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1 and 2 Chronicles are books often avoided when people study the Bible. Admittedly, a book that begins with 9 chapters of genealogies doesn’t exactly shout, “read me, read me! I will inspire your faith!” But these are powerful books, written with great purpose, meant to inspire and strengthen faith.

The exacting detail of these genealogies should cause us to appreciate the years of research and effort involved. The genealogies have a purpose, the exacting detail also has a purpose. He wants to bring his Jewish readers back to their faith, to inspire revival, to remind them that God gave them a rich heritage. God gave them that land and God called them to dwell in that land as the people of God, a people of faith.

He began the genealogies with Adam, reminded them of Noah and the line through whom was born Abraham, the father of faith. He reminded them of Isaac and Ishmael, sons of Abraham and brothers of animosity, the cause of many tensions and conflicts in the world today.

He reminded them of Jacob and Esau, brothers born as twins, yet only one chosen to receive the promises of God. He reminded them of the 12 sons of Israel who would become the 12 tribes who would inherit the land. Of the 12 sons of Israel, only one would become the head, for the Messiah would be called the lion from the tribe of Judah.

The first of the lions of the tribe of Judah would be David. All other kings would be compared to him. This becomes one of the main themes of the book, tracing the line and the history of the Messiah.

His aim was to strengthen their claim to that land and to strengthen their hope as they await the Messiah who will one day come and rule and reign again as the lion from the tribe of Judah. They have a rightful claim, and they will one day have a king to rule and reign in Jerusalem again.

This book was written after the destruction of Jerusalem and after their exile in Babylon those 70 years. They returned to rebuild and restore the city and the temple, but the nation was weak and there was no king. He wrote this book to strengthen their rightful claim to the land, to strengthen the faith of the nation, and to restore their hope in the coming Messiah.

Even today Israel holds on to that hope. Many are longing and hoping and waiting for the Messiah who will come and who will rule and reign again in Jerusalem. By the miraculous, intervening hand of God they are once more living in the land God promised, but they are still waiting for their Messiah. 1 and 2 Chronicles lays the foundation for that hope.

After weaving their history through 9 chapters of genealogies, he lays the foundation for their messianic hope by recounting the story of David. God took him as a simple, humble shepherd and made him a great leader, a lion.

The transformation of David is a picture of what God can do with simple faith. God still, even today, takes those who are humble and simple, with simple faith, and transforms them into those who make a difference in their generation, who make an impact in the world because of their heart for God.

The story of David, however, is also a story of those mighty men around him. What God did in David inspired them to believe what God can do with them as well. This is a story of David’s mighty men, transformed from a ragtag group of outcasts and nobodies into men of renown, men who had the face like a lion and the heart of David.

You can learn a lot from great men and women of faith. Perhaps the greatest lesson is this; there is no such thing as great men and women of faith who didn’t do something with their faith.

In other words, their faith was active, it was alive. It moved them to move, to act, to do, to accomplish.

You see that in Hebrews 11, that famous chapter we call the “Hall of Faith.” Great men and women who took their faith and did something with it, something for the glory of God…

By faith, Enoch walked with God – and was pleasing to God.
By faith, Noah prepared an ark for the salvation of his household.
By faith, Abraham obeyed God and went out, not knowing where he was going.
By faith, Moses chose rather to endure ill treatment with the people of God than enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
By faith, Rahab the harlot welcomed the spies in peace.

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