{"id":34232,"date":"2025-01-14T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-samuel_22_31-43-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:37:27","slug":"2-samuel_22_44-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-samuel_22_44-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, The Exalted King"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Samuel 22:44-51\u00a0\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Samuel 22:44-51.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

Remember that\u00a0God has\u00a0<\/strong>2<\/strong>\u00a0purposes in these verses<\/strong>.\u00a0 The first purpose of these verses is to recount history, to tell of what God had already done in David’s life, how God delivered David from his enemies and made him the head of nations.\u00a0 But there is a second purpose.\u00a0 It’s record prophecy and tells of what God would do in the future in and through the life of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 22:44-46 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n44\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“You have delivered me from the attacks of my people;\u00a0you have preserved me as the head of nations.\u00a0People I did not know are subject to me,
\n45\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.
\n46\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They all lose heart;\u00a0they come trembling from their strongholds.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a044-46: \u00a0God allowed David to suffer much at the hands of his enemies, but ultimately God exalted David as king and head over nations.<\/p>\n

Likewise, centuries later God would later allow His Son Jesus to suffer much from the attacks of ruthless men who nailed him to a cross.\u00a0 But after Jesus suffered on the cross, God would give Jesus the name about every name. As Philippians 2:9-11 says, “God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee would bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”.<\/p>\n

So just as God did for David, God delivered Jesus from the attacks of the peoples, preserved Jesus as king of the nations (v44), and exalted Jesus above his enemies and above every name<\/strong>\u00a0(v48-49).\u00a0 Even those who don’t know Jesus will cower, tremble and bow before him one day (v45-46; Philippians\u00a02:9-11).<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 22:47-49 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n47\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“The\u00a0LORD\u00a0lives! Praise be to my Rock!\u00a0Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!
\n48\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He is the God who avenges me,\u00a0who puts the nations under me,
\n49\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0who sets me free from my enemies.\u00a0You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 47-49: \u00a0By maintaining a throne for David despite all that David had gone through, God showed that He was alive and faithful to His promises (2\u00a0Samuel\u00a07:16).\u00a0 Likewise,\u00a0by raising Jesus up from the dead and seating Him on the throne at His right hand, God showed that He is alive and faithful to His promises. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Samuel<\/em><\/strong>\u00a022<\/em><\/strong>:50-51 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n50\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>Therefore I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.\u00a0<\/em>
\n51\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 50-51: \u00a0David ends his song by praising God for the victories and kindness He gives.\u00a0 David sees how God’s kindness extends not just to him, but to all of his descendants forever who come after him (v51).<\/p>\n

Likewise, God gave His Son Jesus great victories over our greatest enemies: Satan, sin and death.\u00a0 He showed Jesus the anointed one “unfailing kindness” when He raised Him up and exalted Him to the highest place.\u00a0 Those victories and that unfailing kindness which God showed to His Son Jesus, God also extends to all of us.\u00a0 For we are\u00a0His\u00a0<\/em>descendants, who by faith find life through Him (v51).\u00a0 As part of His royal family, we are destined to rule and reign alongside our King Jesus for eternity.<\/p>\n

Praise God. \u00a0Just as verses\u00a0<\/strong>44<\/strong>-51 speak historically about David’s past, these same verses also speak prophetically about Jesus’ future, and ours too — that we are destined to reign together forever.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Father, thank You that You are alive and faithful to Your promises.\u00a0 Thank You for Your Son Jesus. He is my strong rock, my Saviour, the King over every nation and whose name is above every name. \u00a0 Thank You that through His name I have life and I am part of Your royal family.\u00a0 Thank You that You stooped down to make me great, and I am destined to reign with Christ forever. \u00a0\u00a0In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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opyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Samuel 22:44-51.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remember that\u00a0God has\u00a02\u00a0purposes in these verses.\u00a0 The first purpose of these verses is to recount history, to tell of what God had already done in David’s life, how God delivered David from his enemies and made him the head of nations.\u00a0 But there is a second purpose.\u00a0 It’s record prophecy and tells of what God would do in the future in and through the life of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 22:44-46 (NIV)
\n44\u00a0\u00a0“You have delivered me from the attacks of my people;\u00a0you have preserved me as the head of nations.\u00a0People I did not know are subject to me,
\n45\u00a0\u00a0and foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.
\n46\u00a0\u00a0They all lose heart;\u00a0they come trembling from their strongholds.<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a044-46: \u00a0God allowed David to suffer much at the hands of his enemies, but ultimately God exalted David as king and head over nations. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34235,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34232\/revisions\/34235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}