Living Stones in
the House of the Lord
3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build
me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a house
from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from
one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever
I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders
whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me a house of
cedar?”’
7 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the
pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.
8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I
have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like
the names of the greatest men on earth. 9 And I will
provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have
a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress
them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have
done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also
subdue all your enemies.
“‘I declare to you that
the Lord will build a house for
you: 11 When your days are over and you go to be with
your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own
sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one
who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I
will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from
him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will
set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established
forever.’”
15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
When
did the “word of God” come to Nathan (verse
3)?
Who was Nathan to tell “you are not the one to build me a house to dwell in” (verse 4)?
What has God not done “from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day” (verse 5)?
In your opinion, why do you think God asks if
He had ever said to any of the leaders “whom
I commanded to shepherd my people” to build Him a house (verse 6)?
What had God appointed David to be (verse 7)?
Whose name will David’s name be like (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what does God mean when He
says “I will provide a place for my
people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and
no longer be disturbed”” (verse 9)?
What will the Lord do for David (verse 10)?
Who will the Lord “raise up” (verse 11)?
Whose throne will be established forever
(verse 12)?
In your opinion, why is the quote “I will be his father, and he will be my
son” so important to identifying who the Son is (verse 13)?
What will this son of David, and of the Lord,
be set over (verse 14)?
Who did Nathan report this revelation to
(verse 15)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
9 The word of the Lord
came to me: 10 “Take silver and gold from the exiles
Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to
the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver
and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua
son of Jozadak. 12 Tell
him this is what the Lord Almighty
says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from
his place and build the temple of the Lord.
13 It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty
and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his
throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’ 14 The
crown will be given to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen son of
Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
15 Those who are far away will come and help to build
the temple of the Lord, and you
will know that the Lord Almighty
has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God.”
Whose
word came to Zechariah (verse 9)?
What is Zechariah to take from the exiles “Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have
arrived from Babylon” (verse 10)?
Where is Zechariah to place the crown he makes
(verse 11?
In your opinion, what is the significance of
the name “Branch” (verse 12)?
What will the one named “Branch” do (verse 12)?
How will the one named Branch” be clothed (verse
13)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that He
will “rule on his throne” and also “be a priest on his throne” (verse 14)?
What will “those
who are far away” do (verse 15)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
In your opinion, how are the descendant of
David who the Lord promises to establish a throne for forever in 1 Chronicles
17:3-15 and the “priest on his throne” that
Zechariah sees in Zechariah 6:9-15 related?
John 17:1-5 – New International Version (NIV)
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that
your Son may glorify you. 2 For
you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to
all those you have given him. 3 Now
this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent. 4 I have
brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence
with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Where did
Jesus look as He prayed (verse 1)?
What does Jesus ask for (verse 1)?
Why had the Father granted authority
to the Son (verse 2)?
What is eternal life (verse 3)?
How has Jesus brought God “glory on earth” (verse 4)?
How does Jesus ask to glorified (verse
5)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, how does 1 Chronicles
17:3-15 and John 17:1-5 help us identify the son of David that was promised to
David through Nathan?
In your opinion, what does John 17:1-5 help us
understand about how the “Branch” promised
in Zechariah 6:9-15 will “build the
temple of the Lord”?
1 Peter 2:1-5 – New International Version (NIV)
1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all
deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like
newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in
your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord
is good.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen
by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living
stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ.
What
did Peter instruct Christians to do with “all
malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind” (verse 1)?
Why does Peter tell Christians to “crave pure spiritual milk” (verse 2)?
What does Peter says that Christians have
tasted (verse 3)?
In your opinion, why does Peter call Jesus “the living Stone” (verse 4)?
How have humans reacted to “the living Stone” (verse 4)?
How does God feel about “the living Stone” (verse 4)?
What does Peter say that Christians are being
built into (verse 5)?
What is the “holy priesthood” of Christians to offer to God (verse 5)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
In your opinion, how does 1 Peter 2:1-5 help
us understand how the house that David’s offspring was to build to God in
Chronicles 17:3-15 will be constructed?
In your opinion, how does 1 Peter 2:1-5 help
us understand how the temple that the Branch is going to build in Zechariah
6:9-15 will be built?
In your opinion, what does 1 Peter 2:1-5
reveal about our next steps to “grow up” in
our salvation to we who have received the blessing of eternal life, knowing the
“only true God” and Jesus Christ as
described in John 17:1-15?
In your opinion, what do these passages from 1
Chronicles, Zechariah, John and 1 Peter teach us about the the roles and
purposes of Jesus?
In your opinion, what is our place as
Christians in the House of the Lord?
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