2 Samuel 7.1-14:
s Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord t had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to u Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell v in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwellsw in a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, x “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” 4 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, 5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: y Would you build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not lived in a house z since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about a in a tent for my dwelling. 7 In all places where b I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with c any of the judges [1] of Israel, whom I commandedd to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ 8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, e I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. 9 f And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel g and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place h and be disturbed no more.i And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 11 j from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And k I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that l the Lord will make you a house. 12 m When your days are fulfilled and n you lie down with your fathers, o I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 p He shall build a house for my name, and q I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 r I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.
This is one of the most important chapters in the Bible.
// Bill Arnold, OT Scholar
Mark 3.31-35
31 q And his mother and his r brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers [2] are outside, seeking you.”33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 Ands looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 t For whoever u does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
As the prophets had foretold many would come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of God. Once Jesus had symbolically redefined Israel in terms simply of loyalty to himself this move was in principle open.
// N.T. Wright, Theologian
If someone asked my to summarize the effect the gospel in three words: adoption through propitiation.
// J.I. Packer, Theologian
Mark 9.1-6 (NIV)
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not l taste death m until they see the kingdom of God after it has come n with power.” 2 o And after six days Jesus took with him p Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was q transfigured before them, 3 and r his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one [1] on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, s “Rabbi, [2] it is good that we are here. Let us make three t tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For u he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.
Psalm 72.17
May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
s May people be blessed in him,
t all nations call him blessed!
Matthew 28.16-20
16 Now the eleven disciples f went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they g worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, h “All authority i in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 j Go therefore and k make disciples of l all nations, j baptizing them m in [1] n the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them o to observe all that p I have commanded you. And behold, q I am with you always, to r the end of the age.”
