Davidic Kingship Part III

​Thoughts on Davidic Kingship

This week we’ll wrap up our review of Davidic Kingship and look at Kingship and Biblical Sovereignty.  Kingship is closely allied with the concept of sovereignty or the power to create/accept and implement laws that govern or control actions and the power to choose leaders.   In this review, we see what sovereignty looks like under the Sinai Covenant or Kingship under the the Law of the Son.  Then we’ll review sovereignty under the Davidic Covenant or Kingship under Law the of the Father.​

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The Process of Perfection
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:

                                                                     Individual Salvation
                                                                             Born Again
​            ​                                           (Redemption / Sanctification)
     Born of the Blood / Born of the Water > Keeps the Commandments > Born of God/Spirit

                                                                       Married Exaltation
                                                                    Going Onto Perfection
                       Becoming Perfect > Reaches the Full Stature of Messiah > Sees God the Son

Sovereignty Basics
Kingship is analogous with Sovereignty, which here is the power to  make/accept and implement law that we use to govern or control one’s own life, and the power to choose those who are in authority over us, which help us to maximize our enjoyment of  life, liberty and happiness.​

Sovereignty  >

Accepting Law and Authority  >

Maximizing Life, Liberty and Happiness

Moreover, we saw at Deu 30:19, Jehovah declare that he set before Israel the laws of life and death and therefore choose life. Accordingly, we can work this model in reverse to arrive at the concept of biblical sovereignty. So now our table summary.​

Biblical Sovereignty

<  Accepting Biblical Law and Its method to select authority

<  Maximize Life, Liberty and Happiness declared by God

So what God is saying here is that under Biblical Sovereignty and the acceptance of God’s law, we can maximize our enjoyment of life, liberty and happiness declared by God.  This concept of sovereignty becomes even more critical when parents and especially the fathers of families adopt the laws and authorities that affect the life, liberty and happiness of their own children.​

Biblical Sovereignty
In its basic form , the apostle Paul sets out God’s chain of sovereignty at 1 Cor. 11:3.  "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."  This scripture can be summarizes as follows:​

God ​v

Messiah ​v

Man ​v

Woman (Family)

As Sovereigns under God, Believers don’t create law, their sovereignty is obtained by accepting and implementing the law that God reveals in the scriptures, because God expresses Himself and His Sovereignty through His law.  Moreover, God has established fathers of families as sovereigns through the Sinai Covenant, and the Messiah and those who reach the full stature of Messiah establish their sovereignty through the Davidic Covenant.  Now our summary looks like this:​

Chain of Sovereignty	Key Covenant Law that Establishes Sovereignty
God	-
Messiah	Davidic
Father	Sinai
Woman ​(Family)	-

Commenting on kingship or sovereignty established under both covenant, Dr Gileadi states, 

"Both covenants [the Sinai and Davidic] follow the pattern of ancient Near Eastern emperor–vassal [kingship] covenants,"      (24. The Davidic Monarchy,  http://www.isaiahexplained.com/resources/ isaiahs-ancient-types-of-end-time-events)​

Sovereignty under the Sinai Covenant
When we look at sovereignty under the the Law of the Son, the Sinai covenant is key. The Sinai covenant provides the specific laws and rules  that establishes a father's sovereign power and authority.  John Rushdooney wrote quoting Matthew Sorin,

"According to the order and constitution [Sinai Covenant] of the divine government, man is appointed to rule in the affairs of this life. It is his prerogative to hold the reins of domestic government, and to direct the family interest, so as to bring them to a happy and honorable termination.” (Institutes of Biblical Law, Vol. I, p. 203)

John Rushdooney wrote further,

"God’s basic social institution is the family, to which God’s law entrusts all the basic powers in government except the death penalty, which is reserved to the state. The control of children, of property, of inheritance, of education, and of welfare belong to the Family." (Sovereignty p.12)

Moreover, the Sinai covenant empowers the father to select the authority to whom he and his family will be subject to. The US Constitution, which is patterned impart on Sinai law (Deu. 1:13),  is a good example of supporting a father's sovereign authority under God by giving the people the power to select civil leaders - a bottom up process of leadership selection.​  However, in a Millennial and eternal context with righteous leadership this process will be modified to a process of common consent.

Sovereignty under the Davidic Covenant
When we look at Sovereignty under the Law of the Father, the Davidic Covenant is key.  Introducing the idea of kingship under the Davidic Covenant Dr. Gileadi wrote,

"Under the terms of the Davidic Covenant, on the other hand—which God institutes in response to Israel’s demands for a king—he requires only that the king to keeps his law while the people are required to keep the king’s law." (24. The Davidic Monarchy,  http://www.isaiahexplained.com/resources/ isaiahs-ancient-types-of-end-time-events)

Moreover, when we look at Davidic Covenant, we can see Messianic elements embedded in the Davidic Covenant when Jesus declares that He keeps the Father’s Law and those that follow Him keep His Law at John 15:10.

"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love."


Three Levels of Davidic-Messianic Kingship
Moreover, when we look at Sovereignty in a Davidic-Messianic context, we see three levels that correlate to Isaiah's three kingship categories - Sons, Seraphim and Jehovah/Jesus as the King of Zion.  Each of these levels have the Davidic Covenant as foundational but vary by scope of responsibility and degree of divine power - see Isaiah Decoded, Chapter 7.

On the Son/Daughter/Elect level, we see married leadership who direct the affairs of family organizations and local communities, and obtain God’s earthly physical protection.

On the Seraphim/Joint-Heir level, we see married leadership who direct international affairs like Jehovah’s Endtime Servant and 144,000 and who obtain God’s earthly intervention accompanied with supernatural power and the sealing power (Enochic).

On the level of Jehovah/Jesus/King of Zion, we see married leadership who direct the affairs for all Humanity and who obtain deliverance from eternal sin and death through the power of the atonement and resurrection (Messianic).

Our summary looks like this -

Isaiah's Spiritual Categories	Son/Daughter/Elect	Seraphim/Joint-Heir	Jehovah/Yeshua King of Zion
Foundational Covenant	Davidic	Davidic	Davidic
Scope of Responsibility	Local Communities ​Family Organizations	International	All Humanity
Divine Power	Obtains God's Physical Protection	Supernatural Power - Miracles Power to Seal (Enochic)​	Power to Seal (Enochic) Power over eternal sin and death. (Messianic)