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will have a son to sit on his throne forever, and that that son will be God's son, God's king, God's
representative, and that that son will deliver God's people.

Of course, as the history goes on, many of David's sons prove to be quite unfaithful. Generation after
generation, the people find themselves looking and wondering, is this the one? Is this going to be the
faithful son of David who finally and fully rescues God's people? It doesn't happen, until finally there's
no king on the throne and the monarchy seems to have failed altogether. Finally, in the fullness of God's
grace and the fullness of time, God reveals the son of David who will be that perfect son, that great king,
and it's God himself in the flesh, Jesus Christ, a son of David, the Son of God, who rescues God's people
forever. Again, this covenant is further revelation of the progress of redemption.

The Davidic Covenant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrR20AI-Pek

God Speaks Verbally Concerning the Coming Messiah

Besides using illustration after illustration that progressively taught us how redemption would be
accomplished, God, through his prophets, clearly told us what was going to happen in the future. This is
called Bible prophecy.

In his Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, J. Barton Payne itemized 127 Messianic predictions involving
more than 3,000 Bible verses, with a remarkable 574 verses referring directly to a personal Messiah!

The word “Messiah” or “Anointed One” (or in Greek, “Christ”), is taken from Psalm 2:2 and Daniel 9:25-
26. The term took its meaning from the Jewish practice of anointing their priests and kings. But this term
was applied in a special sense to the future Ruler who would be sent from God to sit on the throne of

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