Mikołajczak, Mieczysław (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II, 2011)
The promise of God given to David heralds eternal existence of his house and monarchy (2 Samuel 7,12-16). Judaism cherished hope associated with the promise that God would raise a monarch anointed like David, who would free people from slavery and set up the law for them. This is a model of a son of David, awaited in the entire history of Israel. Luke 1: 27 says that Joseph comes from the house of David, and Luke 1,32 says that the Son of Mary will sit on the throne of his father, David. Genealogy, too, connects Jesus with David, who fulfills the Messianic hopes connected with the king of Israel. Without denying this relationship with David, Jesus showed distance with regard to the messianic expectations of the people of that era. He is the king above all because he is the son of God and not because he is the family of David. He takes David’s throne to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament. From this throne he will reign forever and judge the peoples.
