November 15, 2009

Texts:
1 Chronicles 28 and 29
Psalms 70 and 71

Chronicles:
Here is more Chronicler "remembering" of history that has yet to be reported--namely that David didn't just choose Solomon to be king and set aside materials for the building of the temple, but that he also drew up the blueprints, hired all of the staff, and worked with the interior designer.
I'm not arguing it didn't happen this way, but it is certainly not the same story told in Kings. As Dire Straits once said, "if two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong."

Psalms:
Sometime, when reading the psalms, I wonder if the people who wrote them (the person who wrote them?) expected people to be reading them as scripture years down the road. They feel too personal, somehow. More like something you would find in someone's diary or journal. Especially when they say things like "don't let my enemies succeed." "Let my accusers be put to shame".