Sidenote 1: To start off the book of Chronicles, we need to understand that the Israelites are in the Babylonian exile. They are broken, lost, confused, hopeless, etc. They need to gain an understanding of who they are...they need to see a clear picture of what is doing through them and that is exactly what the Chronicler provides at the beginning of I Chronicles.
Sidenote 2: I think it is really cool that the Chronicler lays out the history of man and the Israelite people from Adam to present day (Present day for him anyway). It shows again God's heart for all people's, because we all start in the same place. For those who are wondering, if you take a biblically perspective on the age of the earth, it comes in at around 6,000 years old. The interesting thing is that 2,000 years of human history were lived before Abram's covenant and the commandments of God to the Israelites. 2,000 years were lived which Jewish scriptures being the sole revelation from God. And now a around 2,000 years have been lived in the era of the Messiah (Jesus') return. I thought that was pretty cool.
2:7 - Poor Achan - what a legacy he left for himself. He tried to hold back a portion of the wealth that had been devoted to God, and He paid a steep price for it. He is forever infamous for his selfishness. We should all live, not in fear of our legacy, but with an understanding that we want to leave behind a legacy that honors God...not one that dishonors His name.
3:5 - F.Y.I. - Bath-shua is an alternative spelling of Bathsheba...just wanted to clear that up.
3 comments:
Wow. that is a lot of names I can't pronounce.
Hehe - yeah. Next time I teach o Chronicles, I am going to call on you to read - better get ready.
haha, yesss.
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