Israel is in rebellion against the Son of David until today. God made an exclusive covenant with David and his descendants. A covenant is a legally binding relationship between two or more parties. It is binding and intergenerational. Breaking. Covenant has dire consequences, and a broken covenant requires atonement. A covenant always contains terms and conditions to be fulfilled by both parties. Covenants are designed to be mutually beneficial for both parties. The glue of the ancient covenant was a deep sense of fidelity. A covenant requires both parties to mutually benefit, to adhere to the terms and conditions, and to maintain fidelity and faithfulness. In 2 Samuel 7, God established such relationship with David. God promised David the Kingdom and a dynasty, posterity, inheritance, peace, greatness, and blessing. His obligation was obedience to the Torah.
I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. But My faithful love will never leave him as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way. 2 Samuel 7:14-15
The covenental sign is the House of the Davídica dynasty; the House of the Temple in Jerusalem; the House of the Temple of believers:
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 1 Corinthians 6:19
The Davidic Covenant builds on both the Abrahamic Covenant and the Sinai Covenant, since no covenants cancel previous ones. Both Abraham and David were promised a great name, a piece of real estate, offspring, a connection to the throne, a special relationship with God, an effect upon the Gentiles, and great blessing. When the Son of David came calling on Israel to “Repent, for the Kingdom is at hand,” His generation failed to do so, and they rebelled against the King of the Kingdom, the Son of David. Therefore, the Temple was destroyed and Israel is now experiencing their longest exile in all of history. However, the King has offered His own self as the atonement for their broken covenant:
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world. 1 John 2:2
Therefore, He had to be like His brothers [Israel] in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17
The need for repentance still stands, though. In the book of Matthew, Yeshua laments over Jerusalem:
For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’! Matthew 23:39
We need His brothers to await His return with us. According to the rabbis, there is a set time for the coming of Messiah, and the final redemption, but Israel can hasten the redemption by repentance. The Talmud says, “If they are worthy, I will hasten Him; if they are not worthy, He will come at the appointed time.” Just like Jeremiah, who was speaking to the people at the time of the first Temple, calling them to repent, so too was Yeshua the prophet of the second Temple, calling the people of Israel to repent, and if they would not repent, they would experience the destruction of the Temple and thus, that took place. We should all have a vested interest in reconciling Israel back to the Son of David, because as HaShem redeems the people of Israel, the entire world will experience redemption!