(July 6, 2015 at 5:24 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(July 6, 2015 at 8:55 am)Drich Wrote: Ok..
So David gives a command for the Ark to be Moved.
Now according to the law, the Ark was to be moved by inserting two long poles made from a certain wood into large rings mounted on the outside of the box and then carried by levitical priests.
But rather than do what was commanded Uzzah and his brother provide a wagon, which again he was not a levite nor did he make the arrangements to move the ark according to the law. (which would have provided the suspention needed to traverse rough terrain.) Nor does 2nd Samuel say that the ark would have been destroyed if it had hit the ground.
The death of Uzzah put the fear/Respect of God back into David (the one who allowed Uzzah to carry off the Ark) and it also punished Uzzah for crossing a line he should not have. (Again even being near the ark let alone transporting it the way he did.)
This afternoon I was walking down the street. A group of people were guiding me to where I wanted to go. Then without warning, I stumbled and almost fell. I may or may not have been badly injured by the fall, but in any case one of the men managed to catch me. In response, I shot him in the face with a twelve-bore. This not only had the effect of punishing the guy for even daring to be near enough to me to lay hand on me (although what he was meant to learn from it is another matter), but also put the fear of respect into the others.
Now what would such a story say about me?
That's just what I would've done!
