April 21,2016
The title of Chapter 6 is, " The Ark Brought To Jerusalem." Now that David had united all the tribes of Israel into a single country, he now wanted to unite the country behind God. The Ark had been built by the Jews at the instruction from God as a place where God would come to meet with His people.However the Jews had fallen away from God and had lost the Ark to the enemy ! So, David gathered all the men and people who were with him that totaled about 30,000, to bring back the Ark from the house of Abinadab. They had put the Ark on a cart pulled by an ox and were pulling it. At one point the Ark looked as if it were going to fall and Uzzah reached out to keep it from falling and kept it steady. God was angry and killed him instantly. David was scared that day and left the Ark at the house of Obed-Edom.
The spiritual lesson here is God's house is a holy place. Weather it is the Ark or heaven ! God makes the rules and failure to obey God's word leads to death. This message is the same for us today !! If you want to get to heaven, you must do as God says. The same is true if someone comes to your house.... YOU get to decide who comes into your house.
God had blessed Obed-Edom and when David saw this he went back and got the Ark and took it to Jerusalem. As he was bringing it into the city, David's wife Michal, saw David with his shirt off in the street dancing and celebrating the return of the Ark to Jerusalem and the return of God to the Jews !! She chastised David for this display and David put her right in her place. God showed all that David was right because from that moment on Michal never had any children !!!
Chapter 7 starts out that David wants to build a house for the Ark and ends by God blessing David !! David wanted to do the right thing for God and had planned on doing it. However God steps in through the profit Nathan and reminds David of all that God had done for the Jews and never had a house and never asked for one ! David then prays and gives thanks and prays to God. God answers by making a promise to David that will last forever and still is being work out by God. God makes many promises but one of them was to always have a seed of David on the throne.....Jesus is on the throne in heaven at God's right hand !!! Also he promises David that David's son will be the most famous and blessed king the world will ever know...the sons name was Solomon !!! The chapter ends with David in prayer saying to God let it be as you have said !!! This story has many similarities to the story in the New Testament of when Mary was told of her coming son and the promise of his life !!!
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Chapter 5
April 9, 2016
There was no class last week, so there was no posting. If you came and found none I am sorry ! This week we will take a look at chapter 5.
At this point, David has consolidated his power and is anointed by the elders of Israel in the city of Hebron. David reigned a total of 40 years. In Hebron he ruled over Judah for 7 1/2 years and in Jerusalem he ruled over Israel for 33 years. At this point David went up to Jerusalem and conquered it from the Jebusites. This became the Capitol for David and was called " City of David ". The way that he motivated his people to conquer it was to promise who ever did would become the leader of his military. By establishing this as the capitol, he was able to unite all of Israel together in the land and to get rid of any wedge between them. From this point forward God prospers Israel and makes David a great King and God makes Israel a country that was feared.
When the Philistines had come down to fight Israel, David did something that was to be a life long practice : He inquired of God on every move he made !! This is a great example for us today. So may times we get an idea and then go do it and ask God to bless it. Here, David shows us to ask God what to do and God will always bless it. They attacked twice. First time God said attack and David and his men won. The second time God said no, circle around and attack from behind. Again they were victorious. With all the sins that David (and us) commit, God called David a man after my own heart! Why ? Because no matter what David always tried his best to do God's will. This is the number one lesson we can take away from chapter 5.... Strive always to listen and obey God's word, and you shall be a man or woman after God's own heart !!!
There was no class last week, so there was no posting. If you came and found none I am sorry ! This week we will take a look at chapter 5.
At this point, David has consolidated his power and is anointed by the elders of Israel in the city of Hebron. David reigned a total of 40 years. In Hebron he ruled over Judah for 7 1/2 years and in Jerusalem he ruled over Israel for 33 years. At this point David went up to Jerusalem and conquered it from the Jebusites. This became the Capitol for David and was called " City of David ". The way that he motivated his people to conquer it was to promise who ever did would become the leader of his military. By establishing this as the capitol, he was able to unite all of Israel together in the land and to get rid of any wedge between them. From this point forward God prospers Israel and makes David a great King and God makes Israel a country that was feared.
When the Philistines had come down to fight Israel, David did something that was to be a life long practice : He inquired of God on every move he made !! This is a great example for us today. So may times we get an idea and then go do it and ask God to bless it. Here, David shows us to ask God what to do and God will always bless it. They attacked twice. First time God said attack and David and his men won. The second time God said no, circle around and attack from behind. Again they were victorious. With all the sins that David (and us) commit, God called David a man after my own heart! Why ? Because no matter what David always tried his best to do God's will. This is the number one lesson we can take away from chapter 5.... Strive always to listen and obey God's word, and you shall be a man or woman after God's own heart !!!
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