Clergyman's Magazine 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.… I. DAVID'S SIN. 1. Its occasion: pride and vainglory — "that I may know it." 2. Its unseen but real source: Satan (1 Samuel 24:1). II. THE LORD'S DISPLEASURE because of his sin (vers. 1 Chronicles 21:9-17). III. THE ATONEMENT for his sin, made on the site of the Lord's house (chap. 1 Chronicles 22:1-2; 1 Kings 6-8); as the foundation of the spiritual house (2 Corinthians 6:16-17; 1 Peter 2:4-5; Ephesians 2:21-22). The temple therefore rests as it were on — 1. An atonement for sin (Romans 5:11). 2. Sin put away, ver. 17 (Daniel 9:24). 3. Wrath averted by sacrifice (ver. 16:26-27; 2 Samuel 24:16; Isaiah 42:21; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 Peter 2:24; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 2:14-15). (Clergyman's Magazine.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.WEB: Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. |
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