This is the Bible Book Club. I'm Susan. And I'm Heather. And we're in the book of Second Samuel.

Welcome to the club.

Last episode was Chapter 7 of Second Samuel, and David is all settled in. He's comfortable. He wants the same for God. His desire is to build God a house,

but instead, God tells David that he will build a house for him. Maybe not in the traditional sense

that we all think of a house, but as in a dynasty, the house of David, from which Jesus will

eventually come. We reviewed the five

covenants in the Bible, all of which are relational and interconnected. That was a Bible bender

for me. Those include the covenant with Noah, the covenant with Abraham, the Mosaic covenant,

the Davidic covenant, and the new covenant. Each covenant builds God's plan to

redeem humanity and restore them to a right relationship with him as it was in the beginning.

We discussed the Davidic covenant in detail, where God promised David four things, a house or a lineage

that will become his dynasty,

a kingdom, people ruled by his house, the throne, David's son will be the king to rule,

and forever. This is the promise to David that will be eternal. All right, here's our setup for

this episode. We're talking about David, and we have to

remember that David is a man of action. So much so that one gets the impression that he thrives

in motion and cannot be still. Think about it. From hurting sheep and delivering food to his

brothers on the front lines as a boy, to hiding in caves

to escape Saul, and protecting the Philistines for pay while secretly sabotaging Israel's enemies.

The man is clever and he makes good use of his time. But all that is over. David is king. He does not have to do it all. He has people who have

people. Yet David has been told by God that he can't build a house for God because too much blood is on

his hands. So what is this man of action supposed to do? Well, it's unsurprising that while looking for something he can do for God,

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