Once again; with Uriah the Hittite we see that God honors a "pagan" marriage. In fact the Hittites were to be destroyed originally due to their evil practices yet this man was clearly more righteous than David and the account of Nathan the prophet backs this up. I bring this up along with the Gibeonites in 2 Samuel 21:2 and following verses to show that God honors covenants between men when His name is invoked. There were a mixed multitude who joined Moses in the Exodus; and others could become Jews in the O.T. times under HIS terms. There were rules that spanned multiple generations that involve not entering the most holy place; but God's ultimate purposes were to bring in the Gentiles; as Isaiah states and the verse cited with Paul in Athens in Acts 17 also shows.
In any event; David was permitted to sacrifice after the destruction for 3 days which resulted from his following Satan's plan for him to do a census of how many fighting men he had. This showed David's reliance on human strength rather than trust in God for victory and had a severe consequence. As with Abraham's purchase of a burial plot for Sarah this man would be considered a "pagan" as he was a Jebusite one of the original people before the Jews arrived where a full price was paid for land ownership.
It is interesting how God works in this way. Whether this man believed or not is uncertain but clearly if he was involved in pagan worship there God wouldn't have approved of sacrifice there.
The brief peace of Solomon's rule wouldn't last that long as he decided to multiply wives and gold and horses; to say the least.
How he could remember names of 700 wives and 300 concubines is quite a feat. How he could be that stupid led him to near destruction and the book of Ecclesiastes seems to indicate his repentance but is a sad ending of what could have been a lasting kingdom of Israel; whose greatness will only be completed in the Millenium of Christ.
Once again; with Uriah the Hittite we see that God honors a "pagan" marriage. In fact the Hittites were to be destroyed originally due to their evil practices yet this man was clearly more righteous than David and the account of Nathan the prophet backs this up. I bring this up along with the Gibeonites in 2 Samuel 21:2 and following verses to show that God honors covenants between men when His name is invoked. There were a mixed multitude who joined Moses in the Exodus; and others could become Jews in the O.T. times under HIS terms. There were rules that spanned multiple generations that involve not entering the most holy place; but God's ultimate purposes were to bring in the Gentiles; as Isaiah states and the verse cited with Paul in Athens in Acts 17 also shows.
In any event; David was permitted to sacrifice after the destruction for 3 days which resulted from his following Satan's plan for him to do a census of how many fighting men he had. This showed David's reliance on human strength rather than trust in God for victory and had a severe consequence. As with Abraham's purchase of a burial plot for Sarah this man would be considered a "pagan" as he was a Jebusite one of the original people before the Jews arrived where a full price was paid for land ownership.
It is interesting how God works in this way. Whether this man believed or not is uncertain but clearly if he was involved in pagan worship there God wouldn't have approved of sacrifice there.
The brief peace of Solomon's rule wouldn't last that long as he decided to multiply wives and gold and horses; to say the least.
How he could remember names of 700 wives and 300 concubines is quite a feat. How he could be that stupid led him to near destruction and the book of Ecclesiastes seems to indicate his repentance but is a sad ending of what could have been a lasting kingdom of Israel; whose greatness will only be completed in the Millenium of Christ.
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