Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 22:1-23:32 The Sovereign Hand of God is at work throughout the Biblical narrative directing the main activity of His redemptive drama onto a relatively small center stage: the shelf of rock known as the mountains of...
Jul 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 19:1-21:30 We are revisiting incidents that we read about previously in 2 Samuel 10:1-19, 2 Samuel 12:26-31, and 2 Samuel 24. The writer of Chronicles emphasizes the positive details in David’s story....
Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 16:37-18:17 David gives careful attention to be sure that ministry is carried on by the appropriate people. He assigns a team of priests to minister in Jerusalem where the ark of the Lord is now positioned and...
Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 15:1- 16:36 David completes building his home palace in Jerusalem and prepares a tent to receive the ark of the covenant. Keep in mind that the ark of the covenant symbolizes the throne of God, and it had been...
Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 12:19-14:17 This section continues to describe how the Lord was bringing more people to support David. 1 Chronicles 12:22 22 For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the...
Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The theme of 1 Chronicles is THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. The central personality is KING DAVID. The Book of 2 Chronicles ends with the Persian King Cyrus’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem, which is where the Book of Ezra starts. The Book of Chronicles, therefore,...