by Paul Apple | Aug 13, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DIVINE PLANS FOR GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA CALL FOR COURAGEOUS OBEDIENCE BY GOD’S APPOINTED LEADER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COVENANT COMMUNITYINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: Following his extensive preparations in workers, raw materials, and leadership (chs. 22–27),...
by Paul Apple | Aug 12, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: KING DAVID SET THE STAGE FOR SOLOMON’S TEMPLE BUILDING PROJECT BY ORGANIZING THE MILITARY AND RELYING ON WISE CIVIL AND ROYAL OFFICIALSINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: One further block completes the listing of personnel: heads of the military divisions (1 Chron....
by Paul Apple | Aug 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: LEVITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES ENSURE PROPER ADMINISTRATIONINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Levitical responsibilities for the tabernacle in Numbers 3:6–10 included “keep[ing] guard over” (Hb. shamar) Aaron “and over the whole congregation, . . . [and] all the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE HIGH PRIORITY OF THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN WORSHIP IS REFLECTED IN DAVID’S ORGANIZATION OF THE TEMPLE MUSICIANS INTRODUCTION: Andrew Hill: This section is devoted to the rostering and duties of the temple musicians, the first of several special classes of...
by Paul Apple | Aug 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PROPER WORSHIP REQUIRES EXCELLENT ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLSINTRODUCTION:J.A. Thompson: Chapters 23–27 sometimes are looked upon as an interruption, if not an interpolation, in this narrative. In fact, they are very important for showing that...
by Paul Apple | Aug 5, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE TRANSITION FROM DAVID TO SOLOMON FOCUSES ON THE PREPARATION AND PROVISION FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLEINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: All in all, the Chronicler makes a clear shift in these chapters from a focus on David to a focus on David and his son...
by Paul Apple | Aug 4, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LOCATION OF GOD’S PRESENCE MEDIATES FORGIVENESS AND MERCY DESPITE OUR SIN AND GOD’S MITIGATING JUDGMENTINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: Through the reality of David’s sinfulness the Chronicler presents the backdrop to the place that God will choose to cause...
by Paul Apple | Aug 2, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LORD SOLIDIFIES DAVID’S KINGDOM WITH 3 IMPRESSIVE VICTORIES OVER PHILISTINE GIANTSINTRODUCTION:Hugh Williamson: To conclude his survey of David’s wars, the Chronicler returns rather appropriately to further victories over the Philistines, drawn from 2...
by Paul Apple | Aug 2, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DAVID RESPONDS TO THE AMMONITE PROVOCATION BY AGGRESSIVELY ROUTING THE AMMONITES AND THEIR SYRIAN ALLIES WITH JOAB LEADING THE TROOPSINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: When David came to power, he negotiated terms of agreement with Nahash that were successful in...
by Paul Apple | Aug 1, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LORD HELPED DAVID IN ALL OF HIS MILITARY CAMPAIGNS –EXPANSION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOMINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: Between the dynastic oracle in chapter 17 and David’s purchase of the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite (Ornan, NRSV) as the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 30, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PROMISES OF THE DAVIDIC COVENANT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF GOD’S HOUSEINTRODUCTION:J.A. Thompson: The Chronicler was ready to embark on his primary theme—the building of the temple—but certain steps had yet to be taken.- the individual who...
by Paul Apple | Jul 28, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING COMMEMMORATE THE INSTALLATION OF THE ARK IN JERUSALEM AND ANTICIPATE THE COVENANT PROMISE OF FUTURE POSSESSION OF THE LANDINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: The Psalm of Thanksgiving commemorating the installation of the ark in Jerusalem, in...
by Paul Apple | Jul 27, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: FOLLOWING THE LORD’S DIRECTIVES, DAVID USED THE LEVITES TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFER THE ARK TO JERUSALEM IN CELEBRATORY FASHIONINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: In Samuel, bringing the ark up to Jerusalem is the immediate sequel to the failed attempt to restore the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DAVID CONSOLIDATES HIS RULE IN JERUSALEM AS THE LORD PROSPERS AND PROTECTS HIMINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: This section of the Chronicler’s work begins and ends with statements reflecting God’s blessings on David both in Israel and in the surrounding...
by Paul Apple | Jul 23, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DAVID’S INITIAL ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE ARK OF THE COVENANT TO JERUSALEM VIOLATES GOD’S HOLINESS AND ENDS IN TRAGEDYINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: The transfer of the ark is not a new topic in the narrative, as the chapter division might suggest. The attempt to...
by Paul Apple | Jul 23, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MIGHTY WARRIORS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS RALLIED THEIR UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR DAVID AS KING IN HARMONY WITH HIS DIVINE CALLINGINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The opening chapters of David’s account (1Ch 11–12) present a clear image of unity in affirming the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE DESERVED DIVINE EXECUTION OF SAUL PAVES THE WAY FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE KINGDOM TO DAVIDINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The Chronicler’s account of Saul shows the high cost of covenantal unfaithfulness, described as rejecting the word of the Lord (v.13;...
by Paul Apple | Jul 21, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE RESETTLING OF THE EXILES FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING TEMPLE WORSHIP IN JERUSALEM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRIESTS, LEVITES AND OTHER TEMPLE SERVANTS WHILE REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S KINGS BEGINNING WITH SAULINTRODUCTION:August Konkel:...
by Paul Apple | Jul 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PARTNERSHIP OF BENJAMIN WITH JUDAH IN SUPPORTING THE DAVIDIC LINE DERIVES FROM ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION- WITH THE SOURCE OF THE KINGDOM IN THE GENEALOGY OF SAUL AND- WITH THE PROMISED LAND OF JERUSALEMINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Benjamin is given prominence...
by Paul Apple | Jul 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REMEMBER THE FORMER MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR IN THE NORTHERN TRIBES AS YOU CELEBRATE GOD’S FAITHFULNESSINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: The Chronicler includes all the tribes of Israel not yet discussed. Dan is not actually named, but a comparison with the...
