he had just been promised was in direct line with the earlier word that had been given to Adam and Eve and to the patriarchs. Moreover, this promise was “the charter for [all] humanity” (2 Sam. 7:19, my own translation). The ancient promise, which had been the object of David’s faith and the divinely ordained means by which all the nations of the earth would be blessed, was now being invested in his seed, his house, his throne, his kingdom! He could hardly believe what he was hearing! 5. The gift
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