1 Chronicles 13

April 30, 2022

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1 Chronicles 13 (NIV)

Bringing Back the Ark
1 David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. 3 Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul.” ........Continue Reading

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  1. This is a classic example of doing something that appears to be good but forgetting God in doing it. We can do so many “good deeds” with the wrong motivation, for the wrong reason, at the wrong time which is why we should consider and consult with God in ALL things.
    God had given them a way He wanted the ark transported and when they did not follow those instructions death occurred. However, when respecting and obeying God’s laws for the ark it brought much blessing! Moral of the story seek God first in ALL things we do!

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  4. We just finished studying 1 Samuel 6 where the ark is sent back to Israel because the Lord struck the Philistines with tumors while it was in their possession. The people in Beth Shemesh rejoiced to see the ark as well, but then they looked in it! so God struck 70 of them dead that day and they responded like David “who is able to stand before this holy Lord God?” and sent it to Kirjath Jearim. One wonders what those there did right that it remained with them so long.

    My take away is that God is Holy and the Ark is Holy. He and what He has declared holy, must not be treated as common. To look in the Ark or to place your hand upon it as if it would fall, is to forget or neglect that it is holy.

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  5. Yes, what Kelly said. It probably was the right thing to do, but David forgot his lessons from Torah and how the Arc was supposed to be carried…by Levites, not on a cart. A reminder that a right thing done in a wrong way is often wrong…especially when you are dealing with God’s holiness. The opposite of holy is not sin, but what is common.

    And you’ve got to love that they take this ark that has just killed someone and put it in the non-Jews house. Don’t forget about dear old Obed-Edom, who took one for the team, and took the ark into his house. Can you even imagine what that was like, the symbol of the presence of God in your living room? And yet where God’s presence is there is blessing….hence God show His favor on Obed and rewards Him for welcoming Him in…literally…

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