2 Samuel 9 - the Gospel in the Old Testament

Out of his great love for his late friend Jonathan, David asks if there is anyone to whom he can show grace. The lame son of Jonathan, Mephibosheth (meh-FIBB-o-sheth), is the sole remaining heir (see 2 Samuel 4:4). Rather than dispatch this last remaining, feeble threat to his monarchy, David instead showers him with kindness, as if he were one of David's own sons.

Jerry Bridges, in his great book Transforming Grace, points to this episode as a picture of the gospel for us today. Like Mephibosheth, we are unable to do anything for ourselves. We want to set up our own kingdom, but instead of wiping out this feeble threat to His Kingdom, Christ has made it possible for us - in God's grace - to sit and eat at the King's table with Him! Note also that in v.13, the text repeats itself...telling us again that Mephibosheth always ate at the King's table, and that he was lame in both feet. It's a reminder that we are in need of God's continuous grace - we stay 'lame' and in need of His goodness all our lives.

Question: 1) Read Ephesians 2: 6-7. Where are we seated now? In order that God might show what?