David made Solomon his son king
Sun, 27 November, 2005: Today’s Bible readings.
When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
From having read 1 Kings, we know that there was a power struggle among David’s sons as David grew old, and David finally resolved it in favor of Solomon as his successor. The writer of 1 Chronicles skips over all that political intrigue and simply tells us that David made Solomon king in his place.
What do we learn from this?
There is a lot that goes on in life. As we live through them, the events are very significant to us. We worry about what will happen. We plan and work to arrange events as we desire. But when we look back, much of what we thought was so important turned out to be no big deal, and we have completely forgotten it. After the passage of years, all the planning and worrying are not remembered at all. All that is left are the major events themselves, and more of them are also lost to memory as the years go by.
How many kings have lived and died throughout history? Uncounted many. How many people have plotted to take the kingship for themselves? Unknown hosts. How many failed, and how many succeded? Only God knows. How many of these kings and desiring usupers do we remember? Very few.
Yet here in scripture we are told that David appointed his son Solomon as his heir to the throne. In all of world history, why is this event significant? Why does God care? Why do we care?
We care because of God’s promise to David that he would have a son upon the throne. God has promised that David’s son would build the temple that David thought to build himself, but which God stopped him from building. But the major reason we care is because God used the line of David to bring Jesus Christ into the world.
Where is Christ in this passage?
The great Son of David who is even now sitting on the throne, ruling and reigning until he makes all His enemies His footstool is Jesus Christ. He was appointed by God to the throne of David.
