By placing the account of the Rechabites between these two royal failures, Jeremiah presents their obedience as a living embodiment of the covenant obedience Judah refused to render.
The Lord Jesus is our king, the Son of David (Matt 1:1), who has faithfully kept covenant with God and opened the way to stand in his presence permanently. It falls to us to follow in his steps, to walk just as he walked, which is best expressed in our love for one another.
I’ve found that getting the message right in my study is only half the work of preaching; I’ve got to figure out how to get it across, to this people, in this place.
The enthronement of David as king and the covenant that YHWH made with him after his ascension to the throne through suffering typifies the full realization of YHWH’s universal and eternal dominion in David’s future seed.
The greatest hope of the Christian is this right here: the return of Christ, and our glorification with Him.
I recently finished preaching through Ecclesiastes at Kenwood, and I knew that a sermon series through the Song of Songs was on the immediate horizon (we are in it at the time of this writing). I wanted to take a…