Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains,
at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live,
where the LORD himself will live forever? http://bible.us/Ps68.16.NLT
From Mt Sinai to Mt Zion, God's city-Jerusalem, His mountain-Mt Zion. Do we as a nation dare try and divide God's dwelling place? Do we dare face the same reprimand that Uzzah in 1 Chronicles 13:9 received for touching what God says don't touch? Yet, our POTUS tried to do just that, before being made to back down before the UN. Wow! The significance of what he proposed, and almost succeeded at, had it not been for the prayers of the righteous in this nation, could have been disastrous for us as a blessed nation! So close were we as a nation of facing the ramifications of this decision. We have got to read our Word, and pay attention to our actions, and of those we elect. We as Christians are to stay in line with God's Word, not the words of our politicians. When our elected politicians break rank with God's Word, then we as Christians must break rank with our politicians, and fall in line with our Creator God, whose son is Jesus Christ.
King David and Israel Bringing Back The Ark
1 Chronicles 13:1-11
1 David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. 3 Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul." 4 The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people. 5 So David assembled all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 6 David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim--the ark that is called by the Name. 7 They moved the ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. 8 David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. 9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God. 11 Then David was angry because the LORD's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
1 Chronicles 13:1-11
1 David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. 3 Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul." 4 The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people. 5 So David assembled all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 6 David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim--the ark that is called by the Name. 7 They moved the ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. 8 David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. 9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God. 11 Then David was angry because the LORD's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.David as King knew, but neglected to follow the instruction given to Moses by God on how to carry the Ark, who was allowed to carry the Ark, and the purity of the one attending the Ark in transit. When designing the Ark, God gave Moses specific instructions on how the Ark was to be carried when moved. Understand, since it's creation, the Ark had been successfully moved may times. David and all the people following behind the Ark knew the Ark was being transported incorrectly, Uzzah especially. As a group, they got lax, and too familiar with God, in that they were going to change how God said to carry the Ark, to how they preferred to carry God's Ark-that which God considered as Holy.
We as a society must not make the mistake of telling God how to run the things He created. God said nothing about it being OK with Him, if they changed things up, and placed the Ark in a cart to be pulled behind an ass, a horse, or a camel. BTW, it didn't matter whether the cart was new or old. We must not take the things that God considers as holy, and decide how we are going to handle them, rather than how God says to handle what is Holy. When we forget who created who, and for what purpose is when we get ourselves in trouble. We must not become mindful of ourselves only, and what we want. We sometimes forget we have been given a set of instructions by God in His written Word for handling that which is Holy, and we act like David and Uzzah. We must not forget what God the Creator, who breathed life into us, says we are to do. When we reap the built in consequence that we were told about beforehand, is it God that's being unfair to us? When we as a society see where we are not following God's instructions, we as a group need to purify ourselves and stop allowing what God considers as Holy to be lead by an ass, a horse, or a camel, and be honest enough to say, "What we are choosing to do is not right, and wrong is just wrong. Now, let's go back, and see what does God says about this, and what is it we are to do."
David As King Repents And Follows God's Instructions
He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the LORD our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”http://bible.us/1Chr15.12.NLT
This is what we as a nation must do, when we fail to follow God's instructions on how to handle what He considers as Holy.
13 For the LORD has chosen Jerusalemt;
he has desired it for his home.14 “This is my resting place forever,” he said.
“I will live here, for this is the home I desired.15 I will bless this city and make it prosperous;
I will satisfy its poor with food.16 I will clothe its priests with godliness;
its faithful servants will sing for joy. Psalm 132 13-16
Stay Blessed. Flowerchic
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