David and the Ark 2nd Samuel 6:37

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David and the Ark2nd Samuel 63-7
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David and the ArkSetting the Stage

• 1st Samuel 31, Saul Jonathan die in battle
• 2nd Samuel 24, David anointed king over Judah
• 210, Ish-bosheth, Sauls son, made king of
  Israel by Abner
• 31, War waged between Israel Judah
• 51-3, David anointed king over all of Israel
• 56-16, David takes Jerusalem from Jebusites
• 517-25, David solidifies his throne defeats
  Philistines
• David inquires of the Lord

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David and the Ark Moving the Ark

• 2nd Samuel 61-11
• 1st Attempt, Failure
• Why failure?
• 2nd Samuel 612-15
• 2nd Attempt Success
• Why success?

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David and the Ark What Changed?

• First, David seeks Gods counsel
• 1st Chronicles 1512-15, Ye are the chief of the
  fathers of the Levites sanctify yourselves, both
  ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the
  ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that
  I have prepared for it. For because ye did it not
  at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon
  us, for that we sought him not after the due
  order. So the priests and the Levites sanctified
  themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of
  Israel. And the children of the Levites bare the
  ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves
  thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word
  of the LORD.

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David and the Ark Moses Command?

• Exodus 2514, thou shalt put the staves into
  the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark
  may be borne with them.
• Numbers 150-51, thou shalt appoint the Levites
  over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all
  things that belong to it they shall bear the
  tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof and they
  shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round
  about the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle
  setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down
  and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the
  Levites shall set it up and the stranger that
  cometh nigh shall be put to death

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David and the Ark What Changed?

• Second, David prepares for the Ark
• Compare
• 1st Chronicles 151-3 2nd Samuel 61-4
• Pitched a tent for the Ark
• Determined who was to carry the Ark
• Showed proper reverence for the Ark

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David and the Ark Lessons Learned

• Consult the Lord
• 1st Chronicles 1513, we sought him not
• Pray for wisdom, James 15-6, If any of you lack
  wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all
  men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall
  be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing
  wavering.
• Pray to rightly divide the word, 2 Tim. 215
• Pray Gods will be done, 1st John 514, this is
  the confidence that we have in him, that, if we
  ask any thing according to his will, he heareth
  us

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David and the Ark Lessons Learned

• Great joy comes from serving God
• 1st Chronicles 1525-28
• 1st Chronicles 167-36
• 2nd Samuel 61-7, Rejoiced for wrong reasons
• Source of joy the 1st time? SELF
• Source of joy the 2nd time? GOD

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David and the Ark Lessons Learned

• 3. Prepare for the Lord
• 1st Chronicles 151-3
• Set house in order, (Pitch your tent)
• Pray, seek His counsel
• Study to know Gods word (tell others)
• Submit, To Gods will (Dont make a new cart)
• Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, Baptized
• Faithful until death, Revelation 210

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David and the Ark2nd Samuel 63-7