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I Chronicles
Chapter
21
1~~And
Satan stood up against Israel, {Note: God commanded David to NOT number the people. If David is influenced by Satan here and does number the people, he will be going against the will of God - and that is a sin.}
2~~And
David said to Joab {chief of staff} {Note: David is showing arrogance here. He is being influenced by Satan to go against God's will for David's own desire - "so I may know it". He is looking at the progress of the Davidic Covenant from God.}
{Grace
Appeal of Joab - It is Jehovah/God Blessing Israel} Why then does my lord {David} require this thing? Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?" {Note: The pride in the mind of Israel will overflow to Israel and as a result 70,000 people will die.}
{Submission
to the Authority of the King - Right or Wrong}
Wherefore
Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, {Note: A census invades the privacy of the people and is against God's laws - even one taken in the U.S. today. But, just as with Joab, we must obey the evil command.} 5~~And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And
all they of Israel were a thousand thousand
And
Judah was four hundred threescore
6~~But
Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them . . . {Note: Joab never finished the census. He missed the priests and he missed the very tough Benjaminites who might have strongly resisted this evil.} 7~~But 'Elohiym/Godhead was displeased with this thing. Therefore He smote Israel.
{David
Confesses Directly to God His Sin (Rebound)}
But
now, I beg You,
{Verses
9-10: God Gives Message to David through the Prophet Gad - Choose
your own Punishment}
11-12~~So
Gad came to David, and said unto him,
or
three months to be destroyed before your foes,
or
else three days the sword of Jehovah/God,
Now
therefore advise yourself
{David
Back to Grace Orientation}
Let
me fall now into the hand of Jehovah/God . . .
But
let me not fall into the hand of man."
{God's
Discipline of David for taking the Census} And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. {Note: So, King David sinned. But these 70,000 who died were 'over due'. God is fair and He knows these 70,000 had all the chances He prescribed for each individual. Had David chosen military men, great men of valor would have been destroyed}
15~~And
'Elohiym/Godhead sent an angel
And
as He was destroying,
And
the angel of Jehovah/God
16
And David lifted up his eyes,
Then
David and the elders of Israel,
{David
Dabbled in Evil} Yes, I am the one who has sinned.
And,
in doing evil . . . I have caused evil. But these sheep . . . they have done nothing wrong.
Please/'I
pray You' . . . let Your hand be on me
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Then the angel of Jehovah/God commanded Gad to say to David,
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And David went up at the saying of Gad, 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel. And his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21
And as David came to Ornan,
22
Then David said to Ornan,
You
shall grant it me for the full price . . .
23
And Ornan said unto David,
Lo,
I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings, I give it all."
24
And king David said to Ornan,
25
So David gave to Ornan for the place
26
And David built there an altar unto Jehovah/God,
And
He answered him from heaven 27 And Jehovah/God commanded the angel. And he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
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At that time when David saw
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For the tabernacle of Jehovah/God,
30
But David could not go before it
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