

In contrast, David became a man after God's own heart, and God entered into a covenant with him. Although King Saul was the first King, God rejected him because he chose to disobey Him. Art did a great job showing us how God chose David to be the King who will begin the royal family where the Lord Jesus will come from. Those who neglected and disobeyed Him lived and died as miserable kings, while those kings who honored and obeyed Him lived more victoriously and died more honorably. But what makes the stories of the Bible unique in talking about these royalties, the emphasis is not so much on how famous or powerful they were or how much they have accomplished it was more on how they related and responded to God.
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According to a Nielsen survey, the series had averaged about 3 million viewers even on their fourth season.Īre you one of those who are fascinated with the Royal family? If you are one of them, you need to read through 1st & 2nd Kings and 1st & 2nd Chronicles, where you would find the glamour and grim of the royals who reigned over the nation of Israel for over 420 years. Perhaps, some of you have also followed the Netflix series, The Crown, which depicts the lives of the Royal family starting from Queen Elizabeth. If you notice, viewership is consistently high whenever something is happening within the Royal family. 29.2 million people watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle in 2018.About 23 million people watched the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011.33.2 million people watched the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.17 million people watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in 1981.whenever big events are happening with the Royals could easily prove this reality: Simply looking at the number of Television viewers in the U.S. Many Americans had been fascinated, some even obsessed, with the Royal family.

Therefore the LORD has brought all this disaster on them.’” Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?’ĩ Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.Ĥ And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, 5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’Ħ But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my stat utes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,ħ then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. PREACHING CHRIST THROUGH THE BIBLE | KINGS AND CHRONICLES: JESUS IS OUR REIGNING KINGģ And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made be fore me.
