The gospel writers see the fulfillment of the promise made to David in the coming of Jesus Christ. Read Matthew 1: 1, Luke 2:4, Luke 1: 30-33, John 7:40-41, Mark 10:46-48, Mark 12:35. The four gospel accounts of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem should be referred to:

Mark 11:1-10, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-40, John 12:12-19. In the accounts of Matthew and Mark, Jesus is hailed as the Messiah descended from David, and in the accounts of Luke and John, as the King who comes in the name of the Lord. One of the titles given to Jesus in John 1 is King of Israel. Paul's preaching in the early Church referred to Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Saviour of the people of Israel as he had promised (Acts 13: 16-23). Peter's preaching had similar references (Acts 2: 29-35).

The promise made to David of an everlasting dynasty finds its fulfilment in Jesus Christ, the descendant of David, who establishes the Kingdom of God on earth. We can now see David's importance in the history of God's salvation for mankind. First there was the promise to Abraham, the ancestor of the Israelites 'I will give you many descendants and they will become a great nation .... And through you I will bless all the nations.' Then there was Moses whose task it was to make the descendants of Abraham into a people with whom God made his Covenant. It was David's task to make the people into a nation, leading them as a king subject to the rule of God. God's promise to David, through the prophet Nathan, still concerns the nation of Israel but is not confined to it. The first promise of God to Abraham was of blessing to all nations, and it was through the descendant of David, Jesus Christ, that this blessing would come, beginning from David's kingdom. David is at the origin of the great tradition of messianic prophecy.