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Foreign. Hey, this is Shelby and Scott. We are here to wrap up the book of First Chronicles. We hope that you're subscribed and following along, because we start Second Chronicles tomorrow, which is a continuation, but it's gonna have a different pace than First Chronicles has had in going through the Kings. But, Scott, bring us home in this book. What's happening in this last few chapters?
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Yeah, yeah. The last several chapters, like we've talked about, are all about David preparing things for Solomon to build the temple after he passes away. So, you know, all the way back in chapter 22, we saw him providing stone cutters and iron and cedar. We had a lot of stuff about the Levites who would serve at the temple. I didn't mention this yesterday, but, you know, some of the Levites would serve as musicians, so they would help to just reinforce the truths of Scripture through song, which is beautiful. And some of our psalms actually come from these musicians that David appoints. Today we read about just kind of more of that, like gatekeepers and treasurers and officials who would serve at the temple. And then David has just done so much stuff that at the end of 28, he says, here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God's house. Every willing person of any skill will be at your disposal for the work. And the leaders and all the people are at your every command. He's talking to Solomon. And then in general, I just. I love, love, love, love these final two chapters of Chronicles. Shelby.
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Okay, that was. That was big. You love that one. Love, love, love. There's three loves in there. So why do you love these chapters so much, these last few? And what stands out to you?
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Yeah, you just have these speeches from David, which I just find so beautiful. Like, he speaks to the officials in chapter 28. He tells them to observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God. He speaks to his son Solomon. He says that if you seek God, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will. And then in chapter 29, the final chapter of First Chronicles, he encourages all the people to joyfully and generously provide for all the needs of the temple, just as he himself, just as David had done for the temple. And they do. They're very generous. They provide for the temple. And David thanks God for this. And then we've got maybe just one of my favorite verses in Scripture where he says, lord our God, all this wealth that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hands. And Everything belongs to you. That's verse 16. And just a great reminder to me, I'm always encouraged by this verse that God provides us with everything that we need to worship him and to please him, all that we need to live a godly life he has given us. And there's a call here to see everything that we have as coming from the hand of the Lord and just to take stock of everything that God has given us to thank him for it and to use everything he's given us for his glory.
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A
Yeah, what a great reminder. Any final thoughts as we close out First Chronicles?
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B
There's a scene near the end where Solomon is acknowledged as king. And I think this really, really sums up the concerns of first and Second Chronicles, which, again, are the Temple and the King. Two very big themes in these books. You just have this moment where all of God's people are united around God's chosen king. And as they present these sacrifices to God, we read that they ate and drank with great joy in the Lord's presence that day. And I've mentioned this a couple times in Chronicles, Shelby. But again, I think this is just a very idealized moment. This is what life should be like with God at the center. This is a perfect moment in Israel's history. And I think I've said this before. I think this is a preview of what awaits us of a new Earth when we're gathered around, unified around Jesus and sharing a meal together. Revelation talks about God coming to Earth. It talks about the marriage supper of the land. And so I think this is, again, not just a beautiful moment in the past, but a hint of what's to come for us.
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A
Yeah, what a great note to end this book on. As I think back over 1 Chronicles, I think in the very first episode, we talked about how this book was meant to encourage a group of people who are really discouraged. And it did that initially by kind of zooming and showing them God's faithfulness throughout those genealogies. But we had plenty of other moments throughout this book. We were, like, zooming out and looking at the Davidic covenant and things that God had done in the past, things he promised to do in the future. And so I've been encouraged by that throughout this book. It's helped me to zoom out from different places of my own life where I've gotten too focused on a circumstance and my eyes have maybe turned from God's greatness, His faithfulness, as we've seen throughout this book. So thanks for walking us through 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles tomorrow here we go. It's going to be an exciting time. We'll see you there.