David

David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”