February 21, 2012

King David's Children

"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me."
John 5:39

Tom came across this little nugget in his daily reading:

 "These are the names of his [King David's] children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon..."  (1 Chronicles 14:4)

When Tom looked at the meaning of these four Hebrew names, he saw a beautiful picture of salvation:

Shammua-"hearing" (Romans 10:17)

Shobab- "repenting" (Mark 6:12)

Natan- "He gives" (Ephesians 4:7)

Shlomo-"His peace" (John 14:27)


King David clearly understood that "the just shall live by faith" through the atoning work of Messiah, as Paul tells us in Romans 4:6-8

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