Day 143 (2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, Psalm 30) - Year 8
5/23/20267 min
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[intro music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. [upbeat music] We finished our 11th book of the Bible today, and we're 40% of the way through our reading plan. Can you believe it? It feels like just yesterday we were in the wilderness, and here we are today buying a threshing floor in the Promised Land. This is one of my favorite days in all of scripture. I know I say that a lot, but I really love this one, and I can't wait to tell you why. In the two accounts of David's census today, you probably noticed an interesting discrepancy. 2 Samuel says God incited David to take the census, and 1 Chronicle says Satan incited David to take the census. And this is why it's important to read both accounts, so we can compare and contrast. So which is it? Don't resist this tension. It's there for a reason. This may actually be the perfect scriptural example of how evil works within God's plan. Just like with Job's story, here we have an enemy of God and His people who wants to perpetrate evil against them, and God allows it. By God allowing it, it still falls under His sovereignty and is still used for our good and His purposes. In general, taking a census isn't bad. God commanded it several times, as we've read about at length, but this time David is doing it of his own volition, not at God's command. Joab knows it's a bad idea, which