1Ki 1:28-30 “Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead”

[Study Aired June 17, 2021]

1Ki 1:28  Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
1Ki 1:29  And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
1Ki 1:30  Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

The title of this study in Kings reminds us that Christ, who brings us to our wits’ end in order that we cry out to our Lord who is our safe haven, is our blessed assurance in this life, typified by these words announced by King David who represents Christ our hope of glory within: “Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me.”

These words were finally uttered after Nathan and Bathsheba were called by King David. It takes a sober heart and vigilance to overcome the adversary, and all these qualities were being symbolically demonstrated for us in this story via Nathan and Bathsheba who had recognized the enemy in their midst, our flesh, symbolized by Adonijah, and humbled themselves before the king who would then exalt them in due time (1Pe 5:6-9).

1Pe 5:6  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Waiting on the Lord is hard, but it is through that patient continuance in well doing as we possess our souls patiently and cry out to God that we will be heard and delivered if we fear Him and not men and the physical situations that He brings our way for our sakes (Psa 107:20-30, Psa 27:13-14, Rom 2:4-11, Luk 21:19-23, Heb 5:7, Luk 12:5, 2Co 4:15).

Psa 107:20  He sent his word, and healed them [Joh 20:21], and delivered them from their destructions.
Psa 107:21  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psa 107:22  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Psa 107:23  They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
Psa 107:24  These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psa 107:25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 107:26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble [Job 5:7].
Psa 107:27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Psa 107:28  Then [not before] they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:29  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Psa 107:30  Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven [Christ and his Christ (Joh 20:21)].

Psa 27:13  I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living [Christ and his Christ].
Psa 27:14  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; [Psa 107:20-30] not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Rom 2:5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; [righteous judgment (1Pe 4:17, 1Pe 4:12)]
Rom 2:6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Rom 2:7  To them who by patient continuance in well doing [“wait I say on the Lord“] seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Rom 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Rom 2:9  Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; [the negative fleshly “in Judaea” Jew and the negative fleshly yet carnal Gentile (Joh 3:36, 1Co 3:17)]
Rom 2:10  But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good [Php 2:12-13], to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile [the positive spiritual Jew and positive spiritual Gentile]:
Rom 2:11  For there is no respect of persons with God.

[there is no Jew nor Greek (Gal 3:28), but God sees all flesh as gentile and sees the new creation being formed within us, Christ, in whom we are accepted (Eph 1:6), as the spiritual inward Jew who is our hope of glory within (Rom 2:29, Col 1:27)].

Luk 21:19  In your patience possess ye your souls.
Luk 21:20  And when ye shall see Jerusalem [Jerusalem above where we are raised (Gal 4:26, Eph 2:6)] compassed with armies [Psa 107:20-30], then know that the desolation thereof is nigh [Mat 24:15, 2Th 2:8-10].
Luk 21:21  Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains [Psa 121:1-2]; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. [God’s elect are being told come out of her my people (Jerusalem below) touch not the unclean thing and I will accept you (2Co 6:17)]
Luk 21:22  For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luk 21:23  But woe unto them that are with child  [the immature, the rejected anointed, unless God permits (Heb 6:1-3) us to go onto maturity], and to them that give suck [babes in Christ who are not getting off the milk (Rom 2:4, 1Co 3:2-5], in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. [How will we run with horses (Jer 12:5) represented by “great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people” if we are yet babes?]

Heb 5:7  Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Luk 12:5  But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering [Psa 107:20-30]; not knowing [1Pe 4:12] that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

1Co 3:2  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. [Heb 6:1-3]
1Co 3:3  For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
1Co 3:4  For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
1Co 3:5  Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

[Running and being wearied with footmen is what happens when we “walk as men”. Running with horses, representing the greater fiery trials of life through which we endure, is the blessing God gives to those who are called to endure until the end of this life as we overcome by the patience and faith of the saints, which is a gift of God (Jer 12:5, Rev 14:12, 1Jn 5:4, Eph 2:8).]

Ultimately God’s word will be shown to be the sword which it is that divides (Luk 12:51), and if we are granted to be given the power to stand on that word (Mat 7:24, Psa 127:1) and do all things decently and in order (1Co 14:40), as Bathsheba and Nathan did, not shunning to declare the whole counsel of God (Act 20:27) by going to King David, who typifies Christ, then it will be certain in these perilous times of our lives that God will do the greatest work of molding and changing us into the image of His son, if only He would grant us the faith to help us in our unbelief (Mar 9:24, Luk 22:32, 1Jn 5:4) so that we can endure the temptations of this life and hold fast to our crown (Jas 1:12, Rev 3:11-13). Going to the king (Christ – Heb 4:16) is in fact how we don’t let any man take our crown, and that is the direct correlation being shown to us in this story where Nathan, a prophet of patience, and Bathsheba, a type of the church, both humbled themselves before the king in order to secure the lineage of King David, which event typifies for us how the gates of hell will not prevail against the church (Mat 16:17-19).

Luk 12:51  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Mat 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Psa 127:1  A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Mar 9:24  And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.(Psa 46:1)

Jas 1:12  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him [1Co 10:13]

1Co 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it[Psa 107:30].

Rev 3:11  Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Rev 3:12  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Rev 3:13  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Mat 16:17  And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. [“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (Rev 1:3, Mat 13:16]
Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Assuredly the Lord is going to give the increase for the bride of Christ who will be made ready (Rev 19:7) through the fiery trials (1Pe 4:12) we have been promised which will mature us and give spiritual increase as we’re nourished and strengthened through those trials that will “stablish, strengthen and settle” us (1Pe 5:10) so that we can endure unto the end and be saved (1Co 3:8, Mat 24:13).

Rev 19:7  Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

1Pe 5:10  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

1Co 3:8  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Mat 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

1Ki 1:28  Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

This opening statement of King David (1Ki 1:28) tells the elect something about our standing in Christ. When “king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba” (Rev 11:12) we are reminded that many are called, but few are chosen (Mat 22:14) in this life to stand “before the king” (Luk 18:8, Rev 6:17, Mat 24:37, Luk 17:28-29).

Rev 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen.

Rev 6:17  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand [Eph 6:3]?

Eph 6:13  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Luk 17:28  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luk 17:29  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom [2Co 6:17, Rev 18:4] it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Rev 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. [We come out from among them by going through the seven last plagues now (Rev 15:8)]

Php 3:13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind [2Pe 2:7, Jas 1:2-3], and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1Co 1:28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1Co 1:29  That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Mat 10:39  He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Luk 18:8  I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

[All the faith that will be needed to cast the pride-filled mountain of man’s heart into the sea to destroy it is that very small mustard seed to which Christ likened the kingdom of God which is within God’s little remnant today Mat 17:20, Mar 11:23, Mat 13:32]

Mat 17:20  And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Mar 11:23  For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Mat 13:32  Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

God must bring us to acknowledge our sins by giving us an introspective heart that examines ourselves daily and sees the need to die daily (1Co 11:31, 1Co 15:31), which was all being typified for us by Nathan and Bathsheba. When God writes His law in our hearts (Eze 36:26) we will have a “contrite spirit” that “trembleth at my word”, again represented by Bathsheba and Nathan who “came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king” without glorying in their flesh (Isa 66:2, 1Co 1:28-29, Heb 4:16).

1Co 1:28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1Co 1:29  That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

1Ki 1:29  And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
1Ki 1:30  Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

David’s statement “And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress” is being said this way in the new covenant: “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation [“redeemed my soul out of all distress“], that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by^G1223 Christ.” (2Co 1:3-5).

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“The king sware” to remind us that God’s elect would be comforted through our suffering and that He would never try us beyond what we can endure. That’s part of the exceedingly great and precious promises that have been given to us and were being typified by the old covenant vows that came forth from the mouth of the king (1Co 10:13, 2Pe 1:4).

1Co 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

2Pe 1:4  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

“Even as I sware” is another old covenant vow coming from king David that represents the new-covenant promise Christ uttered to our Father to give us hope and certainty in what God has promised will happen to God’s elect, typified by this moment in history: “unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day“. God’s elect will certainly reign on thrones with him, and even now, in earnest, we “sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Mat 19:28, Eph 2:6, Rev 4:2, Rev 21:5).

Mat 19:28  And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Mat 19:30  But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Rev 4:2  And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Rev 21:5  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

“Even so will I certainly do this day” tells us that when the day of the Lord begins in the lives of those whom God has ordained from the foundation of the world to bring forth fruit begins (Joh 15:16), it begins with a declaration that comes from the mouth of Christ who tells us none that the Father has given me will be lost, and so David says “unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying…” giving all glory to God for the rulership that would be given to Solomon even as Christ gave all glory unto the Father for His workmanship that we are (Joh 6:39, 1Co 1:30-31, Joh 15:5, Joh 5:30).

Joh 15:16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Joh 6:39  And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Joh 5:30  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

1Co 1:30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1Co 1:31  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

When Christ said “let there be light” (Gen 1:3), light came out of darkness, and when we read “even so will I certainly do this day“, we are being reminded that God’s determination to cause the elect to obtain “an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” (Eph 1:11) is as certain as the rising of the sun (Mal 4:2, Joh 8:36), and it is to the praise of His glory who has given us the power through Christ to be the first who “trusted in Christ” as we’re given power to mortify the deeds of the flesh (Eph 1:12).

Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 1:12  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

We’ve only looked at three verses tonight, but they are critical to setting the stage for the rest of this chapter and beyond, as a declaration of overcoming being made with these words: “Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead“, which demonstrates for God’s elect that He is faithful and that we are more than conquerors through^G1223 him that loved us (Rom 8:37).