that temple was only a type
| of the true temple or habitation of
, God. The seed OF David who is build
Ing that is Jesus Christ (Zech G:12,
13; Matt. 1913; Lu. 1878; ! Pet.
2:5; Eph. 2:22). OF Christs king.
dom God says, II will establish His
throne forever" (cf. lisa. 9:7; Lu. ]:
80, SO; Gen. 49:10: Ps. 45:c: 1875.
1919; 89:33, 81; Dan. 2:44; E14:
Heb. 1:S; Rev. 11:15). In sense 1t
would be true OF Solomon's kingdom
that Jehovah would establish 1t for
ever Il Chron. 2S:D. II will be His
Father, and He shall be My Son. is
true in the fullest sense only CT Jesus
(Heb. is; Matt. SID. Yet even
this was true in sense of Solomon
| IL Chron. $3.50. ''If he commit in
| Equity, etc." applies primarily to Sol
| onion, but Jesus entered into the
| place of the sinner e Cor. 5:2D, and
| this about the consequences of the sin
| Of David's seed is applicable to Him
! (cf Acts 13:34-3D. with the
,, stripes of the children of men," with
paternal chastisement, would Jehovah
chasten Solomon, II he went astray.
| Solomon did go far astray, and God
chastened him and brought him back.
| Every child of God at some time
| needs such chastisement. Blessed is
he who receives 1t (Deut. S:5: Job s:
II; Ps. 94:12, 13; Prov. 3:11, ~;
Jer. go: IL; Heb. 12:5-11; Rev. 3:10).
Gods severest chastisements of His
people are entirely different from His
judgments upon the world (1 Cor.
/ 11:30-32). Was Solomon ever re-
stored to Gods favor? Verse 1S au-
swers the question. Jehcvah's love to
David secured the perpetuity Of his
house and city Il X. 11:13, 34-36:
lisa. 37:35).