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...
by Paul Apple | Jul 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE ADMINISTRATION OF WORSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LEVITES ELEVATES THIS TRIBE TO A POSITION OF PROMINENCEINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The length of the Chronicler’s treatment of the tribe of Levi is second only to his survey of the line of Judah...
by Paul Apple | Jul 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO HIS COVENANT STIPULATIONS ENABLES INITIAL MILITARY SUCCESS FOR THE TRANSJORDANIAN TRIBES BUT EVENTUALLY RELEGATES THEM TO EXILE DUE TO IDOLATRYINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: As part of his survey of “all Israel,” the Chronicler now...
by Paul Apple | Jul 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT COMPROMISE GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA – WHICH INCLUDES THE FORGOTTEN TRIBE OF SIMEONINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The second half of ch. 4 (vv.24–43) provides the genealogical summary of the tribe of Simeon, whose history was...
by Paul Apple | Jul 15, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PROMINENT ROLE OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (AS FOCUSED IN KING DAVID) IN GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA EMPHASIZEDINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: The genealogy of Judah is the longest and most complex genealogical unit in the Bible [Genealogy, p. 461]. It provides the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 13, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CONTINUITY OF THE UNIVERSAL MISSION OF GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE REFLECTED IN TRACING ISRAEL’S ORIGINS BACK TO ADAMINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: God is everywhere assumed but nowhere mentioned in genealogies. The Chronicler also takes it for granted that his...
by Paul Apple | Jun 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE END OF THE STORY SEES JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED INTRODUCTION: Francis Andersen: The gifts at the end are gestures of grace, not rewards for virtue. It is an artistic, indeed a theological fitness, if not necessity, that Job’s vindication be not just a...
by Paul Apple | Jun 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: AN APPRECIATION OF GOD’S PERSON AND SOVEREIGN WORKING IN OUR LIVES (HIS POWER AND HIS WISDOM) REMOVES ALL PRESUMPTION AND PRIDE INTRODUCTION: Francis Andersen: Job is satisfied. His vision of God has been expanded beyond all previous bounds. He has a new...
