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The tribes of Israel, descendants of Abraham's grandson Jacob, became a literal kingdom under the rule of King David.
David, a physical ancestor of Jesus Christ, considered the eternal question of man's purpose as he contemplated the glory of the heavens. "What is man that You are mindful of him," he asked, "and the son of man that You visit him?" (Psalm 8:4). This is an eternal question of mankind. We continue to ask, "Is this life all there is?"
Through David, God revealed He would intervene dramatically in human affairs, He would make "wars cease to the end of the earth," and He would "beexalted among the nations" (Psalm 46:1-11).
Through David, God established a dynasty of kings over Israel. Christ Himself, as "the Son of David, the Son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1), was born to inherit David's throne (Luke 1:32). We learn of a direct relationship between the dynasty of kings God promised would descend from Abraham and David and the Kingdom of God preached by Jesus Christ.
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