Wednesday Bible Study: False prophecy

Chapter 7 is usually titled God ' s Covenant with David. For some reason God can ' t talk to David directly, even though he often does. Instead he comes up with this character Nathan and has him relay the message. God seems to ask David to build the temple, but then implies that David ' s son will build it, which is indeed what happens. (The temple will be built during the reign of Solomon.) However, God ends up saying "16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever. ’” Sadly, no. The kingdom will be destroyed 400 years after Solomon ' s reign, and never restored. But as we have seen, God rarely keeps his promises.7 Now when the king dwelt in his house, and theLord had given him rest from all his enemies round about,2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.”3 And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for theLord is with you. ”4 But that same night the word of theLord came to Nathan,5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says theLord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?6 I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.7 In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges[a] of Israel, whom I co...
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