Morning Light – October 12th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Fourteen] Wait for the Rustling in the Mulberry Trees! In this chapter David settles in Jerusalem and begins to build his palace on mount Zion. The Philistines hear of his successes and come up against him. The name “Philistine” means “a divider” and represents divisive people […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 9th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Thirteen] Uzzah Steadies the Ark. In this chapter David attempts to bring the ark of God’s presence to Mount Zion. He fails miserably because he transported the ark on a cart with an ox instead of on the shoulders of the Levites. Man’s artifice and religious […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 8th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Twelve] You are One of David’s Mighty Men! In this chapter we see David at Ziklag. Warriors from many backgrounds joined themselves to David at Ziklag and we see that in time a great host “as the host of God” came to be with David and […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 7th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Eleven] David is Crowned in Hebron. In this chapter we see that Saul is Dead and David is crowned in Hebron. Hebron means “place of association”. Jesus becomes Lord of our life by association. When we spend time in God’s presence we become like Him. After […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 6th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Ten] Consulting Dead Prophets. In this chapter we shift from genealogies to the scene of Saul’s death at the hands of the Philistines. Saul and his sons were slain in battle because Saul rejected Samuel while he was living but attempted to raise him up to […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 5th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Nine] Are You a Nethinim? In this chapter we see a registry of returning exiles. They were returning to build the temple and the foundations of the city that had been destroyed. They identified as four groups of people including a group called the Nethinim. These […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 2nd, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Eight] The Tribe of Benjamin. This chapter is the second to last lengthy genealogy in 1st Chronicles which is an accounting of the tribe of Benjamin. Benjamin descends from Jacob as the last of his sons whose birth Jacob saw as a consolation for losing Joseph […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 1st, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Seven] Are You of the Tribe of Dan or Judah? The genealogies continue. In this chapter we find the genealogies listed from Issachar to Asher. Strangely from Ezra’s accounting Dan is omitted. Dan is also omitted from any New Testament prophetic passages about the 12 tribes. […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 30th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Six] The Genealogy of Levi. In this chapter the line of Levi is given. The linage of Levi is the most well studied family line from a Jewish standpoint because it contains the family tree of Moses and also Aaron who was God’s high priest. For […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 29th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Five] Reuben, Gad and Mannesseh. In this chapter we see the genealogy and reference to Reuben, Gad and Mannesseh who were treated together because they comprised a separate colony in the history of Israel for having settled on the eastern banks of the Jordan rather than […]
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