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Sunrise on Temple Mount in Jerusalem; Back to Previous Devotion

April 14 - Evening

"Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel,
and he incited David against them, saying,
'Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.'

So the king said to Joab and
the army commanders with him,
'Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.'

But Joab replied to the king,
'May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?'

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel...

David was conscience-stricken after he had counted
the fighting men, and he said to the Lord,
'I have sinned greatly in what I have done.'

Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
'Go and tell David, "This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you." '

So Gad went to David and said to him,
'Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.' "

- Second Samuel 24:1-4; 10-13

Sunset on the Sea of Galilee; Click to go to next devotion  
David Brings a Plague on Israel by Calling for a National Census    

This entire episode can be better understood if we know:

  1. Why Joab told David not to follow through with this idea of conducting a census.
  2. How Joab knew David’s plan to have a census would “bring guilt on Israel”? (Joab: “Why should the king bring guilt on Israel?”1 Chron.21:3)

At Mount Sinai in Exodus 30:11-15 God commanded Moses:

When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them. Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord. All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the Lord. The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the Lord to atone for your lives.”

Joab did not want David to take the census because David was merely counting the men for the king’s own purposes. When a leader like Moses took the census as he did in Num. 1:1-2; 4:1-2;
26:1-4, he did it at the Lord’s command, “The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: ‘Take a census…”
But, for the king to take a census he is to collect a half shekel “to atone for your lives” from each
one “at the time he is counted.” When the Lord counts the people in a census he is doing it for his purpose, but when the king takes a census he is counting God’s people for the king’s business and because of this the people must be atoned for with an offering given to the sanctuary.

In David’s case there was no collection of the half shekel “to atone for your lives.” And, this is because, there was no tabernacle or temple to bring the half shekel to as “an offering to the Lord.”

First, Joab knew David’s census was a bad idea because Joab knew there would be no half shekel collected since there was no sanctuary to take it to. (The Lord had forbidden David the chance to build one, 2 Samuel 7:4-17.)

Second, Joab knew this information from the Law of Moses recorded in Exodus 30:11-15. (David had already made mistakes because he did not know the Law of Moses, such failing to transport the Ark of the Covenant correctly, 2 Samuel 6:1-11). The Law of Moses specifically says that, “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.”

When the counting was finished David realized it was too late for each Israelite to “pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted.” At this time David repents and the prophet Gad shows up to ask David what form he would like to have his plague: Famine, war, or plague? And, do you want it in three years, three months, or three days?

  Christian Quote from Church History
"Salvation affects the physical body in totality at the time of the resurrection."
- Galyn Wiemers
Something to Ponder??

The Fatherly Care of God
1. Cares for daily needs (Matthew 6:32)
2. Individual concern and attention (Matthew 6:26)
3. Source of our spiritual life (John 1:12, 13)
4. His Love has been lavished on us (1 John 3:1)
5. Gives us grace and peace (Ephesians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1)
6. Concerned with our welfare (Romans 8:15-28)
7. Gives us good gifts
(James 1:17)
8. Oversees our discipline and growth (Hebrews 12:5-13)
9. Provides us with commands and directions for living life (2 John 4)
10. Makes us in the image of his own Son (1 John 3:2)

 
Hebrew and Greek Word Study   Facts and Information

Ginosko (Gr) – Perceive (Eng) – ginosko is Greek word “to know” and “to perceive.” It is translated “felt” to  refer to the woman “feeling” or “perceiving” her healing in Mark 5:29.

 

The Library in Nineveh built by Assyrian King Assurbanipal (640 BC and visited by Alexander the Great 331 BC) was excavated in 1872. Found were accounts of the ancient flood copied from documents in Babylon from before the time of Abraham.

     
Confession to Action   Facts and Information
I will read, study and understand God's Word in order to minimize the times
I think and reason in ignorance or speculation.
  "The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
    but the folly of fools is deception."

- Proverbs 14:8
     
Read the Bible in a Year; Bible Reading Program
Read one chapter each day to read through the narrative portion (or, the story line) of the whole Bible Genesis-Acts in one year. Read the General Text of the Bible Read the Complete Text of the Bible in a Year
(morning only) Second Samuel 7 First Samuel 23-24
 
Prayer for Today
Personal Prayer Church Prayer Item National Prayer Concerns World Prayer Concerns

Efficient at work

Obedience

Separation of Church and State

China
 
Photo of Jerusalem; Pictures of Israel Bible Map and Diagram

A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. The two grey domes to the far left are roofs over Calvary and tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The gold dome of the Dome of the Rock sets where the Jewish temple stood on the Temple Mount.

A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. The two grey domes to the far left are roofs over Calvary and tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The gold dome of the Dome of the Rock sets where the Jewish temple stood on the Temple Mount. (click on image for larger size)

Details of the steps/road leading north to the Temple Mount and the position of the Pool of Siloam and Hezekiah's Tunnel.
  Details of the steps/road leading north to the Temple Mount and the position of the Pool of Siloam and Hezekiah's Tunnel. (click on image for larger size)
   
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