David’s Numbering 2 Samuel 24:1 to 25 Part A
o The Project
o Again-After the Events of Famine & More Philistine War
o Anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel-No Exact Reason, But Previously For Violation of the Law
o He moved David against them-God Incited David
o 1 Chron 21:1 Names Satan As the Mover
o Both Are True. God Permitted Satan to Tempt David
o No Action Can Occur That is Not Subject to God’s Oversight and Divinely Imposed Limitations
o Go, number Israel and Judah-Military Men, Not General Census
o Numbering Is Not Wrong, But Indicates Purpose (Ex 30:12; Num 26:2)
o King said to Joab-Examine the Military Resources of the Kingdom
o The Protest
o God add unto the people…an hundredfold-Expresses the Wish That the Troops Would Multiply During David’s Lifetime
o But why…delight in this thing?-Joab Troubled Over David’s Drifting
o The Captains of the host-Both Joab & Council of Chief Officers Rejected
o The Particulars
o The Territory of the Census
o Aroer-Central Command Location to Disperse Troops if Necessary
o The Time of the Census
o The Numbering Stopped in 9 Months, 20 Days
o It Appears, From 1 Chron 27:24, That the Census Was Not Completed
o Though Joab Visited Judah, Benjamin Was Not Counted (1 Chron. 21:6)
o The Displeasure of God Was Showing Itself Before David Repented (1 Chron 21:7;27:24)
o The Total of the Census
o Count Given Was 1,300,000 Men of Military Age
o The Prayer
o David’s Heart smote him-Conviction of Sin
o I have sinned greatly-More Than Adultery With Bathsheba
o David’s Sin With Bathsheba Was A Sin of the Flesh (Gal 5:19)
o The Census Was a Sin of the Spirit (Deut 19:1-13 & Prov. 6:17)
o Take away the iniquity-Mercy
o The Punishment
o The Nature
o God Allows David the Privilege to Choose
o Three Years of Famine
o Three Months of Military Defeat
o Three Days of Plague or Pestilence
o There Was a Gap Between the 2 Visits of Gad
o God Lowered the Famine Period (1 Chron 21:12)
o The Number
o Great strait-Deep Distress over the alternatives
o Let us fall now into the hand of he LORD-Trust God to Do the Right Thing (Gen 18:25)
o Not fall into the hand of man-Famine & Military Both Have Human Components
o For his mercies are great-David Knew From Experience About Numerous Mercies
o From the morning-Beginning That Very Morning
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