God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology by Hamilton Jr. James M

Author:Hamilton Jr., James M.
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Good News Publishers/Crossway Books
Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

4.4 Chronicles

The Chronicler passes over David’s sin with Bathsheba and Solomon’s sin with his foreign wives not because he is producing revisionist history but because his purpose is different from that of the authors of Samuel and Kings. The authors of Samuel and Kings are, among other things, justifying God’s wrath on Israel, which culminates in exile. They are showing how Israel deserved to be cast out of the land. The Chronicler’s purpose is different because he writes after the exile has taken place. One of the major issues facing the remnant that returned is whether God would continue his program with Israel. Has the nation sinned so severely that God has cast them off entirely?114 Or, will God resume his purpose to cover the dry lands with his glory? Will he install a new Davidide on the throne in Jerusalem, see to it that a new temple is built on Zion, and transform the hearts of the sons of Israel such that they will keep Torah, all with the result that Yahweh’s glory will radiate out from the temple and the peoples round about be brought to worship him and serve the king of Israel? I submit that by rehearsing God’s promises to David (1 Chronicles 17) and by retelling the story of Solomon’s building the temple (2 Chronicles 2–7) the Chronicler is asserting his faith that God will resume his purposes through Israel. The temple will be built. A new David will reign. Yahweh will cover the dry lands with his glory. The Chronicler writes to rekindle Israel’s hope and faith that God will keep his word to them, and the many stories of the weak and outnumbered being delivered when they rely on Yahweh show the remnant that returned how to seek Yahweh’s glory in their own victories.

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