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The covenant at Sinai
Three months after leaving Egypt, Israel camped before Mount Sinai. God offered to make them His treasured possession, a kingdom of priests, and spoke the ten commandments from the mountain in fire and smoke. Moses sealed the covenant with the blood of sacrifices and the people promised to obey.
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The exile and the return
Babylon burned the temple and carried Judah into exile, apparently ending the line of David. Jeremiah had promised that after seventy years God would bring the people back, and the decree of Cyrus of Persia opened the way home and the rebuilding of the temple.
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David
David was the shepherd from Bethlehem who became Israel's second king. God promised him a house and a throne that would endure forever, and many psalms are attributed to him. The Gospels present Jesus as the Son of David, the promised heir to that throne.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city David made his capital and where Solomon built the temple. In the Gospels it is where Jesus taught in the temple, shared the Last Supper, was tried, crucified, and rose, and where the church was born at Pentecost.
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Covenant
A covenant is a binding relationship God establishes with people by promise. Scripture traces covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel at Sinai, and David, and the prophets foretell a new covenant that Jesus inaugurates with His blood at the Last Supper.
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The Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God is God's active reign, promised through Israel's prophets and announced by Jesus as having come near in Himself. Jesus taught its character in parables, displayed it in healings, and said it would grow until His return.
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Connections around The covenant with David
The covenant at Sinai precedes The covenant with David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceSolomon's temple is dated from the exodus, placing David's reign centuries after Sinai.
Evidence:The covenant with David precedes The exile and the return
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe exile falls in the reign of Zedekiah, the last of David's line to rule in Jerusalem before Babylon.
Evidence:David participates in The covenant with David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe oracle through Nathan is addressed to David, who responds in prayer.
Evidence:The covenant with David occurs at Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureMedium confidenceThe oracle comes after David has settled in his palace, which 2 Samuel 5 locates in the city of David, Jerusalem.
Evidence:The covenant with David develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePsalm 89 calls God's promise to David a covenant sworn by oath.
The covenant with David develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe promise concerns a kingdom and throne that God will establish forever.