David was the great king over God’s people. He is honored in Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a prophet who was passionate for God. Through David God gave us the Psalms (the Zabur).
He was the king of Israel and he wanted to build God a house (a temple) where people could come and see God’s glory and worship him. God told him that he was not the one to build this house, but that his son will build it.
Then God said this to David in 2 Samuel 7:11-16:
11 And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. 12 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. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.
This is typical of the God who is not served (Acts 17:24-25), but serves (Isaiah 64:4). David wanted to build God a house, but instead God tells him that he will build David’s house and raise up his descendant who will be king. God will establish this son’s kingdom and will adopt him as his own son (Verse 14, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”). God promises that the kingdom of his son will last forever. So the son of David is the Son of God. And the Son of God is the king who reigns over God’s people.
The same thing is seen in the Zabur, the Psalms of David. God says in Psalm 2:6, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” In the very next verse the king says, “I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.’”
He is repeating what was said in 2 Samuel 7. It means, “Today I have made you king over my people, you are my son, the Messiah, my anointed one.”
The Son’s rule is not simply over the little tiny land of Israel. Rather, he is to ask God to give him the nations (all of them) as his inheritance and the very ends of the earth as his possession. All the earth is to come under his authority and thus all the kings ought to submit to him.
The Psalm ends with this gracious warning, “Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him” (Psalm 2:10-12). Worship God and submit yourself to the son, his king. It is not enough to worship God. We must also honor the son.
Both the Tawrat and the Zabur teach that the son of David – who is the Messiah, the anointed one, the king over God’s people – is the son of God.
Part 1: Adam Is the Son of God
Part 2: The People of God (Israel) Are the Son of God
Part 3: The Son of David is the Son of God
Part 4: Jesus Christ Is the Son of God
Part 5: Jesus Christ Is God’s Unique Son
Part 6: Believers Are Sons and Daughters of God
