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Lead:
The rise of a king that foreshadows the rise of The King.
Intro:
Yesterday we breezed past the genealogies which span the first nine chapters of Chronicles, and an important takeaway that would have made sense to ancient Jewish readers is that the chronicler was recounting Israel’s history back to Adam. Remember that these now are a people who have returned from exile in Babylon, but have not yet seen fulfillment of the promise that God would live among his people, and that the Messianic King would rule the world in peace. So even though many stories are repeats from Samuel and Kings, he paints the past in a positive light to highlight that the future would indeed be bright when God delivers on this ideal Messianic King ruling from a new temple. In other words, a review of the past points us to sustain hope for the future.
One point that The Bible Project video (below) highlights actually answers an objection you or others might have — isn’t it rewriting history to just tell the good stuff? No, actually…remember that what is NOT happening is making stuff up — his readers would already have had the other stuff recorded in Samuel and Kings, so he couldn’t get away with making stuff up if he wanted to. Instead, he makes his point by simply choosing what historical facts to share versus which to leave out.
Yesterday ended with chapter 10 talking about the death of King Saul, and today we pick up the story of David.
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Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):
Passage: 1 Chronicles 11-14
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Verses: 118
Words: ~2320
Thinking/reflection segment:
Wisdom segment:
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Love you!
-R
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
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