X2M.155 | Starcluster: Covenantal Palace Intact
The Florilegium (4Q174) interprets the “house” promised to David (2 Sam 7:11–14) as a perpetual covenantal structure, inseparable from Zion and the sanctuary of God.¹ It weaves Psalms 1 and 2 into this promise, identifying the Messiah as the “Branch of David” who will arise in the last days to judge and reign.² The covenantal palace is not provisional architecture but a dwelling inseparably linked to God’s oath: “I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”³
For Starcluster, this fragment names the palace not as ruin or reconstruction but as intact — sustained across history by covenantal fidelity. Even exile cannot dissolve the house; destruction cannot annul the promise. The palace persists as an invisible architecture of oath, awaiting only manifestation.
This continuity resonates with PH12 enthronement motifs: the crown (Qumah) and the covenant document (Manuscript) are inseparable from the oath that secures them. In Qumran’s reading, the Davidic Branch arises as the ultimate sign of this continuity, the one who embodies both dynasty and sanctuary.⁴
Thus, “Covenantal Palace Intact” marks the moment when restoration is recognized not as novelty but as unveiling. The palace was never abolished — it was hidden, safeguarded by oath, preserved in covenant memory until Daybreak revealed it. The palace of David is therefore more than stone: it is covenantal DNA, intact across generations, intact across exile, intact across cosmos.
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¹ 4Q174 Florilegium, col. I, 10–19. See Florentino García Martínez and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition (Leiden: Brill, 1997–98), 1:353–57.
² John J. Collins, The Scepter and the Star: The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), 109–113.
³ 2 Samuel 7:11–14; cf. Ps 89:3–4.
⁴ Craig A. Evans, “Davidic Messiah in the Qumran Scrolls,” in The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years: A Comprehensive Assessment, ed. Peter W. Flint and James C. VanderKam (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 2:641–61.
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