The Glory Returns: Part 2
The Glory Returns: Part 2 || Day 3
II Samuel 6:1-15 NKJV
"Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the Lord on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals. And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God. And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day. David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet."
Beloved, when the ark was released from the Philistines it went to a place called Beth Shemesh. These guys messed up and did not treat the ark as holy, the presence of God as holy, and many died from it. Therefore, they called the Levites to come and get the ark. They take the ark and bring it into the house of Abinadab.
Without digging into the Bible, you would think that this was a random act. You would think they picked one of the Levites and decided to put it in his home. But that was not the case. They took it to the house of a man name of Abinadab. Who was this man? Abinadab was the son of King Saul. Therefore, when the ark came out of the land of the Philistines it went right back into the same RELIGIOUS SYSTEM it came out of.
For 20 years it stayed in the house of Abinadab. It stayed in the religious system that loved the fact that they had the ark but cared nothing about living in His presence. They liked the notoriety of having the ark, but cared nothing about ministering to His presence. They liked having the popularity of the ark in their house, but they did not revere it nor honor it. They had grown familiar with it. It was very common to them. Some theologians believe that they kept it in a field behind the house and not actually in the house. Which would make sense why Obed Edom was blessed so much because he actually kept it in his house.
In the 13th year of the ark being in the house of Abinadab, he dies with Saul on the mountain of Gilboa. Now the ark is still in his house, but it is left to his sons. Because the house of Saul always picks those who are close to them regardless if they are close to God. They pick up what their father did and continue to treat the presence of God as common.
But beloved, in order to see the glory return, the Church must sever its ties with the house of Saul.