God's compassion for His people

Introduction

1 & 2 Chronicles

Post exile

provide Hope.

Location

English Bible - after Samuel and Kings

Traditional Jewish ordering - Last Book

2 Themes (1 Chr 17)

Hope for Messiah

Hope for a new Temple

David’s Portrayal

1 Chronicles 21 (2 Samuel 24)

The Root of David’s sin. (vv. 1-6)

The Will of David

1 Chronicles 21:1 “Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.”

2 Samuel 24:1 “1 Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.””

The Warning of Joab

1 Chronicles 21:3 “Joab said, “May the Lord add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?””

Deuteronomy 1:10-11 “10 ‘The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11 ‘May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!”

1 Chronicles 21:6 “6 But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.”

1 Chronicles 27:24 “24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.”

The Response of God toward David’s sin. (vv. 7-15)

v. 7 - Displeased - Struck (v. 14)

v. 9 - Three Choices

v. 15 - God’s Grace - “sorry” (Knee-Hom)

to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion.

to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent.

to comfort oneself, be comforted

Genesis 6:6-7 “6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.””

1 Samuel 15:11 “11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the Lord all night.”

1 Samuel 15:28-29 “28 So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. 29 “Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.””

Exodus 13:17 “17 Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.””

The Repentance of David for his sin. (vv. 8; 16-17)

v. 8 - immediate recognition

v. 16 - covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

v. 17

is it not i...

I am...

against me...

my father’s household

Conclusion (vv. 18-28)

2 Chronicles 3:1 NASB95

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:1–2 NASB95

1 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”