David wanted with All his heart to build a House for The Lord, A Dwelling Place for the Lord God Almighty; A Temple of Worship for The Strength of Israel.
In 1 Chron. 29:1, David refers to this house as A Palace that he wants to build for The Lord. And indeed God had given David the plans for the Temple in Jerusalem.
We can see that the materials that David had set aside for This Holy House were vast, and were indeed riches beyond compare!!! And we can see that David indeed planned to build a Palace for the Lord God Almighty Who rules Heaven and Earth!!!
1 Chronicles 17 (AMP)
1AS DAVID sat in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remains under tent curtains.
2 Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.
2 Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.
But we must remember what God says in Isaiah 55:8 (KJV) …My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
1 Chronicles 17 (AMP)
3And that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David My servant, Thus says the Lord: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in,
3And that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David My servant, Thus says the Lord: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in,
5For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel from Egypt until this day; but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
And then The Lord spoke these words through Nathan...
1 Chronicles 17
7 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
8 And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
9 Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously,
10 since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel...
And this was God’s Promise to David!!!
10…Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.
11 And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
13I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy and steadfast love away from him, as I took it from him [King Saul] who was before you.
14But I will settle him (Him) in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his (His) throne shall be established forevermore.
15According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
When we honor God and seek to please HIM and to do His Will, HE WILL see that we are honored. When we make HIS name great before ALL men, HE WILL make our names great!! He WILL establish us before ALL men!!!
The Lord God Almighty will build us a house!!! He WILL ESTABLISH US BEFORE Heaven and Earth!! And HE WILL bless our future generations!
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