Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
May 14, 2023: SOAP #4909: 2Samuel 24; 1Chronicles 21; Psalm 30; 1Thessalonians 2

SCRIPTURE:  2Samuel (NIV) 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. … 18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad…. 25 David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered prayer on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

OBSERVATION:  David had sinned.  He has specifically done what God had commanded not to be done.  He had numbered the fighting men.   Now God was bringing punishment on the whole nation.   God loved Israel.  He paused the punishment so that David could make a proper sacrifice.  After the sacrifice, “the plague on Israel was stopped.” 

APPLICATION:  Sometime back I asked the Lord what He was going to do about the 70+ million babies carrying the image of God that had been killed.  He clearly told me that he would be bringing in one illegal alien into our nation for every child that was missing.  God is true to His word!  Anyone who can see the evening USA news can see that God is at work.  Presently, tens of thousands every day are crossing our southern border. 

The United States needs a National Day of Repentance and recommitment to the Lord God who was clearly mentioned in most of our founding documents!   We have turned from God and are reaping the results. 

PRAYER:   Lord, as Nehemiah prayed (Nehemiah 1:5-11), I pray for the United States of America.  We have acted very wickedly toward you.  We have destroyed that which carries your image.  We have made the innocent pay for the sins of the guilty.  Forgive our sins and turn this present-day invasion into a present-day revival for your glory.   Amen

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