"Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly." (1 Kings 2: 12)
"Solomon" means peace, and Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9: 6; Ephesians 2: 14).
Solomon, as a type of our Lord Jesus, was established when he sat down on his throne.
So too was Jesus established when He sat down at the right hand of the Father (Hebrews 1: 3), but not because He is the Son of God, not because He is the King of Kings, but because He finished the work which His Father had sent Him to do: to die for our sins and justify us from everything that we could not for ourselves (John 17: 4; 19: 30; Acts 13: 38-39)
When we see that in Christ, we have peace with God, that He will never be angry with us again for our sins (Isaiah 54: 9), we recognize that we have peace with God (Romans 5: 1)
We have peace with God because Jesus Christ became sin, became our substitute (2 Corinthians 5: 17-19), that we would be reconciled to God and receive His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5: 20-21).
Isaiah prophesied that we would be established in righteousness (Isaiah 54: 14), and this we rececvie through Jesus, our Peace (Ephesians 2: 14), who is our righteousness (1 Corinthians 1: 30).
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