1 Chronicles
15
– 19
Verse 15:1 talks about King David’s passion:
David founded the city of
David as his capital and built his palaces there. But
in his zeal to rebuild Jerusalem and build his palaces, He prepared a
place for the covenant chest of God in a tent adjacent to the palace.
Again we see a differentiation between the city of David and
Jerusalem, again I am not sure why but here it is again.
Notice he rebuilds the city and his palace before building a
place for God. For someone whose focus early on seems to be “upwards” this
always seemed odd. But as we see he eventually gets around to it only to have
God hold him off to a later generation. One of the reasons that has been given
other places is the blood on David’s hands from war. If you think about it since
the Messiah was tied to David and not his father Jesse or son Solomon we can
understand why the Jewish people expected a great warrior and not a humble
servant in Jesus.
Verse 16:3 has an interpretation question I wanted to look
at:
He gave a loaf of bread, a date roll,* and
a raisin cake to every man and woman in Israel.
Usually these notes are highlighted by a hyperlink from the
source I copy from and looks very ugly, but I wanted to note the “*” and the
word “date roll” and how it was interpreted. The Voice says the “meaning is
unclear” and we look at other interpretations to wonder what’s going on. The
Hebrew word they are attempting to interpret is “’eshpār” which is only seen one other place.
We get into a place
where non-believers and KJV only says how can you trust anything you read in
the Bible. First this is a fallacy since we are talking some kind of food and
not some significant theological point, so with most versions of the Bible I
believe we are safe. With that said I will point out some “new age” crap is
creeping into these newer versions of the Bible, I will pick on The Message
this time and The Lord’s Prayer.
Verse 6:10 is
normally interpreted as “Bring about Your kingdom. Manifest Your will
here on earth, as it is manifest in heaven.” The KJV is the traditional “Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” But The Message
reads “Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what’s best— as above, so
below.” Not much different between the Voice and the KJV, but you see the
subtitle difference between The Message’s interpretation?
“As above, so
below” is the wording that is so wrong. It’s really being highlighted in today’s
pop culture with a move bearing the same words as its name. It initially became
famous in from the demonic Baphomet pointing to heaven and hell. This is when
those who question interpretations really get credence. Research this and I
believe you will see Luciferian “new age” beliefs and sayings creeping into
scriptures. While I am very hesitant on questioning an interpretation since
they are rigorously checked by people much smarter than me, but this one seems
odd.
Sorry for the
tangent and not focusing on the reading but that one verse reminded me of this
discrepancy in The Message and I wanted to bring that forward. Does that mean
you can’t have faith in the Bible? Does it mean all of Christianity is a false
religion? No way on either! What this does show is how we need to be vigilant
in our study, not accepting anything as Gospel unless we are sure. I will say
the video I watched made sure the preacher reading The Message’s version of the
Lord’s Prayer was slowed down to make him sound evil when reading those words,
so there is a bunch on manipulation of the details everywhere, my warning is be
cautious and diligent in your studies, especially of newer interpretations of
the Bible.