In the seemingly endless genealogies of 2 Chronicles, I saw something amazing: in chapter 3, the descendants of David are listed. Every single one of them was a king on the throne of Israel, even until Jeconiah, who was carried into captivity by the Babylonians.
Why is this significant? Because of God’s covanent promise to David, that a descendant of David would forever reign on the throne of Isarel. And why do we have geneologies in the Bible? To show that YAWEH is a faithful God who keeps His promises, forever. Even though, as we read in 2 Samuel, the kingdom of Israel didn’t seem like a sure thing there for a while, because people kept killing each other, and it didn’t seem like David would ever get to be king. But because God promised, and anointed him through Samuel, God brought it to pass, even in the midst of an amazing amount of betrayal and stabbing (seriously, it’s like a rated R movie.)
Even after the kings of Israel were carried off captivity, hundreds of years later, another King was born in a manager in Bethlehem. Because God kept His Promise. His faithfulness to David, keeping His covenant promise…that really happened. The proof is in Jesus! His life, death, and resurrection!
We are not faithful, but God is. NO ONE can snatch us out of the Father’s hand (John 10.) Even DEATH could not snatch Jesus out of His Father’s hand! “O death, where is your sting?”
“Show us your steadfast love O LORD and grant us your salvation” - which He has done in Christ. Amen!