1 CHRONICLES 2 (FROM CAC'S NOTES)
1 CHRONICLES 2 (FROM CAC’S NOTES)
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and He slew him. That is a warning to depart from iniquity. If we do not withdraw from what is not right we shall have fellowship in sins and shall partake of plagues (see Revelation 18: 4).
Then in Achar we get another side. He was “the troubler of Israel”. He was but one man, but he made all Israel guilty. Where I go I take all the brethren. A young brother starting out in a post which involved travelling said, ‘How I behave will affect the whole fellowship’.
Then David is brought in. What is to be praised is seen in Judah; his father’s children bow down to him (Genesis 49: 8). In chapter 3 his genealogy is carried down far beyond the captivity. The development is not seen yet; it will come out later in the book but the person is there. If the Spirit can get a footing in our hearts for Christ He works from that starting point. He can add to it the whole counsel of God. So Paul began the Romans with God’s Son, “come of David’s seed according to flesh”, Romans 1: 3. He can build up the whole epistle on that, the whole gospel and the truth of the mystery.