And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
After David sinned in numbering Israel in a census, the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, his faithful prophet, and sent him with a message to the king. Through Gad David was offered a choice of punishments for his sin: famine, defeat by his enemies, or pestilence. David chose to fall into God's merciful hands rather than into the hands of cruel men.
This word to Gad belongs to the account of David's burnt offerings and peace offerings on Ornan's threshing floor, which stayed the destroying angel's sword. God answered David there by sending fire from heaven at the place where the temple was later built. That ascending sacrifice turning aside the sword is a fitting symbol of the Saviour's sacrifice and mediation for guilty people.
After David sinned in numbering Israel in a census, the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, his faithful prophet, and sent him with a message to the king. Through Gad David was offered a choice of punishments for his sin: famine, defeat by his enemies, or pestilence. David chose to fall into God's merciful hands rather than into the hands of cruel men.
This word to Gad belongs to the account of David's burnt offerings and peace offerings on Ornan's threshing floor, which stayed the destroying angel's sword. God answered David there by sending fire from heaven at the place where the temple was later built. That ascending sacrifice turning aside the sword is a fitting symbol of the Saviour's sacrifice and mediation for guilty people.