30 Days of Bible Food

Well readers, here we go again reading the Word of God, the bible on this land mark day where we have only 60 days left to complete this excellent goal and task of reading the bible in 90 days with understanding.

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.

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.

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Peace & Grace

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1st Chronicles - Bible Food

Good morning on the 29th day of the year, here we are beginning our reading in Chronicles, which chronicled the events the kings of Israel did in their day.  Just as kings was; it is a basic report each king did in their period.  Ninety years from now; history books will be able to tell the future generation what George W. Bush did during his 8th year reign and what Barak Obama did during his.

Let us begin.

1 Chronicles chapter 1

 ¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh, - this book begins with the genealogy of the man family beginning with Adam.  I'm not sure if each son is the first born or if it is the most well liked.  However, we see the accounts from Genesis here that the children of Israel kept track of.  Keep in mind this is just one lineage that is kept in the bible.  Adam had plenty of kids, and so did his children.  Sometimes men had up to 60 children and this lineage only follows one of them.

¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

¹⁹And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

We remember these exact sayings in the bible in Genesis when we read nearly a month ago.  In verse 43, it tells us that Israel did not have kings nor a kingdom, yet while Edom had kings and rulers and a monarch.  A lot of these countries were set up before the Lord pulled Israel out of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 2

 ¹These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

 ²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

 ³The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

Here we are getting into the genealogy of the sons of Jacob; also known as Israel.  In the early days, the 12 sons were not all that holy, and their kids were not either, Er was so wicked and evil the Lord killed him.   We remember Achar, "the troubler of Israel," who transgressed in the thing accursed, which Joshua had to kill him and his family because it caused Israel to lose men in trying to capture a city.

The chapter ends with the lineage of Judah, even into some of David's sisters kids.  Rarely does the bible keep the lineage of women.

1 Chronicles 3

 ¹Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

Here are David's children here; Amnon who was killed by Absalom, for raping his sister, Tamar, was David's first born by his wife Ahinoam.  The third son was Absalom, the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur.  I believe that is a Hamite wife and Adonijah the son of Haggith was his fourth son.

In Chronicles chapter 4 we are back reading about the sons of Judah.  As mentioned earlier, in the early days they did not all follow the ways of Israel, Isaac, and Abraham.  Some did however like: ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. 

If it is noted that he called on the God of Israel, then that implies that not all of them did, at least they didn't whole hearted.  Just as Seth began me to call on the name of the Lord.  Adam did too; but Seth really sought and obeyed God.  Most of these lineage list was written in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah.

1 Chronicles chapter 5

 ¹Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

 ²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

We get a bit of information here as the lineage of Reuben is being outlined.  He was the first born to Jacob; but because he sinned in defiling his father's bed, his birthright was taken away from him and given to the sons of Joseph.  Even though Judah is the chief of his brother (because that is the ruling tribe with David and most importantly with JESUS), Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh received the birthright blessings.

In this chapter we get their lineage and how they were until they were carried away into captivity by the Assyrians.

1 Chronicles 6

 ¹The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  To be a Levite you had to come from one of the three above.  Kohath had Amram, and this is where Moses, Aaron, and Miriam came from; these are the priest to the priest.  The sons of Aaron are the priest to the Levites, and the Levites are priest to the children of Israel; and the children of Israel are priest to the rest of the world (the sons of Adam).

The sons of Levi did the congregation work; singing, and all that goes with that; but Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded (verse 49).

1 Chronicles 7

 ¹Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.

⁶The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

¹³The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

 ¹⁴The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

The sons of Israel, I suppose the none popular sons only get brief writings on their lineage.

²⁰And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

³⁰The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

1 Chronicles chapter 8

 ¹Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 

Here we are touching on the sons of Jacob continuing with Benjamin.  And who was or became a very popular Benjamite?  ³³And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.  Saul, the first king over Israel (flesh king).

1 Chronicles 9

 ¹So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

Israel kept these records but the captivity has wiped everything away.  As we read in kings yesterday; once they were carried off into slavery; now there is no telling where or which tribe one is from, especially when you get to the shores of America today.  Remember how the kings of Egypt and Babylon changed men's names when they captured them.  It's no different today.

So I believe we are finished for today and are ready to get into historical text and less lineage talk.  I know this was hard reading today; but these genealogies are good and we'll see why later on.  Have a great day and give lots of thought to the God of Israel.

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