Psalm: 75, 76 Meditation: 2 SamuelDavid - like Joshua before him - inquires and is given specific instruction by God for the battles’ outcome. The Philistines fell twice before David and his army. David begins to bring the Ark of the Covenant to his new capital - the captured city of Jerusalem. Gospel: …
Tag: Ark of the Covenant
Tuesday, June 21
Psalm: 97 Meditation: 1 SamuelIf you took God’s sacred vessel, the Ark of the Covenant, would you: a. keep it for 7 months as the world around you is plagued by death and destruction; b. move it from city to share the misery and test the local gods’ strength; c. put it on a new …
Saturday, July 24
Psalm: 32 Meditation Joshua: Here we see the LORD’s strategy to bring down Jericho. Simple enough. 7 priests shall blow the rams’ horns while the other priests lugged the Ark of the Covenant around the city – once each day for 6 days. Notice all the “7s” in this passage. I think the only other …
Saturday, August 1
Psalms: 41 Meditation 2 Samuel: I think Shakespeare pilfered a thought which he employs in Macbeth Act IV scene I. When the LORD encourages David against the Philistines the strategy includes listening to “the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out …
Monday, June 22, 2020
Psalm: 89 Meditation 1 Samuel: The Israelites, after repeated defeats against the Philistines, thought that if they brought the Ark of the Covenant to the battlefield, they would finally conquer the enemy. Remember, Hophni and Phinehas were wicked priests. The Ark of God is not a charm nor a talisman. Israel loses again (30,000 men)! …