Kingdom Fulfillment

Order of Service

• Announcements
• Opening Hymn — I Sing the Mighty Power of God
• Call to Worship — Psalm 113
• Hymn — I Sing the Mighty Power of God
• Prayer of Invocation
• Confession of Faith — Westminster Shorter Catechism
• Scripture Reading — Acts 16:1-10
• Hymn — The Ends of the Earth Shall Hear
• Pastoral Prayer
• Hymn — Hallelujah, Thine the Glory
• Offering
• Prayer of Preparation
• Sermon
• Closing Hymn — Worship Christ the Risen King
• Benediction

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Sermon Title: Kingdom Fulfillment

Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:1-16

I. Kingdom Fulfillment in Kingdom Recognition (vv. 1–3, 11–12)

A. All the tribes of Israel recognize David as king and anoint him at Hebron, fulfilling what had been promised since 1 Samuel 16 B. Hiram king of Tyre recognizes David as king by sending materials and builders to construct a palace in Jerusalem — a foreign king honoring Israel's king C. David himself recognizes in 2 Samuel 5:12 that God established him king for the sake of his people Israel, not for his own glory

1. David is a servant Shepherd king — established to serve, not to be served
2. Christ is the greater antitype: he came not to be served but to serve (Philippians 2); his exaltation is bound up in his service for his people
3. All who minister in Christ's name — ordained or lay — are "bus boys," servants who place the food of God's word before others

II. Kingdom Fulfillment in Kingdom Expansion (vv. 6–10)

A. David conquers the Jebusites and takes Jerusalem (Zion), renaming it the City of David

1. The Jebusites taunt David, claiming even their lame and blind could repel him
2. David enters the city via the water shaft, taking it by surprise B. This conquest is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant made over 800 years earlier
3. Genesis 15:21 — the Jebusites are the last ethnic group listed among those God promised Abraham would be conquered
4. Joshua 15:63 — an ominous note: Judah could not drive out the Jebusites; they remained in Jerusalem
5. David's victory after 800 years is a lesson that God's timing is not our timing C. David "plants the flag" — calling it the City of David signals the Redemptive-historical fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham
6. The abrahamic promise now expands beyond Judah to all Israel
7. Ultimately extends to every tribe, nation, and tongue through Christ

III. Kingdom Fulfillment in a Kingdom Warrior (vv. 10, 17–25)

A. David appears to be the heroic warrior, but the text attributes the victories to Yahweh

1. 2 Samuel 5:10 — "The Lord, the God of hosts [armies, warfare], was with him"
2. God directs David twice in battle against the Philistines — once face to face, once from the rear B. The place of David's victory is named Baal-perazim — "the Lord of bursting through"
3. David declares: "The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood"
4. This flood imagery echoes Genesis 7:11 — the fountains of the great deep bursting forth at the Flood
5. God's wrathful, conquering power — once directed against the earth — is now directed against his Covenant people's enemies C. God is a Divine Warrior for his Covenant people
6. Colossians 2:13–15 — at the cross God disarmed rulers and authorities, triumphing over them
7. Calvary is the ultimate Baal-perazim: God pours the flood waters of his wrath on Christ the sin-bearer, crushing the enemy on behalf of his people
8. God is not a mere comforter on the sidelines — he enters the battle and fights for his children with the fierce love of a father defending his child

IV. Kingdom Fulfillment Contradicted by Kingdom Failure (v. 13)

A. One dark blemish mars an otherwise glorious chapter: "David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem"

1. Deuteronomy 17:17 — the law for Israel's king explicitly forbids multiplying wives, lest his heart turn away
2. Even as David recognizes he is a servant king, his conduct is governed by human culture rather than God's law B. This failure checks the tendency toward Christian hero worship — even the greatest Kingdom servants are sinners who will disappoint C. The blemish on the canvas cries out for something — Someone — to blot it out and bring true perfection
3. Hebrews 1:3 — after making purification for sins, Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high
4. David sits on the throne in Jerusalem after defeating the Jebusites; Christ sits at the right hand of God after defeating sin and death
5. Hebrews 10:14 — by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified
6. Those who are in Christ do not merely observe the perfect, spotless Kingdom — they become part of it