2 Samuel 7: The Davidic Covenant

There are 55 chapters in 1 and 2 Samuel and, without a doubt, 2 Samuel chapter 7 is the most important. In fact, this chapter ranks as one of the most important chapters in the entire Bible because, in 2 Samuel 7, God will make a covenant with David.

It will be the 4th and last Covenant made in the Old Testament. There is just one covenant in the New Testament making 5 total. A covenant is a binding agreement between God and His people.

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The Noahic Covenant: After the flood, God promised Noah and his descendants that He would never again destroy the earth by flood.
- God made a commitment to a relationship with humanity.
The Abrahamic Covenant: God promised Abraham that he would become the father of a nation that would inherit land and bless all of humanity.
- God made a commitment to a relationship with this one family.
- This family will play the leading role in God’s redemption plan to restore the world to the relationship that was lost in the Fall.
The Mosaic Covenant: God, through Moses, promised to make Israel a kingdom of priests that will convey his blessing and glory to the nations.
- God made a commitment to a holy relationship with this one family that had become a nation.
- The commitment was conditional God would bless them in return for their faithful obedience.
- And He provided the commandments and ritual rules for the holy relationship.
The Davidic Covenant: God promised David that his descendants would rule forever.
- God made a commitment to a relationship with the king of the holy nation, of the one family, David, and his descendent sons.
- David would have an eternal dynasty.
  - He and one son of every generation would be king until the promised king, a son of David, and of God, would reign forever.
- The New Covenant: God delivers his promise – the king, from the line of David, from the one family that had become a nation…who was holy to redeem and bless the world.
  - God made a commitment to a relationship of eternal life with all humanity.
  - The commitment was conditional people had to have a relationship with his son, Jesus.
    - With this final covenant, God’s plan of redemption was complete.
    - God has opened the door for all to have an eternal relationship with him through Christ.
    - God has a plan to redeem the world, in his second coming when we will live eternally in the “new heaven and new earth”