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By Peter J. Leithart
The talk in lots of Reformed circles over worship track is simply a small a part of the bigger query of Reformed liturgics. both sides admit that the hot testomony bargains quite little guide on liturgy, and so the controversy over the regulative precept maintains with it sounds as if little wish for answer. during this examine, Peter Leithart's key perception unearths a famous scriptural instance of a liturgy that translates God's instructions for worship in methods for extra biblically grounded than conventional regulativism permits. King David's tabernacle worship turns into a wealthy tale, not just in recognize to liturgical knowledge, but additionally to the importance of Zion in fulfillments of the Christian period.
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Thus. the fact that Obededom was a Philistine does not mean he was a pagan. On rhe contrary, he was a Philistine convert. Structural considerations also indicate that Obed-edom was a Gentile and a Philisrine. As I showed in A House for My Name, rhe passage about the transfer of the ark to Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 is chiastically related to the account of the Philistine capture of the ark in 1 Samuel 4-6. ~ In that outline, the Philistine exile of the ark in 1 Samuel 5-6 matches the three-month sojourn of the ark in the house ofObed-edom.
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In that outline, the Philistine exile of the ark in 1 Samuel 5-6 matches the three-month sojourn of the ark in the house ofObed-edom. m,)n, 2000), 110 1ยท)9. ~()~ll FOR I'RIE~(,S ,'\l\:[) UVITES 43 went to the house ofObed-edom, also a Philistine, it brought blessings. Thus, the structural arrangement of the passage suggests that there was a briefPhilistine "exile" in 2 Samuel 6, as there was a longer one in 1 Samuel 4-6. To reiterate, Gentile involvement with the ark was unprecedented. Never during Israel's wilderness wanderings nor during the period of the judges did anyone outside the tribe ofLevi guard and care for Yahweh's throne.