David sees the blessings that can come upon a people whom are under a godly man's influence (2 Samuel 23:3-4). President Obama has a troop of people who will go before and after him to make sure his security stays in place. Likewise, King David had his mighty men to help protect him (23:8-39). 2 Sam. 24:1 has caused much controversy because Scripture says elsewhere that Satan incited David to take this census (I Chronicles 21:1). So how could both God and Satan "incite" David to take this census? There are different interpretations surrounding this passage. A popular interpretation that I like is that the devil is God's devil and that God in his sovreignty used his devil to accomplish his will for this particular situation. We cannot ever forget that even the devil cannot do anything that God does not allow him to do.
Jesus, today, still grants salvation to the least unlikely individuals (Luke 17:1-10). In versus 11-27, we see that we need to persistently be about doing the Father's business on this earth, because one day Jesus will return.
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