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title = "1 Chronicles 16:14–36"
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date = "2024-02-20"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles16.14-36)
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David's song continues with a reminder of God's universality.
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The religions of the Fertile Crescent mostly featured gods over particular localities.
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Gods of this hill or that river, the people living in this land, but they would have no power outside of their jurisdiction.
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Not the God of Israel.
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He instead is the Judge over the whole earth, and there is nowhere one can go to escape His verdicts.
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Yahweh is also a everpresent throughout time as well as space.
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David, and also the Chronicler, reminds the people that the Lord made a covenant with Abraham to bless the whole world through his descendants forever.
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Of particular concern during Ezra's day, the Israelites were promised the land that the Lord had given to them to be an inheritance forever.
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Part of fulfilling that promise involved protecting the sons of Israel as they fled Egypt and preventing the various groups they encountered from raiding and harassing them.
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The song's focus switches to an evangelistic message, which I had not expected from Old Testament poetry.
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The Lord is a glorious Savior!
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The whole world needs to know this fact.
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They worship dead statues and do not recognize God's sovereignty over them.
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But because He loves them, He will accept their sacfrice that they bring willingly to Him.
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Even creation will bear witness to God's greatness by joining in the song that His people sing to Him.
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For the Lord is good and brings salvation, saving His people from the nations that surround them.
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Your steadfast love endures forever. Save us with Your mighty hand!
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