2 Samuel 7:12-14a

When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son.

From Background Notes [BN] for September 28^th & 29^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Even the New Testament bears early witness to the idea that one day Yahweh would once more bring his King to David's throne, a Savior who would deliver Israel from her enemies and grant mercy to sinners in her midst.

And so, perched as he was on the Temple pinnacle, Jesus is asked by the Devil to jump down, perhaps in a Messianic display of glorious arrival to Jerusalem, sending a thrill through the hearts of Israelites who would finally welcome his coming. And to this invitation Jesus says "No!" He would come to Israel only in the way consistent with the form of the kingdom His Father was now giving to him. And so the Devil leaves him "for a time,” but the struggles over power and how it should be used will follow Jesus until he breathes his last on the cross, that horrific symbol of Rome's fatal power.

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm