1 Chronicles 7-10 Death 

The consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin was death…death of people, death of animals, death of all that grew. So in today’s reading that is the thought that the writer of Chronicles wants us to see. Death is the end of all living matter all because of sin. Depressing. Absolam dies, Saul and his three sons die and soldiers in battle die. Depressing. Oh Lord, come quickly that this depressing tale will end and life will be forever more. 

In the midst of all this reading we see that the sin of Judah has taken the lives of many but some lived on to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple. The Chronicler records for us the many who returned from Babylon to rebuild. He specifically records not just the people but their jobs in the “new” Jerusalem. Their names are recorded so that we can see the truth of God that He said they will return. 

What should we glean from all of this but to know the truth of Isaiah 55: God’s ways are not our ways, His ways are superior to ours and that He lives forever more. One day we too shall live with Him in heaven.