How does God respond when we totally fail and mess everything up?

Hey, this is Shree at Bible Project. In this episode, we're reflecting on God's faithfulness

despite the poor resume of His chosen partners. Following Tim's message, Dan will read from

2nd Samuel 7, and stay tuned, because after the Bible reading, we'll have a chance to reflect

and pray together. Listen in. Hey everybody, this is Tim Mackie at Bible Project, and for this

week's Bible study reflection, we're inviting you to ponder the story of David, King of Israel.

David's story is actually over 40 chapters long in the Old Testament. It's the third

longest story of any character in the whole Bible. Only Moses and Jesus have more pages dedicated

to them. And David's legacy actually outlives him, not just through his story, but also through the

lineage of kings of Judah that come from him. But also, his legacy lives on because of a promise

that God made to David that was fulfilled ultimately in the story of Jesus. This promise is found

in 2nd Samuel 7. This is one of the watershed moments in the whole story of the Bible. It's after

David has become King, and he's united all of the divided tribes of Israel. And he declares that

Jerusalem is going to be the capital city of all the tribes. So he moves the ancient tabernacle

and the ark of the covenant to this high spot above the city that's going to become the site

of the future temple. And there David prays to Yahweh and he offers to build for him a permanent

house like a temple building. And God responds in a surprising way. He says thanks, but no thanks.

Instead, what God proposes to do is to build a house for David, not a building, but a royal family,

a lineage that eventually God says is going to produce a seed or a king who's going to rule forever

and ever. God says that this king is going to have a father-son relationship with him,

and this king is going to build a temple for Yahweh and rule forever. Now, if you're a follower of

Jesus and you're reading this chapter, your Jesus radar is beeping like crazy. You're reading about

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