The Ark, the House, and the Army
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· 6 viewsThis week's readng in the OYCB covers most of David's reign over Israel and Judah. There are three key incidents during his reign that teach us about the character of God and His faith-based relationship with man.
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The ARK
The ARK
The ark part of David’s story strengthens our view of Scripture.
1 David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
2 Then he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is from the Lord our God, let us spread out and send the message to the rest of our relatives in all the districts of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands, that they should gather together with us.
3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of him in Saul’s days.”
4 Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
5 So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
6 David and all Israel went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take from there the ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim.
7 At Abinadab’s house they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
8 David and all Israel were dancing with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
9 When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled.
10 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark. So he died there in the presence of God.
11 David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is still named today.
1 chron 13 1-
1 David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
2 Then he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is from the Lord our God, let us spread out and send the message to the rest of our relatives in all the districts of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands, that they should gather together with us.
3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of him in Saul’s days.”
4 Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
5 So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
13:2-4, David made two mistakes:
He consulted the commanders and the whole assembly, but he did not consult the word of God. There is always a danger in assuming that we have the wisdom to make decisions. When we have a decision to make we should consult God’s word first. If there is no instruction in God’s word, then we are free to use our wisdom…and we should ask God to give us wisdom.
His motive for bringing the ark back was wrong. He was wanting to inquire of the Lord before the ark (usually this was for the purpose of war). However, the purpose of the ark was for God to hear the repentant prayers of the people.
After Uzzah died, David obviously went back and consulted God’s word. He was angry with God, but God did not speak to Him about the matter. Why? Because God had already provided instruction.
1 David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.”
3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.
4 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
5 From the Kohathites, Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives;
6 from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives;
7 from the Gershomites, Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives;
8 from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives;
9 from the Hebronites, Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives;
10 from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.
11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
13 For the Lord our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn’t inquire of him about the proper procedures.”
14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 Then the Levites carried the ark of God the way Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord: on their shoulders with the poles.
15:13 Notice that David says that they did not inquire of the Lord the proper procedures.
1 chron 15 1-5
This strengthens our view of Scripture. Reading God’s word is the same of inquiring of God. A lot of times when we have a question of God, we need to understand that His answer is usually, “I have already giving you instruction on that! Read the Book.”
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The HOUSE
The HOUSE
The house part of David’s story adds an installment of the Redemption Story.
4 But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
5 “Go to my servant David and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?
6 From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my dwelling.
7 In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’
8 “So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name for you like that of the greatest on the earth.
10 I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done
11 ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you.
12 When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.
15 But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16 Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’ ”
2 sam 7 1-
David wants to build a house for the Lord. Once again, he doesn’t have the right motives. Later in David’s faith journey, he will discover that God promised to choose a place for the ark. God does this in the book of times God promised this in Deuteronomy (; ; , , , ; , ; ; ; ).
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He honors David’s desire to honor Him.
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8 “So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.
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God reminds David where he came from. God has taken David from the most humble position and made him ruler of Israel. (This is reminiscent of Abraham)
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name for you like that of the greatest on the earth.
A great name…like the promise to Abraham.
10 I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done
11 ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you.
God affirms His promises in Deuteronomy. God will designate a place for the ark and it will signify that a time of peace will follow.
11 ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you.
12 When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.
15 But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16 Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’ ”
2 sam 7 11-
David wanted to build a house (a building) for the Lord.
But the Lord will make a house (an everlasting household) for David…like Abraham.
Difficult Passage:
12 When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.
15 But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
2 sam 7
Is God talking about Solomon or Jesus? To answer this, we must go to .
19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said: “I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him with my sacred oil.
21 My hand will always be with him, and my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not oppress him; the wicked will not afflict him.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.’
27 I will also make him my firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him, and my covenant with him will endure.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.
30 If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,
31 if they dishonor my statutes and do not keep my commands,
32 then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their iniquity with blows.
33 But I will not withdraw my faithful love from him or betray my faithfulness.
psalm 89
Focus on 89:27-32
in , when it seems that God is speaking about Solomon, we find in , that God is speaking about the nation of Judah in the future.
But God has promised to:
Make David’s name great…like Abraham
Establish his throne forever…like Abraham
Establish his house (descendants) and kingdom forever. (; ,,)
17 And a voice from heaven said: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”
The ARMY
The ARMY
The army part of David’s story warns us about sin.
Isolation from God’s people and Ministry roles
Idleness when their is work to be done
Inclinations with no discipline
1 In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3 So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?”
4 David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterward, she returned home.
5 The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.”
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah had died, she mourned for him.