Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Chronicles 17-19.

When David finished building his palace in Jerusalem, he thought that he should build a temple for God in Jerusalem.  Initially, Nathan the prophet told him to go ahead and do so.  However, that night God gave Nathan a prophecy for David telling him not to do so.  God told David that He had never asked for a temple.  God had another plan for His temple.  He told David that his son would build a house for God and that God would set that son over His house and His kingdom forever.  We normally read this as being a prophecy that Solomon, David’s son, would build the temple.  Which Solomon did indeed do, but Solomon did not rein forever.  In his time, Solomon died and the kingdom of Israel was divided.  I believe that this prophecy was about Solomon, but it was not only about Solomon.  It was also about Jesus, who does, and will,  rein forever.  This prophecy contains a hint that the house God desired was not a building.  The house which Jesus has built is the Church, which is composed of those people who have accepted His sacrifice and serve God, those people within whom God’s Spirit lives.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.