After a summer break for August, the Faithroots Podcast returns this week. We’re rounding up our look at 1 Chronicles. 1 Chronicles 22 -29 David is coming towards the end of his reign. God has revealed to him that he is not he one to build a house for him. How does David respond? He… Continue reading Handing on the baton
Tag: What Matters
Tempted
#FaithrootsPodcast 1 Chronicles 21:1 -22:1 Tempted 1 Chronicles 21:1-22:1 The census (v1-5) An/The opponent, Satan (v1) 2 Samuel 24 makes God the source of the provocation for a census. “Satan … ‘Adversary,’ without the article, than than God is the instigator of David’s census. Such a figure does not appear elsewhere in Chronicles(or Ezra-Nehemiah): indeed… Continue reading Tempted
God keeps his promises to David
1 Chronicles 18-20 God said “…I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land. 9 I will establish 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 formerly have 10 ever since the day… Continue reading God keeps his promises to David
Build this house
This week’s #FaithrootsPodcast on 1 Chronicles 17. Arks, Temples, Priests and Kings in a post exile Judah Key dates 721BC fall of northern kingdom to Assyria 597BC exile to Babylon begins 587BC Jerusalem falls to Babylon/Nebuchadnezzar 538BC Cyrus proclamation and return from Exile begins David’s idea (v1-2) Concern for the ark of the covenant Nathan… Continue reading Build this house
Worship
Faithroots Podcast 1 Chronicles 16 The Ark installed (v1-3) The Ark is housed in its new tent David leads worship offering sacrifices David provides food for the people -a type of blessing “Blessing the people (v2, c.f. v43) was an activity usually carried out by priests (c.f. Deut 10:8 1 Chr 23:13, but also… Continue reading Worship
Returners of the lost ark
1 Chronicles 15 The Ark returns (1 Chronicles 15) The Ark still matters …. Correction (v1-15) A house and a tent[1] Levites only Holiness important (“consecrate yourself” v12, v 14) Getting it – why the Lord “broke out” Worship (v 16-28) The Levites’ responsibility is not just for carrying the Ark but for the worship… Continue reading Returners of the lost ark
Arkeology
1 Chronicles 13 The Ark of the Covenant What was the Ark of the Covenant and why was it so important? (Exodus 25) Where was the ark and why (c.f. 1 Samuel 4-7) “Although the ark probably perished in Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem (c.f. Jer. 3:16), the Chronicler gives greater emphasis to it than the… Continue reading Arkeology
Opening Credits
This week we look at 1 Chronicles 11-12 Anointed (11:1-3) Bone and flesh The role he was already doing Recognising God’s Word David as shepherd king Covenant Jerusalem (11: 4-10) This is actually 7 years in to his reign 2 Samuel 5:5 Jebusites, one of the 7 stronger nations God gave into Israel’s hand Failure… Continue reading Opening Credits
Death of a king
Saul’s family tree (9:35-44) Although the kingdom ends with Saul, his family line continues Battle (10:1-7) Defeat of Israel at Gilboa Saul’s sons are killed Leithart compares him to Goliath also defeated by missile and sword. [1] “Saul’s suicide is an appropriate gesture: he is the troubler of his own house.”[2] The people flee What… Continue reading Death of a king
Roots and Branches
Here’s the next part of “What Matters” – a teaching series on 1 and 2 Chronicles Adam to Noah v1-4 Japheth’s descendants v 5-7 Ham’s descendants v8-13 Shem’s -Abram v17-24 Abraham v28-33 Isaac v33-37 Edom/Esau (v38-50). The narrative seems bare. We cover the equivalent of most of Genesis in 1 chapter. However, it may tell… Continue reading Roots and Branches
