1 Chronicles: Showing us Christ
There it is: the monotonous-looking, yet seemingly cryptic, untouched duo of the Old Testament: First and Second Chronicles. Genealogies, lists of people in service at the temple, stories repeated from preceding books... It took me a long time to actually resolve to read the Chronicles. I have finally gone through 1 Chronicles, and it is an amazing book. I wish I had been more keen to start. I didn't know what to make of the first few chapters of genealogies... What's the point? Sure... along with the rest of the Bible it's meant to be God's revelation, God's very Word, the lamp unto my feet and light unto my path (Ps 119:105), God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16)... But I didn't see it. So I opened up the super useful Bible Project video on the Chronicles. It gave me a good overview (s/o to Bible Project for amazing videos!). 1 Chronicles centres around King David, and stuff he did during his reign, such as his military victories, his mighty and loyal contemporari...