Speaker: Reverend Marlin Jones
Podcast Summary:
The setting of Psalm 30 is unclear. Several scholars believe this Psalm was written after David’s sin of numbering the Israelites. This story is found in 1 Chronicles 21, where God gives David a choice between 3 options for punishment. He could have three years of famine, three months of being swept away by the sword of his enemies, or three days of a plague at the hands of an angel of the Lord. David chose to fall in the hands of the Lord because His mercy is great. Therefore, Israel was hit with the plague. David pleaded with God for him to take the punishment and not the people because he was the one who sinned and not the people. Then David, as instructed by the angel of the Lord, when up and dedicated Araunah’s threshing floor by building an altar there and worshiping God. Then God told the angel to put his sword back in the sheath. It is unclear whether the plague struck David himself, as some commentators believe, while others believe the emotional distress was too much for David because it was his sin that caused the death of the people. Here are the things we can learn from David:
