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Psalm 132

God’s promise that never ends

God had promised to establish David’s family as Israel’s future kings. But they must remain loyal to God.

We know from history that David’s family continued to rule in Jerusalem for about 400 years. Many of those kings were loyal to God; but several were not. Some of the kings were evil men, and that cause the end of the family’s rule.

But that did not end God’s relationship with Jerusalem, the city that he chose. After a period of time, God brought back the *Jewish people to Jerusalem. He used men like Ezra and Nehemiah to re-establish the *worship of God there. And the people again built God’s house (called the temple) in Jerusalem.

And God’s relationship with David’s family had not ended. God had made a certain promise to them that would never end. The evil actions of some wicked kings from that family could not destroy God’s plan. At the proper time, Jesus was born into David’s family. And Jesus was the Messiah, whom God had appointed to save his people. (The ‘Messiah’ means the king whom God has chosen.) Jesus’ rule has already begin in the hearts, minds and lives of people who obey God. In the future, he will return to establish God’s rule over the whole world. And the rule of Jesus Christ, God’s Messiah, will never end.

All this is as God promised to David.

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