WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.267 --> 00:00:04.037 Day 200 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:08.389 when King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him 00:00:08.394 --> 00:00:10.459 rest from all the surrounding enemies. 00:00:11.299 --> 00:00:13.309 The king summoned Nathan the prophet. 00:00:14.489 --> 00:00:19.189 Look, David said, I am living in a beautiful Cedar palace. 00:00:20.064 --> 00:00:22.784 But the ark of God is out there in a tent. 00:00:23.834 --> 00:00:28.144 Nathan replied to the king, Go ahead and do whatever you have in 00:00:28.144 --> 00:00:30.364 mind, for the Lord is with you. 00:00:31.394 --> 00:00:37.474 But that same night the Lord said to Nathan, Go and tell my servant David, 00:00:38.094 --> 00:00:40.064 This is what the Lord has declared. 00:00:41.174 --> 00:00:44.204 Are you the one to build a house for me to live in? 00:00:44.994 --> 00:00:48.634 I have never lived in a house from the day I brought the Israelites 00:00:48.644 --> 00:00:50.854 out of Egypt until this very day. 00:00:51.834 --> 00:00:55.194 I have always moved from one place to another with a tent 00:00:55.214 --> 00:00:57.164 and a tabernacle as my dwelling. 00:00:58.354 --> 00:01:02.444 Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once 00:01:02.464 --> 00:01:07.174 complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. 00:01:07.884 --> 00:01:12.594 I have never asked them, Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house? 00:01:13.534 --> 00:01:17.744 Now go and say to my servant David, This is what the Lord of 00:01:17.744 --> 00:01:19.624 heaven's armies has declared. 00:01:20.709 --> 00:01:25.589 I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be 00:01:25.589 --> 00:01:27.709 the leader of my people, Israel. 00:01:28.549 --> 00:01:32.919 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed 00:01:32.929 --> 00:01:35.119 all your enemies before your eyes. 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:40.809 Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on 00:01:40.809 --> 00:01:45.359 the earth, and I will provide a homeland for my people, Israel. 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.749 Planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. 00:01:50.409 --> 00:01:55.549 Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past, starting from the time I 00:01:55.549 --> 00:01:58.409 appointed judges to rule my people Israel. 00:01:59.179 --> 00:02:02.039 And I will give you rest from all your enemies. 00:02:03.399 --> 00:02:07.149 Furthermore, the Lord declares that He will make a house 00:02:07.149 --> 00:02:09.629 for you, a dynasty of kings. 00:02:10.229 --> 00:02:15.089 For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of 00:02:15.089 --> 00:02:20.569 your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make His kingdom strong. 00:02:21.399 --> 00:02:26.789 He is the one who will build a house, a temple, for My name, and I will 00:02:26.799 --> 00:02:29.139 secure His royal throne forever. 00:02:30.059 --> 00:02:33.399 I will be His Father, and He will be My Son. 00:02:34.244 --> 00:02:37.704 If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the 00:02:37.704 --> 00:02:40.024 rod, like any father would do. 00:02:40.944 --> 00:02:44.764 But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, 00:02:45.154 --> 00:02:46.874 whom I removed from your sight. 00:02:47.889 --> 00:02:53.709 Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and 00:02:53.709 --> 00:02:55.949 your throne will be secure forever. 00:02:57.089 --> 00:03:00.389 So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the 00:03:00.389 --> 00:03:02.019 Lord had said in this vision. 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:09.029 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed, Who am I? 00:03:09.584 --> 00:03:15.294 O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family that you have brought me this far? 00:03:16.264 --> 00:03:21.344 And now, Sovereign Lord, in addition to everything else, you speak of 00:03:21.354 --> 00:03:24.114 giving your servant a lasting dynasty. 00:03:25.144 --> 00:03:28.524 Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign Lord? 00:03:29.549 --> 00:03:31.479 What more can I say to you? 00:03:32.059 --> 00:03:35.999 You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign Lord. 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:40.529 Because of your promise and according to your will, you have 00:03:40.529 --> 00:03:44.519 done all these great things and have made them known to your servant. 00:03:45.569 --> 00:03:48.489 How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! 00:03:49.049 --> 00:03:50.569 There is no one like you. 00:03:51.289 --> 00:03:54.329 We have never even heard of another God like you. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.469 What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? 00:03:59.179 --> 00:04:02.419 What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from 00:04:02.419 --> 00:04:04.379 slavery to be your own people? 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:09.464 You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. 00:04:10.194 --> 00:04:14.044 You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and 00:04:14.044 --> 00:04:15.684 gods that stood in their way. 00:04:16.664 --> 00:04:19.974 You made Israel your very own people forever. 00:04:20.624 --> 00:04:23.624 And you, O Lord, became their God. 00:04:24.514 --> 00:04:28.434 And now, O Lord God, I am your servant. 00:04:28.994 --> 00:04:32.224 Do as you have promised concerning me and my family. 00:04:32.964 --> 00:04:35.734 Confirm it as a promise that will last forever. 00:04:36.854 --> 00:04:42.314 And may your name be honored forever, so that everyone will say, The Lord 00:04:42.314 --> 00:04:45.204 of heaven's armies is God over Israel. 00:04:46.104 --> 00:04:50.504 And may the house of your servant David continue before you forever. 00:04:51.484 --> 00:04:57.584 O Lord of heaven's armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this 00:04:57.594 --> 00:05:03.114 prayer to you, because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, I will 00:05:03.124 --> 00:05:06.344 build a house for you, a dynasty of kings. 00:05:07.169 --> 00:05:09.629 For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. 00:05:10.469 --> 00:05:13.459 Your words are truth, and you have promised these 00:05:13.459 --> 00:05:14.869 good things to your servant. 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:19.679 And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:24.629 so that it may continue forever before you, for you have spoken. 00:05:25.149 --> 00:05:28.829 And when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign 00:05:28.899 --> 00:05:31.559 Lord, it is an eternal blessing. 00:05:33.149 --> 00:05:36.009 This concludes today's Immerse Reading Experience. 00:05:36.149 --> 00:05:37.339 Thank you for joining us.