Our Great Hope

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Psalm 96 is believed by some learned Bible scholars as a song of celebration when the treasured Ark of the Covenant was returned by the Philistines who had taken it from Israel. Some saw its return as nothing less than having God with them again. That elaborate, God-designed box contained the Ten Commandments, the staff of Aaron which had led the people from slavery in Egypt, and a bowl of manna from heaven which fed the hungry people in the desert. Indeed, a spectacular cause for joy! But we believers also know that all humans are sinful by nature, and King David was no exception. He had one of his best generals killed because he wanted his wife. The next king, David’s son, Solomon—yes the same one whom God had given great wisdom which Solomon had requested above all earthly treasures—ended up with 700 wives and 300 concubines, and added temples to their false gods. In his old age, and to his credit, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes to declare his sorrow for his sins and misplaced trust in himself and the treasures and joys of this sinful, fallen world.

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