We are going to begin today's reading in 1 Chronicles chapter 10. Some of today's reading will be a rehash of the kings stories from another point of view. Let us begin...
1 Chronicles Chapter 10
This chapter begins with the telling of the death of king Saul and his house, along with Jonathan; how Saul committed suicide to avoid being tortured by the Philistines who shot and wounded him. And we are reminded that Saul died for his sins against the Lord; for not keeping His Word; and seeking a familiar spirit. If God would kill a great king in Israel for seeking a psychic; then He would kill today for doing that also.
1 Chronicles 11
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Right away the people moved to make David their king when they heard of the tidings of Saul. David had Joab knock off the Jebusites who were inhabiting Jebus, as they call it, which is Jerusalem and David got greater and greater because the Lord God was with him. The chapter ends with the listing of David's mighty men.
1 Chronicles 12
All the tribes of Israel came up peaceably to make David their king and captain. Men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king.
Moreover there was joy in Israel to make David king over them.
In 1st Chronicles chapter 13; David brings up all the tribes and the Levites and proposes them to bring up the ark of our God to Jerusalem because they didn't in Saul's days. And it is a good idea to everyone to do so. So they went up to Kirjathjearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up the ark of God the LORD, that dwells between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
And as we read in kings, they put it on a cart and when the calf stumbled the ark began to fall and Uzza put his hand to catch it; a good thing, the right thing, but the Lord killed him on the spot for touching the Ark. Imagine that; dancing, singing, rejoicing for the Ark and all the sudden boom, a death. David was shoot and all Israel; and they left the Ark to figure out what to do.
1 Chronicles 14
Other nations began to contact David and send gifts so he took this that God confirmed and established him as king of Israel. He took more wives and had more children. The Philistines were not thrilled about David and came up to kill him. 10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
David forgot to do this when he went up to get the Ark of the Covenant, he didn't inquire of the the Lord. 14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. God even gave David war strategies and went out and fought for David. The sounds on the top of the mulberry trees were the sound of wind but it was angels and the Lord going out to battle. That is the best feeling in the world when God is fighting for you. Now as other nations heard about this; they began to fear Israel under David's leadership. God brought that fear upon them.
1 Chronicles 15
After David asked the Lord, then David said, nobody should carry the ark of God except the Levites: it is the Levites who the LORD has chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister Him at all times. And they gathered to go get the Ark of God correctly. Do you know what this taught me? That no matter how much zeal and emotion we have in serving God; we cannot do things any way we want. We must do it the way it was set up to be done.
God will not permit you if He commands you cut the grass and you don't; but instead clean the entire house making it spic and span. He will not be pleased with that. We must do things His way and do them the right way.
13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
Because they didn't do this is due order, Uzza had to die. Now they brought the Ark of God to Jerusalem with singing, dancing, and rejoicing; but Michal, Saul's daughter, was not happy to see David dancing as he was because she thought he was doing it to get women; but David danced before God because he was happy to bring the Ark of God to Jerusalem.
Moreover there was joy in Israel to make David king over them.
In 1st Chronicles chapter 13; David brings up all the tribes and the Levites and proposes them to bring up the ark of our God to Jerusalem because they didn't in Saul's days. And it is a good idea to everyone to do so. So they went up to Kirjathjearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up the ark of God the LORD, that dwells between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
And as we read in kings, they put it on a cart and when the calf stumbled the ark began to fall and Uzza put his hand to catch it; a good thing, the right thing, but the Lord killed him on the spot for touching the Ark. Imagine that; dancing, singing, rejoicing for the Ark and all the sudden boom, a death. David was shoot and all Israel; and they left the Ark to figure out what to do.
1 Chronicles 16
They brought the Ark of God; and feasted, David gave every family a piece of meat, bread, and gallon of wine. It was a good time; I wish I was there. David appointed the Levites, priests and singers, who would take care of the Ark of God as commanded in the writings of Moses daily, and David wrote and prayed a psalm to the people; in fact it was Psalm 48. David then sent all the people home and returned to bless his house too.
1 Chronicles 17
In chapter 17 here David is sitting thinking he lives in a nice house but the Ark of God sat in a tent and that didn't make sense to him. Some of us know about that; we have a great big house, but the church we go to is in a storefront or is just a shabby building. Your mind would be moved to do something about that if you pondered on it deeply as David did. So he decides to build a Temple for the Lord. Nathan tells him to do it because God is with you on so many things; but it still requires us to ask God before we do a thing.
God had David not build a Temple; in fact God did things for David and never asked David to do this. The Lord goes into future prophesy telling David when he dies God will raise him a seed that will build His Temple.
12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
We would think this is Solomon since he built the Temple right? But Solomon was not considered a son to God; and when Solomon had all those strange women; God rent the kingdom from his son; so His mercy was taken from him; and most of all Solomon died and there are no accounts of him raising from the dead yet; so who's kingdom is going to be established forever, came from the seed of David, and this being was known as the son of God? Jesus!
This is reading the bible with understanding. David thanked God in prayer concerning His word.
Chapter 18
The LORD preserved David wherever he went. Whatever he did prospered because God is showing us that David's Jerusalem is what Jesus Jerusalem will be; one kingdom other nations cannot fight against. 14So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles 19
Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son Hanun took over after him as the customs are. David sent messengers to console Hanun because David liked his father. But he thought they came to spy and take over the land; so he shamed them by shaving their beards and cutting holes in the buttocks area of their garment (like the artist known as prince) and sent them away.
David heard this and had them wait in Jericho until their beards grew back in before they returned home; and David went to Ammon to handle business. Ammon hired the Syrians to help them; but when the smoke cleared David took them both down leaving nothing and making Ammon servants to Israel:
19And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
1 Chronicles 20
Chapter twenty just tells of wars between Philistines where Israel defeated tall giant type men, showing that the Lord was truly with them.
1 Chronicles 21
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. When we read this in second Samuel chapter 24; it accounted that the Lord stood up against Israel; so who was it the Lord or Satan that caused David to be provoked to number Israel? It was the Lord; but he sent Satan. When evil needs to be done; the Lord sends an evil spirit (as was done to kill Ahab when a lying spirit was sent to his prophets).
When the Lord sees us today sinning against Him; then all of the sudden drama comes into our lives; an evil spirit came in to punish us so we can correct our way to the Lord. So Satan stood up and had David number Israel. This caused 70,000 people to be killed in Israel.
14So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it:...
What angel is known as the destroyer? Satan! The Lord showed David the angel as he was destroying the city; and David feared because he saw that angel's sword. However, David and the priest made sacrifices for the Lord to hold off His anger.
1 Chronicles 22
David wants the House of the Lord to be great so that all nations revere it and come unto it. So he prepares to build it while he's alive and instructs Solomon on it as well.
10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Although David thought the Lord was speaking of Solomon regarding the Temple; verse 10 clearly separates it from Solomon because Solomon as I mentioned before was not known as the son of God. David finishes telling Solomon to be strong in building the Temple and tells all Israel to support him in this great feat.
1 Chronicles 23
When David was old, he made Solomon his son king over Israel, gathering all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites to the anointing ceremony. This concludes today's milestone reading. Let's continue and push forward and finish this goal. Thank you for joining peace in Jesus name.
--13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
We would think this is Solomon since he built the Temple right? But Solomon was not considered a son to God; and when Solomon had all those strange women; God rent the kingdom from his son; so His mercy was taken from him; and most of all Solomon died and there are no accounts of him raising from the dead yet; so who's kingdom is going to be established forever, came from the seed of David, and this being was known as the son of God? Jesus!
This is reading the bible with understanding. David thanked God in prayer concerning His word.
Chapter 18
The LORD preserved David wherever he went. Whatever he did prospered because God is showing us that David's Jerusalem is what Jesus Jerusalem will be; one kingdom other nations cannot fight against. 14So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles 19
Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son Hanun took over after him as the customs are. David sent messengers to console Hanun because David liked his father. But he thought they came to spy and take over the land; so he shamed them by shaving their beards and cutting holes in the buttocks area of their garment (like the artist known as prince) and sent them away.
David heard this and had them wait in Jericho until their beards grew back in before they returned home; and David went to Ammon to handle business. Ammon hired the Syrians to help them; but when the smoke cleared David took them both down leaving nothing and making Ammon servants to Israel:
19And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
1 Chronicles 20
Chapter twenty just tells of wars between Philistines where Israel defeated tall giant type men, showing that the Lord was truly with them.
1 Chronicles 21
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. When we read this in second Samuel chapter 24; it accounted that the Lord stood up against Israel; so who was it the Lord or Satan that caused David to be provoked to number Israel? It was the Lord; but he sent Satan. When evil needs to be done; the Lord sends an evil spirit (as was done to kill Ahab when a lying spirit was sent to his prophets).
When the Lord sees us today sinning against Him; then all of the sudden drama comes into our lives; an evil spirit came in to punish us so we can correct our way to the Lord. So Satan stood up and had David number Israel. This caused 70,000 people to be killed in Israel.
14So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it:...
What angel is known as the destroyer? Satan! The Lord showed David the angel as he was destroying the city; and David feared because he saw that angel's sword. However, David and the priest made sacrifices for the Lord to hold off His anger.
1 Chronicles 22
David wants the House of the Lord to be great so that all nations revere it and come unto it. So he prepares to build it while he's alive and instructs Solomon on it as well.
10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Although David thought the Lord was speaking of Solomon regarding the Temple; verse 10 clearly separates it from Solomon because Solomon as I mentioned before was not known as the son of God. David finishes telling Solomon to be strong in building the Temple and tells all Israel to support him in this great feat.
1 Chronicles 23
When David was old, he made Solomon his son king over Israel, gathering all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites to the anointing ceremony. This concludes today's milestone reading. Let's continue and push forward and finish this goal. Thank you for joining peace in Jesus name.
1 Chronicles 21
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. When we read this in second Samuel chapter 24; it accounted that the Lord stood up against Israel; so who was it the Lord or Satan that caused David to be provoked to number Israel? It was the Lord; but he sent Satan. When evil needs to be done; the Lord sends an evil spirit (as was done to kill Ahab when a lying spirit was sent to his prophets).When the Lord sees us today sinning against Him; then all of the sudden drama comes into our lives; an evil spirit came in to punish us so we can correct our way to the Lord. So Satan stood up and had David number Israel. This caused 70,000 people to be killed in Israel.
14So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it:...
What angel is known as the destroyer? Satan! The Lord showed David the angel as he was destroying the city; and David feared because he saw that angel's sword. However, David and the priest made sacrifices for the Lord to hold off His anger.
1 Chronicles 22
David wants the House of the Lord to be great so that all nations revere it and come unto it. So he prepares to build it while he's alive and instructs Solomon on it as well.
10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Although David thought the Lord was speaking of Solomon regarding the Temple; verse 10 clearly separates it from Solomon because Solomon as I mentioned before was not known as the son of God. David finishes telling Solomon to be strong in building the Temple and tells all Israel to support him in this great feat.
1 Chronicles 23
When David was old, he made Solomon his son king over Israel, gathering all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites to the anointing ceremony. This concludes today's milestone reading. Let's continue and push forward and finish this goal. Thank you for joining peace in Jesus name.
Peace & Grace
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