1 Chronicles 16:1-6
The Ark Placed in the Tabernacle (2 Samuel 6:17–19)
1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3 Then he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.
4 And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
When David put the Ark of God’s Covenant in the tabernacle, he had the priests make offerings to the LORD for their sins and for peace with God based on His covenant promises to them as His people. He then blessed the people further by distributing food to every single person there, giving them bread with meat and raisin-cakes to sustain them. He then appointed Levite priests to serve the LORD before the Ark of His presence and others to sing and play instruments of praise to the LORD with harps, trumpets, and cymbals to enhance the worship and honor God with exuberant joy. Do we worship our Lord with such feeling of joy for our salvation as we partake of the bread of life from heaven (John 6:32-33, 51) and sacrifice ourselves in worship (Romans 12:1) in His presence together in the congregation (Psalm 22:22, Hebrews 2:12-13) of His people lie we consider the peace we have in our redemption (Romans 5:1) through Jesus Christ our Lord and King? May we continually offer thanksgiving and praise to our Lord God with lives laid down on the altar as living sacrifices because we have been crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20) and share in His death to sin and live to Him with thankful joy and praise for all His blessings of life with and in Him forevermore (Psalm 133:3) as we stand confident in the New Covenant in His sacrificial lifeblood. He dwells in our tabernacles of these bodies that we might continually offer the sacrifice of praise (Psalm 107:22, Jonah 2:9, Hebrews 13:15) in living for Him in deserved holiness. Amen!
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