1) The document discusses a story from the Bible where King David wanted to build a house for God, but God told the prophet Nathan that David should not do this as God had not commanded it. 2) God reminds David that He has established and protected David as king over Israel. 3) The document says that God's promises to establish Israel and David's throne forever have not yet been fulfilled, as Israel was later scattered and afflicted by enemies, but will be fulfilled in the future. 4) We must be careful not to pursue our own ideas in serving God, but rather do only what He has commanded.

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2. 2 Samuel 7 1 And it came to
pass, when the king sat in his
house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about
from all his enemies;
Matthew 11 (Jesus said)
28 Come unto Me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest.
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3. Too often we are blaming
the Lord for our overloaded
lives, when we have kept
piling on what He did not
require.
Accept help, even when it’s
not up to your standards.
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4. Matthew 11:29 Take
My yoke
upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. 30 For My Martha cooking
yoke is easy, and My burden
Mary sitting
is light.
Most of us would think of
Martha as the better person,
but Jesus said that Mary had
chosen the better part.
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5. 1 John 5 2-3 By this we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God, and keep His
Commandments. For this is the love of God, that
we keep His Commandments: and His Command-
ments are not grievous.
When we do all that God has for us to do,
But only what God has for us to do,
We will find rest for our souls.
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6. 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See
now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the Ark of
God dwelleth within curtains (a tent). 3 And Nathan
said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
the LORD is with thee.
We will see that Nathan was not speaking here as a
prophet, because he spoke not God’s Will.
King David wanted to do a good thing, and a good
man gave his approval.
Yet it was not God’s Plan.
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7. 4 And it came to pass that
night, that the Word of the
LORD came unto Nathan,
saying, 5 Go and tell my
servant David, Thus saith
the LORD, Shalt thou build
Me an house for Me to
dwell in?
David was wanting to take on a task that God had
not told him to do and did not want.
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8. 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the
time that I brought up the children of Israel out of
Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent
and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I
have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a
Word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I
commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why
build ye not me an house of cedar?
God said, “Did I ever ask anyone to build
me a house of cedar?”
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9. God is saying, “If I had
wanted a house, I would have
told you to build it.”
A good idea is not a
good idea, unless it
comes from God.
We sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed
because we overload our own wagons.
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10. 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant
David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from
the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler
over My people, over Israel: 9 And I was with thee
whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine
enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great
name, like unto the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
God said, “I have raised you up to be king of
My people; I have cut off your enemies.”
“I have established your name as a great
man in the earth.” 10

11. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for My people
Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a
place of their own, and move no more; neither shall
the children of wickedness afflict them any more,
as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I
commanded judges to be over My people Israel,
and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.
Also the LORD telleth thee that He will make thee
an house.
History teaches us clearly that this has not
been fulfilled yet -- 3000 years later.
Israel was scattered because of their sin. 11

12. Israel was enslaved time and again after the reigns
of David and Solomon.
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13. Israel’s enemies have risen up and afflicted them
almost continuously since the time after David’s
son Solomon ruled the nation.
Enemies of Israel
are in brown.
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14. 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after
thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I
will establish His Kingdom. 13 He shall build an
house for My Name, and I will stablish the throne
of His Kingdom forever.
This is speaking naturally of Solomon, who
would build the temple of God.
And it is speaking spiritually of Jesus Christ, Who
would come to earth, born of the lineage of David,
And will rule not only Israel, but the whole world.
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15. 14 Iwill be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he
commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of
men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But My Mercy shall not depart away from
him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away
before thee.
Solomon does sin, and he is chastened, and
he does repent in the Mercy of God.
Read the Book of Ecclesiastes.
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16. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established forever before thee: thy throne shall be
established forever.
The Bible teaches us that other kings sat on
the throne of Israel, and lead Israel astray.
They were taken into slavery, scattered over the
earth, and suffered unbelievable persecution.
But God’s Promises are not void!
They will be fulfilled.
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17. God loved David; David was a
man after God’s Own Heart.
But even such a man needed to hear
from God before he took action.
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18. We must be careful not to go off on our own
pursuits in trying to serve our Lord.
A good idea is not a
good idea, unless it
comes from God.
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