THE ARK OF GOD IS BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM

PROCLAMATION

“… So David went and brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with gladness … And David danced before The Lord with all his might … and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of The Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.”  2 Samuel 6:12-15 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God after the death of the prophet Samuel by Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer.  King David gathered together thirty thousand young men and went to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah to get the ark of God and bring it to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 6:1-3)  They placed the ark on a new cart and the sons of Abinadab, Uzzah and Ahio, went along with them to guide the cart.  Along the way, one of the oxen stumbled and Uzzah reached out and touched the ark.  The anger of The Lord was kindled against Uzzah and He struck him down and he died right there. (2 Samuel 6:3-7)  David was both angry with and afraid of The Lord God and was not willing to take the ark to Jerusalem.  Instead he took the ark to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.  The ark remained there for three months and The Lord blessed him and his entire household. (2 Samuel 6:8-11)  When David was told how The Lord had blessed the household of Obed-Edom, David went and got the ark and brought it to Jerusalem.  The Israelites rejoiced, shouted, and sounded the trumpets as the ark entered the city.  David was leaping and dancing before The Lord.  They placed the ark in the midst of the tabernacle, then David sacrificed the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, blessed the crowd, fed them, and then they went home.  When David got home his wife Michal, the daughter of Saul, told him that she saw him dancing around shamelessly and she was displeased.  David responded to her that in the future he would become even more undignified and he would humiliate himself before The Lord God. (2 Samuel 6:19-23)

 

APPLICATION

When we get seriously into praising The Lord, it is not important what the people think.  Our focus should be on praising The Lord and not on entertaining the people.  Our praise should be sincere and individualized, and not a copy of someone else’s dance or praise.  We should not be quiet to avoid embarrassing our family or friends; if we lose friends, then so be it.  Christ said that if His followers are quiet and don’t praise Him, then the rocks will cry out. (Luke 19:40)  No rock will have to speak for me; I will praise The Lord.