Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
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—1 Chronicles 17:20-22
by: Linda Harris.
Scholars generally agree that 1 and 2 Chronicles were written long after the building of the temple took place, probably about the time the exiles began to return from Babylon. David’s reference to the Israelites’ migration from Egypt to the Promised Land (17:21) would have special meaning for the returning immigrants. God established the land of Israel in the past, and he would restore it now.
When life spins out of control and we wonder where God might be in all of it, we can look back on the past, remember what he has already done, and be confident he will do what is best.