Jesus, Son of David

Old Testament prophecy fulfilled by Jesus

The Messiah, Jesus, would descend from the line of King David

God made a covenant with King David that his descendant would have a kingdom forever.

“When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” 2 Samuel 7:12-13

God gave the prophet Isaiah another confirmation that the Messiah would come from David (in the following verse it mentions Jesse-David’s father).

“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.” Isaiah 11:1

The prophet Jeremiah also wrote God’s words of the future Messiah, the Son of David:

“’Behold, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I shall raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely, and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, The Lord our righteousness.’” Jeremiah 23:5-6

Both genealogies of Jesus show that He descended from David (and from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah). Click here for my blog on the genealogies of Jesus: https://closertojesus.substack.com/p/the-two-genealogies-of-jesus

The angel, Gabriel, made it clear that Jesus was THE ONE who would fulfill the prophecies of the Messiah, the Son of David, when he told Mary:

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.” Luke 1:31-33

During the lifetime of Jesus, the people understood that the term Son of David was a Messianic title. For example, at the triumphal entry in Jerusalem, the multitudes cried out:

“Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed in He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.” Matthew 21:9

All through the Old Testament, God inspired the writers of scripture to write prophesies. I suspect they didn’t understand much about the future they wrote about. But God used them to prepare the way. And every detail happened exactly how God told them it would.  

Carla Killough McClafferty