The Sword Is Sheathed

728 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 24:24 Then the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which costs me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD heeded the prayers for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel. And so we end the Books of 1 and 2 Samuel. The threshing floor purchased by David which will become the future site of the temple and the hill on which the Savior of the world, God's only Son, Jesus Christ would die once and for all for our sins. Charles Spurgeon, commenting on this verse said, “Thus was the site of the temple marked out in a very special manner. Zion, the church of God, of which the temple was the type, is founded on the hill of sacrifice; it is a monument in praise of sparing mercy; and there the sword of justice is for ever sheathed. Have we come unto Mount Zion? Are we resting upon the precious blood of sprinkling? These are grave questions, which it behooves each one to answer on his own account as before the great heart-searching God.” Well said, Mr Spurgeon. Leave us not forget that the angel who was executing justice through this plague was at the ready with his sword ready to bring more death, but God accepted the sacrifice of David and commanded the angel to sheath his sword. 1Ch 21:27 says, “So the LORD commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath. God's wrath was satisfied! And as Jesus died on the cross, on the hill of the threshing floor His last words included, “It is Finished!” It's a banking term that means the debt has been paid! The wrath of God against sin completely appeased. The sword is sheathed! The question is, will you receive this free gift of God or reject Jesus and face the angel of death on Judgment Day when his sword will once again be unsheathed?