Jesus in the Old Testament is a series of posts that will offer my readers a chance to consider pictures or shadows of Jesus in the Old Testament. As mentioned in the introduction to this series, some may be obvious, some may be not so obvious, and some may simply be a facet of the Lord those reading may not have considered previously.
I hope as we venture through this series, we will see the Lord in many wonderful pictures throughout the Old Testament.
| SEEING JESUS IN |
| BATHSHEBA |
| Covenant Owner |
| 1 Kings 1:28-30 Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king. And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity, as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.” |
| Hebrews 6:17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, |
In our last post we spoke of the shame both Bathsheba and the Lord experienced at the hands of the politically powerful.
In this post, we see Bathsheba receiving the fruit of the promise King David gave to her regarding her son Solomon. Solomon would sit on the throne of David upon his passing.
The promise provided to Bathsheba was certain. Bathsheba went to the King, in the midst of another coup attempt happening in the nation of Israel, and was assured of the promise given her, that her son Solomon would be king. The promise granted to Bathsheba was fulfilled at a time when all seemed dark and threatening for her and her son.
A little background may help, for you see, Adonijah had legal right to the throne of David. He was the oldest living son of David, and by the standard of primogeniture, his claim to the throne was valid. Although He assumed the throne prior to the death of king David, which is highly irregular and speaks of his nature, he did have the ancient custom and common law behind him in his effort to ascend to the throne.
It is interesting that David initiated the completion of the promise, that Bathsheba (in this passage) was passive in the transaction. The only action Bathsheba performed was paying homage to the King.
Jesus also was passive in the grave, as the Father worked His power, and kept His promise in raising Him physically from the dead. The Father kept the promise of an everlasting seed on the throne of David by way of having the True King rise from the dead.
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