King David’s Accomplishments
Stood up for God's anointed
Became God's anointed
Personally refused to take action against Saul's son in battle
David won the battle against Saul's son for the kingdom
Won the hearts of the people
Mourned the loss of great men
Did not condone treachery
United tribes of Israel
Counseled and listened to God
Worshipped God publicly
Obeyed God's orders in not building a temple
Executed justice
Restores the land of Saul/shows kindness
The Lord did not want David to build a temple because of how much blood David had spilt in all the wars he was a part of. He had seen to much war and bloodshed to be able to build a temple for God. I think that this has to do with the purity in our hearts in order to be worthy enough to build sacred things of God. Our minds and hearts and thoughts have to be pure, and it's hard to do so with images of war going throughout it. Same thing with pornography. If we are to be clean and pure before God, those images cannot be in our minds, which is hard to get out if pornography has already been a vice for people. It is possible to repent, but images are hard to get rid of.
If I were in a situation similar to David’s, I would feel greatly blessed from God. I would feel like God loved me more than anything in the world and that His mercy was something that I didn't deserve.
2 Samuel 7:16 is a Messianic prophecy because Jesus was born through the lineage of David. That alone gives reason as to why David's kingdom would be established forever, because Jesus is always going to be King over all the earth, and He came from David's line, He was called David and the throne He sits on is still called David's.
David’s response to the Lord’s message to him was pretty much thanking God for the blessing that He gave him in blessing His kingdom and telling God that He wouldn't be let down. He would please God in his actions in keeping the blessing he was given.
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