God's Answer to David

(See December 7th for David's Question)

In Luke 1:31-33, Gabriel told Mary,

"... you will conceive... and bring forth a Son
and shall call His name Jesus.
He will be great and called Son of the Most High;
and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of His Father David...
and of His Kingdom there will be no end."

These verses fulfill a promise made to King David in 2Samuel 7:11-14. David was dwelling in his beautiful house of cedar and decided to build a house for the arc of God. He told this to Nathan the prophet who then said to do all that was in his heart for the Lord. But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan saying,

"Go and tell my servant David, '
Would you build a house 
for Me to dwell in?..."
 
The Lord tells you that 
He will make you a house.
"I will set up your seed after you,
who will come from your body,

   

 I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

I will be his Father and He shall be My son" .
vs 5,11-14

 

"Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said
'Who am I, O Lord God?
And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?'"

This man of humility is the same shepherd King
who looked into the night sky and asked God:

"What are people that you should think about them,
mere mortals that you should care for them?"
Psalm 8:3,4

David asked God this Question and
God's Answers him by sending His OWN SON in the lineage of David
1000 years later
The Coming of Jesus fulfilled God's promise to David:

"He will be great and called Son of the Most High;
and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of His Father David...

and of His Kingdom there will be no end."