Accurate Head Knowledge Leads to Accurate Heart Knowledge
What does it mean to be a man after God's own heart? How could God refer to David this way even though he transgressed significantly? I think a man after God’s own heart is someone who loves God, loves God’s law, loves God’s people, seeks the will of God above his own, and loves no... Continue Reading →
Millennium Eventually Jesus Christ will come back to earth (Rev. 11:15) and resume God's theocratic kingdom program with Israel. He will judge all unbelievers and bound the ruler of the false kingdom (Rev. 20:2-3). He then will sit on David’s throne in Jerusalem and rule as King. “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in... Continue Reading →
New Covenant Then Jesus fulfills the New Covenant on the cross. The New Covenant is defined as "a covenant between God and his people that is anticipated in the Old Testament (Jer 31:31) and fulfilled in the New Testament (Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; Heb 9:15; 12:24). The new covenant involves forgiveness of sin, spiritual transformation,... Continue Reading →
Prophets Eventually the administration of the kings ended after David and Solomon, and the administration of the prophets began. Deuteronomy 18:18-19 predicts God would raise up a prophet like Moses, having God’s authority. So, in the same way Moses carried the theocratic administration, the prophet was to carry it on. After Solomon’s passing, the kings only had authority... Continue Reading →
Davidic Covenant David was then anointed as king (1 Sam. 16:12-13) and God made a covenant with him. The Lexham Bible Dictionary defines the Davidic Covenant as “the promise made by Yahweh that He would establish for King David a ‘house’ or a dynasty of kings who would perpetually reign over God’s people.” Pentecost adds more to... Continue Reading →
Kings The new form of the theocratic administration was through kings. The first king in this new administration was Saul (1 Sam. 8:22). Saul reigned for a time, but then disobeyed. 1 Samuel 15:28 says “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.”
Judges In between Jacob and the time of the judges, Moses played a key role in the administration program through the Mosaic Covenant and the Palestinian Covenant (Ex. 3:10). Eventually Moses grows old and passes the theocratic leadership on. This brings us to Deuteronomy 34:9 “Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of... Continue Reading →
Patriarchs One of the promised blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant was a nation or seed. Thus, one can conclude that Abraham would have a child as part of the promise. This also applies to the theocratic administration of the Kingdom program. If the administration were to continue, there needed to be a new administrator. This... Continue Reading →
Abrahamic Covenant The first patriarch, Abram (God later changes his name to Abraham in Gen. 17:5), is introduced in Genesis 11:27-31. God begins the new form of the theocratic administration by making a covenant with Abraham. The Abrahamic Covenant is defined as “God’s promise to the first patriarch, Abraham, which functions as the basis for Israel’s covenant with Yahweh.” The covenant starts... Continue Reading →
Human Government This administration starts with God giving Noah the same responsibility He gave to Adam: to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:1). Verse two goes on to say that “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bid of the heavens, upon... Continue Reading →
