198 - The Sword, Famine, and Pestilence
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: The Sword, Famine, and Pestilence
Topic: Salvation
Summary: We search for the message of love and the inner meaning behind the Bible's harsh statements about the sword, famine, and pestilence.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
2 Chronicles 26:5, 9
Jeremiah 14:12, 16; 21:9; 24:10; 29:15, 18
Ezekiel 5:12, 16-17; 6:11-13; 7:15-16; 12:16; 14:21
2 Samuel 24:10-13, 15
Psalms 91:1-ff
2 Samuel 24:10-13
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David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
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When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
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"Go and speak to David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'"
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So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me."