A little background on this passage of Scripture. Now, it seems that thought the Arc was about to topple so took His hand to steady it - that would not have if they only touched the Arc. His death could have been , except he also swore - presumably against the alter or God - which happened to be sin. a thin, w= he sore through the . He was struck down by God. This was a holy object and only those anointed and appointed could even get close to the Arc, let along touch. 1 Chronicles 16:22 says, "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.” Says it again in Psalm 105. Anything holy was not be e touch my ordinary, run of the mill people. No... only those whom God has chosen.
David became afraid of the power that resided upon and in the Arc - it was the very power of God. He held it in awe, but he also may have been a little afraid something else might happen and someone else die. So, instead of taking the Arc to the City of David in Jerusalem, he dropped it off at the house of Obed-Edom.
After he found out how good God was blessing Obed-Edom and the joy that surrounded his household, it was time for the Arc to go back.
David did NOT dance naked. He wore a linen ephod. Now a linen ephod was like a kilt or loincloth or apron. David DANCED with ALL his might before the Lord, and the Arc wasn't even there yet! He was dancing for joy because the Arc of the Lord, His Presence was coming to live with Him.
Not to step on anyone's toes (HAHA), when I go to church, I go to worship the Lord. Socializing can be done afterwards, but my main focus is to be there for Him. Now there are times when I'm feeling angry or depressed and don't 'feel' like going up from and dancing before the Lord, but it only takes 1-2 songs to get me up there, because I realize that I'm there for HIM. I go to the front instead of the back - not so people can see me and see 'whatever' they think I am, but so that they can see freedom in worship in action. I want them to see joy and freedom and maybe, just maybe they will come out of their shells and dance before the Lord in worship - in joy - in adoration.
Lord of the Dance - Steven Curtis Chapman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MnQxAd16k
David became afraid of the power that resided upon and in the Arc - it was the very power of God. He held it in awe, but he also may have been a little afraid something else might happen and someone else die. So, instead of taking the Arc to the City of David in Jerusalem, he dropped it off at the house of Obed-Edom.
After he found out how good God was blessing Obed-Edom and the joy that surrounded his household, it was time for the Arc to go back.
David did NOT dance naked. He wore a linen ephod. Now a linen ephod was like a kilt or loincloth or apron. David DANCED with ALL his might before the Lord, and the Arc wasn't even there yet! He was dancing for joy because the Arc of the Lord, His Presence was coming to live with Him.
Not to step on anyone's toes (HAHA), when I go to church, I go to worship the Lord. Socializing can be done afterwards, but my main focus is to be there for Him. Now there are times when I'm feeling angry or depressed and don't 'feel' like going up from and dancing before the Lord, but it only takes 1-2 songs to get me up there, because I realize that I'm there for HIM. I go to the front instead of the back - not so people can see me and see 'whatever' they think I am, but so that they can see freedom in worship in action. I want them to see joy and freedom and maybe, just maybe they will come out of their shells and dance before the Lord in worship - in joy - in adoration.
Lord of the Dance - Steven Curtis Chapman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MnQxAd16k
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