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Since today is Tuesday, we’ll be reading from one of the books of History. We’re currently working our way through  1 Chronicles, and today we’ll read chapters 20-24. After the reading, I’ll have some comments for you. I’m calling today’s episode “A Special Spot.”  

Comments on 1 Chronicles 21

1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel of the Lord spoke to Gad. He said, “Tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord. David must build that altar near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

David went against the word of the Lord and ordered a census of the Israelites, which angered the Lord, and He punished Israel. David repented, and asked God to forgive him. God told David’s seer, Gad, that David must choose between three punishments, and David chose to put himself in God’s hands, instead of man’s.

In the midst of the punishment, which brought a sickness on the people of Israel in which 70,000 died, God stayed the hand of the angel which He had sent to destroy Jerusalem. At this point, the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah (Ornan in other translations) the Jebusite.

David saw the angel, and he asked God to punish him and his family and not the people, because it was he (David) who had sinned. And the angel of the Lord spoke to Gad. He said, “Tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord. David must build that altar near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

There are some interesting facts concerning this event and this place. 

1) This is the only altar before any of Israel’s exiles that God had commanded to be built 

2) This threshing floor was on Mount Moriah, which is where Abraham offered Isaac and is in the same hills where Jesus was crucified.

3) Mount Moriah is inside what was to become the city of Jerusalem, and is where Solomon built the Temple, and where it will someday be rebuilt. So during the Millennial reign of Jesus, He will again stand on this land. 

I think it’s safe to say that this is one of the most significant places on earth!

Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 20 NCV; Ch. 21-22 ERV; Ch. 23-24 NET

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This is one of the most significant places on the entire face of the earth.

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Coming to you from Riverside, California, this is the Lifespring family Audio Bible and podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG God cast your Steve Webb, welcome. It’s really great to see you today. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year. And since today is Tuesday, we’ll be reading from one of the books of history. We’re currently working our way through First Chronicles and today we’re going to read chapters 20 through 24. I’ve got an idea after today’s reading, I’ll have some comments for you. I’m calling today’s episode, a special spot. The show notes page for today’s episode is at Lifespring media.com/s 12. E 251. My email address is Steve at life’s free media.com. And if you checked out all the content at Lifespring media.com. Almost every podcast episode I’ve done since 2004 is still there. There’s interviews there’s music, there’s even wedding advice, not marriage advice, but wedding advice. LeeAnn used to do a show called your wedding your way that shows even still there. What is there is a bunch take a look at Lifespring media.com. Well, what do you say we get started?

Steve Webb 1:21
First Chronicles chapter 20. In the spring, the time of year when kings normally went out to battle Joab bled out the army of Israel let David stayed in Jerusalem. The army of Israel destroyed the land of Amman and went to the city of Rabbah and attacked it. David took the crown off the head of their King and had it placed on his own head. That gold crown weighed about 75 pounds and it had valuable gems in it. And David took many valuable things from the city. He also brought out the people of the city and forced them to work with saws, iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonites cities. Then David and all his army returned to Jerusalem. Later it geezer war broke out with the Philistines Sybil chi the use of ICT killed sippy who was one of the descendants of the Rafale knights, so those Philistines were defeated. Later there was another battle with the Philistines. l Hainan son of Jair killed Lumie the brother of Goliath, who was from the town of gaff, his spear was as large as a weaver’s rod. At Gath. Another battle took place, a huge man was there, he had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot 24 fingers and toes and all. This man also was one of the sons of refa when he spoke against Israel, Jonathan, son of Shamia, David’s brother killed him. These descendants at refa from gaff were killed by David and his men.

Steve Webb 2:48
First Chronicles chapter 21. Satan was against the Israelites, he encouraged David to count the Israelites. So David said to Joab and the leaders of the people go and count all the Israelites count everyone in the country, from the town of Beersheba all the way to the town of Dan, then tell me so I will know how many people there are. But Joab answered, may the Lord make his nation 100 times as large, sir, all the Israelites are Your servants. Why do you want to do this thing, my lord and king, you will make all the Israelites guilty of sin. But King David was stubborn. Joab had to do what the king said. So Joab left and went through all the country of Israel, counting the people. Then he came back to Jerusalem and told David how many people there were. In Israel, there were 1,100,000 men who could use a sword. And there were 470,000 men and Judah who could use a sword Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David’s order. David had done a bad thing in God’s sight. So God punished Israel. Then David said to God, I have done something very foolish. I have committed a terrible sin by counting the Israelites. Now I beg you to take the sin away from me your servant. Gad was David seer. The Lord said to Gad, go and tell David. This is what the Lord says. I’m going to give you three choices. You must choose one of them, then I will punish you the way you choose. Then gad went to David. He said to David, the Lord says, David, choose which punishment you want. Three years without enough food, or three months of running away from your enemies while they use their swords to chase you. Or three days of punishment from the Lord. Terrible sicknesses will spread to the country and the Lord’s angel will go through Israel destroying the people. David, God sent me now you must decide which answer I will give to him. David said to God, I’m in trouble. I don’t want some man to decide my punishment. The Lord is very merciful. So let him decide how to punish me. So the Lord sent terrible sin In essence to Israel and 70,000 people died, God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But when the angel started to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord sought and felt sorry for all the suffering. So he said to the angel who was destroying the people stop, that is enough. This happened when the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite David looked up and saw the Lord’s angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed with their faces touching the ground. They were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness. David said to God, I am the one who sinned, I gave the order for the people to be counted. I was wrong. The Israelites did not do anything wrong. Lord, my God, punish me and my family, but stop the terrible sicknesses that are killing your people. Then the angel of the Lord spoke to gad. He said, tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord. David must build that altar near the threshing floor of a Rana the Jebusite. God told David this and David went to a rawness threshing floor. A Rana was threshing the wheat. He turned around and saw the angel. His four sons ran away to hide. David walked up the hill to a Rana Rana saw him and left the threshing floor. He walked to David and bowed with his face to the ground in front of him. David said to a Rana, sell me your threshing floor, I will pay you the full price, then I can use the area to build an altar to worship the Lord, then the terrible sicknesses will be stopped. Iran has said to David, take this threshing floor, you are my Lord and King. So do whatever you want. Look, I will also give you cattle for the burnt offering. You can have the wooden threshing tools to burn for the fire on the altar. And I will give the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all of this to you. But King David answered Irana No, I will pay you the full price. I will not take anything that is yours and give it to the Lord. I will not give offerings that cost me nothing. So David gave a Ronna about 15 pounds of gold for the place. David built an altar for worshiping the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered David by sending fire down from heaven. The fire came down on the altar of burnt offering. Then the Lord commanded the angel to put his sword back into his sheath. David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Aruna, so David offered sacrifices there. The Lord’s holy tent, and the altar of burnt offerings were at the high place in the town of Gideon. Moses had made the holy tent while the Israelites were in the desert. David could not go to the holy tent to speak with God because he was afraid. He was afraid of the angel of the Lord and his sword.

Steve Webb 7:53
First Chronicles chapter 22. David said, the temple of the Lord God in the altar for burnt offerings for the Israelites will be built here. David gave in order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. He chose stone cutters from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s temple. David got iron for making nails and hinges for the gate doors. He also got more bronze than could be weighed and more cedar logs than could be counted. The people from the cities of Sidon and tyre brought mini cedar logs to David. David said, we should build a very great temple for the Lord. But my son Solomon is young does not yet have enough experience to know how to do it well, it should be so great and beautiful that it will be famous among all the nations. So I will prepare what is needed to build it. So before David died, he prepared everything needed to build a great temple. Then David called for his son Solomon and told him to build the temple for the Lord, the God of Israel. David said to Solomon, my son, I wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord, my God. But the Lord said to me, David, you have fought many wars, and you have killed many people. So you cannot build a temple for my name. But you have a son who was a man of peace, I will give your son a time of peace. His enemies around him will not bother him. His name is Solomon, and I will give Israel peace and quiet during the time that he is King. Solomon will build a temple for my name, he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will make his kingdom strong and someone from his family will rule Israel forever. They’ve also said, Now son, may the Lord be with you. May you be successful and build the temple for the Lord your God as He said you would. He will make you the king of Israel. May the Lord give you wisdom and understanding so that you can lead the people and obey the law of the Lord your God. And you will have success if you are careful to obey the rules and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel, be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid. Solomon I have worked hard making plans for the Lord’s temple. I have given 3750 tonnes of gold and about 37,500 tons of silver. I have given so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed. And I have given wood and stone, Solomon, you can add to them. You have many stone cutters and carpenters. You have men skilled in every kind of work. They are skilled and working with gold, silver, bronze and iron. You have more skilled workers than can be counted. Now begin the work and may the Lord be with you. Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, David said to these leaders, the Lord your God is with you. He has given you a time of peace. He helped me defeat the people living around us, the Lord in His people are now in control of this land. Now give your heart and soul to the Lord your God and do what he says, Build the holy place of the Lord God, then bring the box of the Lord’s agreement and all the other holy things into the temple built for the Lord’s name.

Steve Webb 11:10
First Chronicles chapter 23. When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. David assembled all the leaders of Israel along with the priests and the Levites. The Levites, who are 30 years old and up were counted. There were 38,000 men, David said, of these 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple 6000 are to be officials and judges. 4000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship. David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Moray, the Gershonites included laden and shimmy AI, the sons of laden Jihyo, the oldest, Zi thumb and Joel three and all the sons of shimmy AI, shallow moth, hazy yo and heron, three and all. These were the leaders of the family of Laden, the sons of shimmy AI, J half, Xena, G ash and Mariah, these were shimmy II sons for in all. J half was the oldest incisa the second oldest, G ash and Mariah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility. The sons of Kohath Amram izhar, Hebron, and Ezio for in all the sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses, Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the Most Holy items to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve Him, and to praise his name. The descendants of Moses, the man of God were considered Levites the sons of Moses, Gershom and Eliezer, the son of Gershom should Buell the oldest, the son of Eleazer, was re Habiba the oldest Eloisa had no other sons, but Rhea baya had many descendants, the son of his har Shalom if the oldest, the sons of Hebron DARIAH, the oldest Amariah, the second to Hazel The third jakka Miam, the fourth, the sons of Asiel mica, the oldest and his Shaya, the second, the sons of Moray, malai and mu Shai, the sons of malai Eliezer and Kish Eliezer, died without having sons he had only daughters, the sense of Kesh their cousins married them, the sons of mu Shai malai, eater, and Jeremiah three and all. These were the descendants of Levi according to their families. That is the leaders of families as counted and individually listed, who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple, and were 20 years old and up. For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest in his permanently settled in Jerusalem, so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service. According to David’s final instructions, the Levites 20 years old and up were counted. Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. They also took care of the bread that is displayed the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening. And whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath, and it New Moon festivals that assemblies, a designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place and helped their relatives the descendants of Aaron in the service of the Lord’s temple.

Steve Webb 15:11
First Chronicles chapter 24. The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows The sons of Aaron Nadab, a by Hugh Eliezer and Ithamar may daban. Obi who died before their father did, they had no sons, Eliezer and Ithamar served as priests, David Ze, Doc, a descendant of Eliezer, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. The descendants of Le aser had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar. So they divided them up accordingly, the descendants of Le A’s are had 16 leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. They divided them by lots for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eliezer and Ithamar. The scribe Shemaiah, son of Nathanael, a Levite wrote down their names before the king, the officials, ze doc the priest, Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from a laser and then the next from Ithamar. The first lot went to Jehovah rib, the second to Judea, the third to harem, the fourth to see Yoram the fifth to Mao Kaija, the sixth to menjamin. The seventh to hackers, the eighth to Obeida, the knights to Joshua, the 10th, to second nya the 11th to Eliashib. The 12th to Jake him, the 13th to Hapa the 14th to just Shibby ab the 15th to Bilger the 16th to imer the 17th to hazer the 18th to happen says the 19th to Petha HYAH the 20th to Jahaz Cal, the 21st to Jaken the 22nd to gamble, the 23rd to delay the 24th to may Uzziah. This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. The rest of the Levites included shoe bale from the sons of Amram. Judea from the sons of shoe bale. The firstborn is Shi’a from rehab via and the sons of rehab via Shalom off from the Israelites. J hath from the sons of shalom off the sons of Hebron DARIAH and Mariah, the second J zo the third and jeca miam the fourth, the son of Osito. Mica shamer from the sons of mica, the brother of mica, the Shi’a, Zechariah from the sons of a Shi’a, the sons of Moray malai and mu Shai, the son of J. Uzziah. Beano, the sense of Moray from J. Uzziah. Beano, shoham Zacher. And in Bri from Mali, le aser, who had no sons, from Kish, Jeremy to the sons of new Shai, my ally, eater, and Jeremiah. These were the Levites listed by their families, just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron. They also cast lots before King David ze doc Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests and the Levites, the families of the oldest son cast lots along with those of the youngest.

Steve Webb 18:35
In chapter 21, verse 18, we read tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord David must build that altar near the threshing floor of Aruna, the Jebusite. All right, beloved, so what’s going on here? As you heard, David went against the word of the Lord and ordered a census of the Israelites which angered God, and He punished Israel. Well, that caused David to repent, and he asked God to forgive him. And God told David seer or prophet, a guy by the name of Gad, the David must choose between three punishments, and David chose to put himself in God’s hands instead of man’s. I think that was a wise decision, don’t you? Well, in the midst of the punishment, which brought a sickness on the people of Israel in which 70,000 died, God stayed the hand of the angel which he had sent to destroy Jerusalem. At this point, the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Aruna, or Ornan, in other translations of David saw the angel and he asked God to punish him and his family and not the people because it was he David who had sinned. And the angel of the Lord spoke to GATT. He said, tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord and he must build that altar near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite Well, the reason I bring this up to you is that there are some interesting facts concerning this event in this place. Number one is, this is the only altar before any of Israel’s exiles that God had commanded to be built? Isn’t that interesting. And number two, this threshing floor was on Mount Moriah, which is where Abraham offered Isaac, and it’s also in the same hills where Jesus was crucified. Number three, Mount Moriah is inside what was to become the city of Jerusalem, and is where Solomon built the temple and where it will someday be rebuilt. So during the millennial reign of Jesus here on earth, He will again stand on this very land. Isn’t that cool? Well, I think it’s safe to say that this is one of the most significant places on the entire face of the earth. You agree? Never comment. Have you ever been to Jerusalem? Let me know. Go to the shownotes page at Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 251. Tomorrow is Wednesday. So we’ll read Psalms 108 through 110. Here’s your cue to boost.

Steve Webb 21:08
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Steve Webb 22:04
On this date in church history, May 10 1886 Karl Barth was born. He was a Swiss reformed theologian, when he was asked to summarize the essence of his theology. He once replied, Jesus loves me. This I know for the Bible tells me so. Karl Barth was an important figure and while I don’t agree with him on every point, I do agree with that. Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so. By the way, I did an episode of Lifespring him stories about that song Jesus loves me. If you’d like to listen to it, I’ll have a link on the show notes page.

Steve Webb 22:48
Prayer requests. Well praise the Lord, the lovely lady LeeAnn got home safe and sound. I thank you for your prayers. And my brother in law, Mike was taken to the ER today with chest pains. I don’t have any other information yet. I texted Lee and Sister Lisa, Micah’s her husband, and asked for an update, but the text won’t go through. So she’s probably she’s probably in the hospital with her phone turned off, which I totally understand. So let’s pray together. Our Heavenly Father, I thank you for bringing LeeAnn home safely. And I pray that you’ll give her good rest to recharge on her days off today and tomorrow. And I pray for Mike, you know what’s wrong with him and I pray that you’d be with him and bring him healing and give wisdom to the doctors and the staff as they treat him. And me come out of this just fine. Lord, I thank you for the Lifespring family. I asked God that you would bless them and bring them back here tomorrow. Guide our steps today, Lord and give us opportunities to share the good news with those who need to know about Jesus. Help us to build relationships, and help us to love others as you love us. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. If you’ve got a prayer request or praise, go to prayer dot Lifespring media.com.

Steve Webb 24:08
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