This is it. The start of this chapter is the fulfilment of the promise that God made to David a long time ago that he would be king. It seemed a long way off when David was on the run, hiding in caves with a load of rogues. It still seemed frustraing when he reigned over 1 tribe, at war with the rest of the nation for 7 years. But now it has happened and David is king.
This ultimately relfects Jesus as the ultimate King. God's plan of salvation seems a long way off throughout the new testament, where the people probably doubted if the prophesied Messiah would ever come. But then Jesus came. And even though some are rejecting His reign at the moment, the day is coming when every knee will bow to Him.
The tribes of Israel appeal to David as King in three ways:
- They are his bone and flesh - in the same way, we are made in God's image and Jesus became bone and flesh in order to save us
- he led out and brought in Israel in the past - similarly, God has directed our path since before the foundation of the earth
- the Lord had promised to David, "You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel" - in the same way, Jesus is described as the (only truly) good shepherd, the prince of peace and the ultimate King over all his people
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