1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: Hello, and good morning friends and faithful listeners, and thank 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: you so much for starting your week out with the 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Bible Explained. Today, we're going to be reading two chapters 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: of First Chronicles. First Chronicles twenty seven and twenty eight. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: We'll be talking about the army that David has, and 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: then we'll also be discussing a very interesting topic, which 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: is did God even want the temple to be built? 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 1: We'll get into it. So something that I didn't realize 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: is that we're going to be done with First Chronicles 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and then we'll be moving into a new 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: season of the podcast. And yeah, I didn't even realize 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: that until the end of last week. Now, something a 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: little bit different I'm going to do with the podcast. 14 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: Not that this matters, it really doesn't, but I'm not 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: going to have First and Second Chronicles be one season 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: this time like I did with First and Second Kings. Instead, 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to break it up into two different seasons. 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: But the reason being was because First and Second Kings, Man, 19 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: we were in that season for so long. It was 20 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: almost a year that we were in First and Second Kings, 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: So I think it would be better if we broke 22 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: the seasons up. A little bit shorter in the future, 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: so that is why I am going to do Second 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: Chronicles as a separate season. So we'll be moving into 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: season ten next week. I'm looking forward to it. But 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: today we're going to read two chapters of First Chronicles, 27 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: because again a lot of it is just names, you know, 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: names that we don't really recognize. But at this point 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: in time when it was written, the Israelites are coming 30 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: back into the Promised Land, and it was important for 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: the Israelites to know what family they came from, specifically 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: if they were of the tribe of Levi, right, because 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: there's not going to be a king in Israel any longer. 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: You know, the Babylonians went in and completely destroyed the 35 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: government of Israel. So now that the Israelite refugees are 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: coming back from Babylon eighty years after that happened, they're 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: not going to have the same government anymore, which means 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: that the Levites were the ones who were going to 39 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: build Israel back up, which is why it was so 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: important for the Levites to know who their families were, 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: what positions their families held, so that they could come 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: back and reassume those positions. And now First Chronicles twenty 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: seven talks about the rest of Israel, not the Levites anymore, 44 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: but all the other tribes that held some sort of 45 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: position in David's army. But what's really interesting about this 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: it didn't have nearly as much relevance as the previous 47 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: chapters that we're talking about the families of the Levites, 48 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: because obviously the governmental structure of Israel has completely changed. 49 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: You know, David's army no longer exists. So what was 50 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: the point of the author writing all of this down. Well, 51 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: I'd say two reasons, for the sake of history and 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: also for encouragement for Israel, because you know, these people 53 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: are coming back in. Everything has changed, everything is destroyed, 54 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: nothing seems the same. You know, it's not the same 55 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: home that their families had talked about, that their parents 56 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: lived in, and so they're coming back in realizing they 57 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: have so much work to do. So I think the 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: author of this chapter wrote all of this down to 59 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: encourage the Israelites that their past glories might be something 60 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: that they can reachieve in the future. So we'll get 61 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: into First Chronicles twenty seven, but I'm not gonna talk 62 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: too much about this chapter, mainly because it's mostly names 63 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: of people that we don't know. And I'd also like 64 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: to delve more in depth into First Chronicles twenty eight, 65 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: but I will talk about chapter twenty seven very briefly 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: in some detail. So here's what it says. In verse one, 67 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: First Chronicles twenty seven. I'm reading from the web this 68 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: morning as usual. It says, now the children of Israel, 69 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: after their number, the heads of the father's households, and 70 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers 71 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: who served the king in any matter. Of the divisions 72 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: which came in and went out month by month throughout 73 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: all the months of the year of every division where 74 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: twenty four thousand. So that sounds like there were twelve 75 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: divisions of the army. Each division had twenty four thousand troops. 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: And it says that they would serve the king in 77 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: any matter, and it says they would come in and 78 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: go out month by month throughout all the months of 79 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: the year. Of every division, we're twenty four thousand. So 80 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: the one thing I was a little bit confused about 81 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: here that I still don't have a very good answer 82 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: on was I'm not sure if the way this was organized, 83 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: if these troops had eleven months off every single year, 84 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: or if they had every other month off. If I 85 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: were to take a guess, I'd say they had every 86 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: other month off, and probably not eleven months out of 87 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,359 Speaker 1: the year off. That would be my best guess. So 88 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: instead of having eleven months off every single year, it 89 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: sounds like they had six months off every single year, which, man, 90 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: that's pretty nice. Six months off every single year. Wow. 91 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: But I imagine that the work that was done when 92 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: they were on was probably very, very difficult. You know, 93 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: they were fighting men, they were warriors. They had to 94 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: help the king with anything he needed. They had to 95 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: go out to war. That would take a toll on 96 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: your physical and mental health, which is why it was 97 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: broken up in this way. So in verse two through fifteen, 98 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: it talks about the chiefs the commanders of each of 99 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: these divisions, and I won't go through all of these names, 100 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: but just to give you a taste of what this 101 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: sounds like, it says over the first division for the 102 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: first month was Josha, being the son of Zabdiel. In 103 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: his division were twenty four thousand. He was of the 104 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of 105 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: the army for the first month. Over the division of 106 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: the second month was Dodai the Aho Height and his 107 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: division and Maclith the ruler, and in his division we're 108 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: twenty four thousand. The third captain of the army of 109 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: the third month was Benea, the son of Jehoida, the 110 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: chief priest. In his division were twenty four thousand. They 111 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: might actually recognize some of those names. For example, Benea, 112 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: he actually held a high position in David's army. He's 113 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: talked about several times in Second Samuel because of how 114 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: great of a warrior he was. I believe he was 115 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: the one who killed the Egyptian giant if I'm remembering correctly. 116 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, Banea was a big part of David's army, 117 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: as well as Dodai the Ahal Height, which is a mouthful. 118 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: That guy was one of David's mighty men, and he 119 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 1: has talked about a handful of times as well. But 120 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: if you go through verses five through fifteen, you can 121 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: see the rest of these people who served as captains 122 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: in David's army, and a lot of these guys you 123 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: might actually recognize their names. For example, Aseel, the brother 124 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: of Joe ab and Zebediah his son after him, that 125 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: guy Asel. He was killed very early on actually in battle. 126 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: That was way back before David was even king. David 127 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: was partially king just in the tribe of Judah for 128 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: a while, and Aseel died during that time. He was 129 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: one of the brothers of joe Ab, so he's also 130 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: a notable name out of this list. But moving past 131 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: all of this into verse sixteen, it says furthermore over 132 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: the tribes of Israel, of the Rubenites, Eliezer the son 133 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: of Zikar was the ruler of the Simionites, Sfadia the 134 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: son of Maka of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kamuel 135 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: of Aaron, Zadek of Judah, Eli Whu of the brothers 136 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: of David, of Isakar, Omri the son of Michael of 137 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: zebuln Ishmiah the son of Obadiah, and then it goes 138 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: through all the rest of the tribes of Israel and 139 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: the head of each individual tribe. We do know that 140 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: even though there was a king over everybody, each tribe 141 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: had their own ruler, sometimes called princes. But I'm not 142 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: going to focus too hard on the skies right now. Instead, 143 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: jumping down to verse twenty three. It actually mentions David's 144 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: sin once again, the sin where he went and counted Israel. 145 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: In verse twenty three, it says, but David didn't take 146 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: the number of them from twenty years old and under, 147 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: because Yahweh had said that he would increase Israel like 148 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: the stars of the sky. Joe ab the son of Zuruya, 149 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: began to take a census but didn't finish, and wrath 150 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: came on Israel for this. The number wasn't put into 151 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: the account in the Chronicles of King David, so that 152 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: is referring to the census that David took. We talked 153 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: about all of that in First Chronicles twenty one, and 154 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: we don't know exactly why it was a sin, but 155 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: it certainly was for some reason, and I did go 156 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: into some of the reasons why it might have been 157 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: a sin. Whether David was having a heart problem or 158 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: a fear problem, or maybe even something regarding him breaking 159 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: the law while he was in the process of taking 160 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: the census. We don't exactly know, but I did go 161 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: into all of that in First Chronicles twenty one. If 162 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: you guys are interested in that episode, I will link 163 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: it below, but right here in First Chronicles twenty seven. 164 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: It talks about this census once again, but it says 165 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: here that even though David sinned in counting the people, 166 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: David would not count the children. He didn't count anybody 167 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: who was under twenty years old, because Yahweh had said 168 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: he would increase Israel like the stars of this guy. 169 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: So David knew that it would be wrong to count 170 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: the children of Israel because that would be denying faith 171 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: in Yahweh that God would build Israel up. David sinned 172 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: in another way by counting the adults of Israel. And 173 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: then it also says in verse twenty four that Joe 174 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: of the son of Zaruja began to take the census 175 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: but didn't finish, and wrath came on Israel for this, 176 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: And that was something I questioned a little bit. Was 177 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: God angry because Joab did not finish the census? But personally, 178 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,599 Speaker 1: I don't think that that is what Scripture is saying here, 179 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: because if you go back to First Chronicles twenty one, 180 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: when all of this was happening, you can see that 181 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: God was already angry with Israel, not because of the 182 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: census exactly, but he was angry from the start. And 183 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: he decided that he was going to judge Israel one 184 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: way or the other. And then David sinned with the 185 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: senses and that was when God showed his wrath. So no, 186 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that Joab caused the wrath on Israel. 187 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: I think God was already wrathful with Israel, probably because 188 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: they were in rebellion again, they were maybe worshiping their idols. 189 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: Maybe he was angry over the fact that they were 190 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: constantly rebelling against David, even because God put David in place. 191 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: And you can see that when people rebel against the 192 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: leader that God puts in place, God is not happy 193 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: with that. Back in the wilderness, when God ordained Moses 194 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: as being the leader of Israel, the people who constantly 195 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: rebelled against Moses were the ones who were punished by 196 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: God because God said, no, I put Moses as your leader, 197 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: and you're going to listen to him because I ordained 198 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: him to be your leader. Nobody else. God would become 199 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: angry when people rebel against the leader that he puts 200 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: in place. And Israel, right before David took the census, 201 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: had rebelled against David hardcore, by going so far as 202 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: even trying to kill David so that David's son Absalom 203 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: could reign on the throne. All that took place right 204 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: before the census was taken. So I don't know exactly 205 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: why God was wrathful with Israel. I don't know why 206 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: the census was a sin, But in general, the entire 207 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: situation was not good. Moving forward in verse Chronicles twenty 208 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: seven and says in verse twenty five that over the 209 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: king's treasurers was Asmath, the son of Adel. Over the 210 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: treasures in the fields, in the cities, in the villages, 211 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: and in the towers was Jonathan, the son of Uzia. 212 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: Over those who did the work of the field was Ezri, 213 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: the son of Cheleib. So it goes into all these 214 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: different positions, these high ranking positions. So the treasurers, the farmers, 215 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: the vineyards, the olive trees, the herds, the camels, the donkeys, 216 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: like all of these things. There were heads of these 217 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: positions that made sure that all of the king's things 218 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: and animals were taken care of very well. Then in 219 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: verse thirty two through thirty four, it says also Jonathan, 220 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: David's uncle was a counselor, a man of understanding, and 221 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: a scribe. Jehiel the son of Hatchemoni was with the 222 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: king's sons. A Hithafel was the king's counselor. Hushai the 223 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: Archite was the king's friend. After a Hithafel was Jehoida, 224 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: the son of Benea, and abbiether Joab was the captain 225 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: of the king's army. Now it's interesting, we just talked 226 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: about it A hith Theae on Friday for the Members 227 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: podcast where we're going through the Book of the Psalms 228 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: and a Hithefel was one of David's best counselor, such 229 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: a good friend of his, but he was one of 230 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: the people who actually rebelled against David the worst during 231 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: that whole thing with Absalom. A Hitherefel totally sided with 232 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: Absalom and started counseling Absolom as to how he could 233 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: get the throne for himself, including how he could kill David. 234 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: A Hitherefel wanted to kill David, so he started out 235 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: as a good friend, a fantastic counselor, but betrayed David 236 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 1: later on in life. So it says after a Hithefel, 237 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: meaning after a Hithefel died because a Hitherfel ended up 238 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: killing himself was Jehoida, the son of Benea, an abbie 239 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: ather Joab was the captain of the king's army. I 240 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: just love that Joeab just gets kind of like a 241 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: side note. I don't know, David couldn't stand Joab. Every 242 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: single time David and Joeb have like a conversation with 243 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: each other, it kind of seems like David is at 244 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: like the end of his rope where he's just like, 245 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I can't stand joe Ab. So Job 246 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: just kind of gets like a side note here in 247 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: First Chronicles, It's just sort of funny. But now moving 248 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: on to First Chronicles twenty eight, it says in verse one, 249 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of 250 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: the tribes, the captains of the companies who served the 251 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: king by division, the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, 252 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: and the rulers over the substance and possessions of the 253 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: King and his sons, with the officers and the mighty men, 254 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: even all the mighty men of Valor to Jerusalem. So 255 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: that would probably be referring to everybody we just talked 256 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: about in the previous chapters, the levites that led certain things, 257 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: and then also the captains of the armies, the princes 258 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: of Israel, and pretty much everybody else that was a 259 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: leader in Israel. David called them all together to him, 260 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: and here's what happened. It says that he stood up 261 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: on his feet. Now, if you know how old David 262 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: was at this point in time, and how sickly he was, 263 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: this was something probably very difficult for David to do 264 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: during the end of his life, which has talked about 265 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: in First Kings. I believe David was so sickly that 266 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: he could barely get out of bed. He was in bed, 267 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: he was so cold all the time. So the fact 268 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: that David stood up on his feet, this shows that 269 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: he is something very important to say. Verse two, hear me, 270 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: brothers and my people. As for me, it was in 271 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: my heart to build a house of rest for the 272 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: ark of Yahweh's covenant and for the footstool of our God. 273 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: And I had prepared for the building. But God said 274 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: to me, you shall not build a house for my name, 275 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: because you are a man of war and of shed blood. However, Yahweh, 276 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: the God of Israel, chose me out of all the 277 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: house of my father, to be king over Israel forever, 278 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: for he has chosen Judah to be prince. And in 279 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: the house of Judah, the house of my father, and 280 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: among the sons of my father, he took pleasure in 281 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: me to make me king over all Israel of all 282 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: my sons, for Yahweh has given me many sons. He 283 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: has chosen Solomon, my son, to sit on the throne 284 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: of Yahwai's kingdom over Israel. And he said to me, Solomon, 285 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: your son shall build my house and my courts, for 286 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: I have chosen him to be my son, and I 287 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: will be his father, and I will establish his kingdom 288 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: forever if he continues to do my commandments and my 289 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: ordinances as it is today. So as we've been reading 290 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: about in the past few chapters, David had an obsession. 291 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: He was obsessed with building the temple to God. In fact, 292 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: he actually writes about it in the Psalms on several 293 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: occasions of how he just longs to be in God's house. 294 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: And in the last few chapters of First Chronicles, he 295 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: was acquiring all of these materials for the temple. He 296 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: was making plans for it so much so that all 297 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: Solomon really had to do was like tell his men 298 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: to go because the plans were already laid out. The 299 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: area where the temple was going to be built was 300 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: already purchased and ready to go. Everything was ready, It 301 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: just needed to be put together basically, So that begs 302 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: the question, did David kind of disobey God by doing 303 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: a technicality? Yes, God, I'm not going to build the temple. 304 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: I'm just going to pre build it. I'm just going 305 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: to you know, make all the plans for it and 306 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: acquire all of these materials. I'm not going to be 307 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: the one to build it, but I will do everything 308 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: that it takes to actually build it, and then I'll 309 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: command everybody to build it after I die, which is 310 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: what he's doing in First Chronicles twenty eight. You know, 311 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: he is making it very clear that he wants this 312 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: temple to be built. So he kind of got a wonder. 313 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: You know, where was David's heart in all of this? 314 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: Was he in a sense kind of disobeying God by 315 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: trying to get this temple built? But we don't really 316 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: know the answer to that. It could be that David 317 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 1: just had a fervor for God and truly believed that 318 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: the temple was what was going to help Israel get 319 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: on the right track with God, and I do think 320 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: that was more where David was thinking and feeling. However, 321 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 1: the other question we got asked with all of this 322 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,719 Speaker 1: was did God even want this temple to begin with? 323 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: Because if we look at Second Samuel chapter seven, when 324 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: the prophecy first happens, when David is like, I am 325 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: going to build this temple to God, God comes back 326 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: to David and says, no, You're not going to build it. 327 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: Like thanks, but no thanks. Here's what Second Samuel seven 328 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: four through seven says that same night, Yahwai's word came 329 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 1: to Nathan saying, go and tell my servant, David. Yahways says, 330 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: should you build me a house for me to dwell in? 331 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: For I have not lived in a house since the 332 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: day that I brought the children of Israel up out 333 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around 334 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the 335 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: places in which I have walked with all the children 336 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: of Israel, did I say a word to anyone from 337 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to be shepherd 338 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: of my people Israel, saying why have you not built 339 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: me a house of cedar. God goes on to explain 340 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: in verses eight through sixteen that David was not going 341 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: to build this house to God. Instead, God was going 342 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: to build David a house, which of course is very true. 343 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: You know, God indeed built David a house to the 344 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: point where David is the most popular king in Israel's 345 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: history that even you know people nowadays know who David is. 346 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: And God also tells David that there's going to be 347 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: a son who comes out of his own body, meaning 348 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: his line, his lineage, who is going to build Yahweh 349 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: a house. But God doesn't mention the name of that son. 350 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: He doesn't say Solomon is that son, which means that 351 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: very likely when God tells David he's going to give 352 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: him a son who's going to build Yahweh a house, 353 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: he's referring to Jesus obviously, who is from the line 354 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: and lineage of David. So that passage to me does 355 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: not sound like God wants David or even Solomon to 356 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: build this temple to him. And here's why, because first 357 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: and foremost the temple was going to be grand and glorious. 358 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: That is what David says in First Chronicles twenty two, 359 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: verse five. He tells Solomon the house that is to 360 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent of fame 361 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: and glory throughout all countries. Now, of course, that is 362 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: probably David saying, you know, I want Yahweh worship to 363 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: be the most beautiful worship in the world. I want 364 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: other people to look at what we're doing and incorporate 365 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: that into their countries and their culture. But if you 366 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: look at Exodus chapter twenty, God did not really want 367 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: grandiose temples or all is built to him. Here's what 368 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: Exodus twenty, verse twenty five says, if you make an 369 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: altar of stones for me, do not build it with 370 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use 371 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: a tool on it. And of course, again that was 372 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: because the altars were not supposed to be beautiful and magnificent. 373 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: They were just supposed to be a tool in getting 374 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: closer to God. And if somebody is taking the time 375 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: to build this beautiful altar to God, that would eventually 376 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: cause people to start potentially worshiping the altar itself rather 377 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: than God, and it would kind of ruin the true 378 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: significance of the altar if it's a beautiful altar to 379 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: look at basically. And then on top of this, if 380 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: you go to Acts chapter seven, all the way in 381 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: the New Testament, Stephen is talking to the Pharisees. This 382 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: is right before Stephen dies, and he is telling them 383 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: everything that they have done wrong from the beginning of 384 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: Israel's existence, and he mentions the tabernacle here and the 385 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: temple Acts seven forty four through fifty one. Stephen says this, 386 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, 387 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: even as he spoke to Moses, commanding him to make 388 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: it according to the pattern that he had seen, which 389 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua 390 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom 391 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: God drove out before the face of our fathers. To 392 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: the day of David, who found favor in the sight 393 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: of God and asked to find a habitation for the 394 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: God of Jacob, but Solomon built him a house. However, 395 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands. 396 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 1: As the prophet says, heaven is my throne, and the 397 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: earth is a footstool from my feet? What kind of 398 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: a house will you build me, says the Lord? Or 399 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: what is the place of my rest? Didn't my hand 400 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: make all these things? You stiff necked and uncircumcised in 401 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit as 402 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: your fathers did, so you do. I think that's pretty 403 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: clear that the Temple over time became a stumbling block 404 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: for the people, right, meaning they started worshiping the temple 405 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: and the significance of the temple more than they worshiped God. 406 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: They worshiped their religiosity more than they worshiped God, and 407 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: the temple became an idol to them. And that is 408 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: what Stephen, I believe, is saying in Acts chapter seven. 409 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: So whether or not God wanted the Temple, it doesn't 410 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: specifically say in scripture. God was not like, I do 411 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: not want this. Well, actually he kind of was. He 412 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,239 Speaker 1: kind of did say that to David, but later on 413 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: to Solomon. He did not specifically say to Solomon, I 414 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: do not want this temple. So scripture does not specifically 415 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: say that God definitely did not want the Temple built. Ever, 416 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: but there are certainly things in scripture that imply that 417 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: God might not have wanted this temple to be built, 418 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: and he might be like, well, Jen, why did he 419 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: allow the temple to be built? Then? At that point, Well, 420 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: because God is kind and gracious, and I think he 421 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: saw David's heart. I don't necessarily believe that David had 422 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: wrong motives with wanting to build the temple. And God 423 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: is merciful and loving and kind, and so if David 424 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: was this insistent on building the temple, I think God 425 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: allowed it and eventually was just like, all right, fine, 426 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: if you want the temple so bad, you can have 427 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: the temple and plus the temple. Of course it was 428 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: to God. It was not always bad, It was not 429 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: always wrong. You know, the people I'm sure did find 430 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: God going to that temple did get a good relationship 431 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: with God by offering the sacrifices. So the temple was 432 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: not all bad. But I certainly think that God had 433 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: foresight into what the temple would become, and that's maybe 434 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: why he didn't necessarily want it. There's one other point 435 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: that may prove that God did not want the temple. 436 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: That's from First Chronicles twenty three, verse twenty six, when 437 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: David is talking about how the Levites are now going 438 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: to oversee the temple worship. Here's what David says to them. 439 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: The Levites will no longer need to carry the Tabernacle 440 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 1: in all its vessels for service. But that was what 441 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: God wanted from the beginning. He wanted the people to 442 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: carry the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant. The 443 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant was literally built to be carried. 444 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: It had poles in it so the Levites could take 445 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: it with them wherever the people went. Even the ten 446 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: of Meeting, the Tabernacle had poles and loops and ropes 447 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: and everything so that the people could carry it with them. 448 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: It was designed to be carried, and God specifically designed 449 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 1: it to be carried. But now that the Temple is 450 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: being built a solid structure, nothing is going to be 451 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: carried anymore. And it's kind of against God's original design 452 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: for the Tabernacle for the place of worship for the people. 453 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: And of course the reason God originally designed it to 454 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,479 Speaker 1: be carried was because it was going to the people. 455 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: God was showing the people, I am among you, I 456 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: am with you, I am traveling alongside you, I am 457 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: walking with you. I am going to be wherever you're 458 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: at that was the point of it being carried. But 459 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: now the temple that David is very insistent on building, 460 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: it's not going to have that feature anymore. It's going 461 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,479 Speaker 1: to be just stuck in the ground and everybody has 462 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: to come to it, and that of course would change 463 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: how worship was done in Israel. But going back to 464 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: First Chronicles twenty eight, you know, David is very insistent, 465 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: He's kind of got this obsession, and he says that 466 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: God told him that his son Solomon was going to 467 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: be the one to build him a house. That's what 468 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: he says in verse six. God said to me, Solomon, 469 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: your son shall build my house and my courts, for 470 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,719 Speaker 1: I have chosen him to be my son, and today 471 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: I will be his father. But once again, if you 472 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: look back at the original prophecy that God gave to David, 473 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Solomon was not mentioned in that prophecy, just one of 474 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: David's sons. And so it could be I'm not saying 475 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: this specifically, and I want to handle this with some care, 476 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: because it could be that God did say to David 477 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: that Solomon was going to build this temple, and David 478 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: specifically was stating something he heard directly from God. But 479 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: There's also a possibility that David just believed in his 480 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: heart that Solomon was going to be the one to 481 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: do it and kind of put words in God's mouth. 482 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: But I don't know, and I'm not going to say 483 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: either way because I want to handle this kind of 484 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: stuff with care. Solomon certainly could have been the one 485 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: that God chose to build a temple. Maybe God definitely 486 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: wanted it built just because of the amount of high 487 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: places that were happening in Israel at this time, and 488 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,199 Speaker 1: God just wanted those gone and everybody to go to 489 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: one central way location. Or it could be that when 490 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: God was talking about David's son, that he was talking 491 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: about Jesus and Solomon was not who God was talking about, 492 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: but David just believed that. But that's where I'm going 493 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: to end today, and we'll talk about the rest of 494 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: First Chronicles twenty eight on Wednesday. So actually we will 495 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: be finishing First Chronicles next week, not on Wednesday like 496 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: I initially thought, because this episode's getting a little bit long. 497 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: But anyway, faithful listeners, I hope to see all of 498 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: you guys on Wednesday as we finish up First Chronicles 499 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: twenty eight, and we'll probably also delve into First Chronicles 500 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: twenty nine a little bit as well. Anyway, faithful listeners 501 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: have a fantastic and wonderful rest of your day, happy listening, 502 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: and God bless