This coming Lord’s Day we will continue following the story of David’s life and ministry to God as the king of Israel, the greatest of Israel’s kings, the ideal king! And as you may remember, we are paying particular attention to the outworking of the covenant the Lord made with David, and how that covenant reveals God’s plan of salvation, which reaches its consummation in our Lord Jesus Christ. We learn about this covenant in 2 Samuel 7:12-13, where the Lord says:

“When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

As we look back upon the life of David, we see him as a ‘type of Christ.’ He is the one whom God raised up to uniquely foreshadow the ministry of our Lord Jesus. And this is why our Lord is depicted in Scripture as the fulfillment of the eternal Davidic Kingship. He is the One who came from David’s lineage. He is the One who would assume David’s throne. And like David, Jesus would exercise a sovereign rule over His people, and even over the whole universe! He would be the One to provide for His people, even to represent them before the Lord God as a Priest, Intercessor, and Mediator.

This week, we will begin an examination of 2 Samuel 9. Here, we will encounter the most beloved story of David and “Mephibosheth,” the crippled son of Jonathan, David’s dearest friend and the one with whom he had established a special bond and “covenant.” It is within this amazing story that we encounter a most vivid picture of God’s grace, or what is known as “kindness” in 2 Samuel 9 (see vv. 1, 3, and 7).