Continuing
with our coverage of the major erroneous commentary additions contained in the
Old Testament as has been interpreted in the Scofield Reference Bible we come
to that which is referenced as the Davidic Covenant. The prophet Nathan did
speak the word of the Lord to King David covered in the text of II Samuel 7:8-17(quoted
below in part) . The essence of the communication was prophetic and contained
the following key elements of promise:
(David you) have cut off all of
thine enemies out of thy sight, and I have made thee a great name like unto the
name of the great men of the earth.
Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people, Israel, and will plant
them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more…….Also the
Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. And when thy days shall be fulfilled ….I will
set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thine own body, and I
will establish his kingdom. And he will
build a house for my name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son……..and thy house and thy
kingdom shall be established forever before thee. Before examining the fulfillment of this
prophetic text it will be necessary to cite the footnotes on page 365—1967
revision of the Scofield Reference Edition.
The
four points which have been made there under the title of the Davidic Covenant
upon which the future kingdom of Christ, “of
the seed of David according to the flesh” (Romans 1:3) was to be founded,
provided for David. (1) the promise of posterity in the Davidic house; (2) a
throne symbolic of royal authority; (3)a kingdom to rule on the earth, and
(4)certainty of fulfillment, for the promise to David “shall be established
forever”.
Let us examine the prophetic promises and the Scofield commentary in
light of the testimony of Scripture: To begin with it must be noted that David
had already been anointed and established to be king of Israel at the time this
prophecy was uttered by Nathan. The
earthly kingdom of Israel was to attain a higher expression of glory later when
David had conquered all of his enemies and consolidated his power gathering
much riches through his victories and there came a point of establishment where
David delivered the kingdom to Solomon, and “Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by
the sea in multitude, eating and
drinking and making merry, and Solomon reigned over all the kingdom from the
river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt” (I Kings
4:20-21). Solomon did also complete the building of the magnificent temple.
What must be realized here is that God’s promises
concerning an earthly kingdom, a throne and a house of habitation were
completely realized. Dispensationalists under the Zionist influence insist that
there is yet a future earthly kingdom to
be established geographically situated in the territory described in the I
Kings passage. This concept will be found by the testimony of Scripture to be a
great deception which has been embraced by tens of millions of evangelical
Christians. Let us examine the New Testament Scripture and the ultimate
fulfillment of the prophetic utterances of the prophet Nathan.
As to
the posterity in the Davidic house (1 above):”Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold
fast the confidence and rejoicing unto the end”. (Hebrews 3:6) “Howbeit the
Most High dweleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet. Heaven is my throne…..what house will you
build me?” (Acts 7:48-49) Spoken by
Stephen when he addressed the Sanhedrin.
As to
the throne symbolic of royal authority (2 above): Heaven is my throne..(Acts 7:49) “Therefore being a prophet and knowing
that God had sworn with an oath to him……..to raise up Christ to sit upon his
throne, he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ.”(Acts
2:31-32)
As to
a kingdom on the earth (3 above): “My
kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my
servants fight…..but now is my kingdom not from hence.: (John 18:36) The
book of Revelation speaks in many places of his heavenly throne and kingdom,
but nowhere in the New Testament do we see the establishment of an earthly
kingdom. There are not two kingdoms of God with one in heaven and one on the
earth. Christian Zionists and
dispensationalists have fabricated the concept of a millennial earthly kingdom
for Israel. More will be presented on this
subject on later considerations.
As to
the certainty of fulfillment, for the promise to David “shall be established
forever”: (4 above): So clearly from Scripture the kingdom of God is an “eternal kingdom”. “For we know that if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (II Corin.5:1)
So
the editors of the Zionist Scofield Reference Bible have carefully fabricated further
deception using the so-called Davidic Covenant to establish an eternal earthly
kingdom for Jews in the geographical and earthly “promised land”. Literally
multitudes of Christian Zionists have embraced and are teaching this deception.
Recommended reading is my title The
Israel Deception which tracks the truth both biblically as well as the
current international Zionist phenomenon.
David Lance
Dean Check out dozens of other blogs at my blogsite:
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