King David had just brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. David had built a special tabernacle in which to place the Ark. Burnt sacrifices were given. Peace offerings were given.
To celebrate the event, King David gave every man and woman a loaf of bread, a good piece of meat and some grape juice. He then appointed certain Levites to minister at the tabernacle.
After all of this, David gives a psalm to the Levites with which to thank God. This psalm is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16:8-36. It is interesting that throughout the psalm, David uses the name Jehovah for God. This is the name that God Himself gave as His name of the Covenant with Moses in Exodus Chapter Six.
In verses 16-18, David refers to the covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In verse 16, David uses an interesting word for “made.” This word in the Hebrew means, “to cut.” Indeed, Abraham was given instructions for circumcision in Genesis Chapter Seventeen as a symbol of the covenant.
Verse Thirty-One is a very interesting verse. If you take the first letter of each word in the Hebrew, they spell Jehovah –another way for David to emphasize the importance of God’s covenant with Israel.
I am glad that we have a covenant with God. Our covenant is the New Testament. Just as David and the Israelites were so thankful for their covenant, we should be very thankful for our covenant. Just as they were to obey God under their covenant, we are to obey God under our covenant.
Study the Bible. Learn all you can from God’s Word. Then, obey it, and if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
