Psalm 145:8-9 NKJV - "The LORD is gracious and
full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. The LORD is good to
all, And His tender mercies are over all His works."
Proverbs 16:11 NKJV - "Honest weights and scales
are the LORD's; All the weights in the bag are His work."
1 Samuel 6:19 NKJV -
"Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the
ark of the LORD. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and
the people lamented because the LORD had struck the people with a great
slaughter."
Answer:
The Ark of the Covenant must be amidst the divine
nation and get the prayers done by the priests. Why did the Philistines, who
worship the creatures in creation by leaving the Creator, bring the Ark of
covenant to their country? They brought the Ark of Covenant and kept it in the
temple of Dagon, which was the base for the dark evil power related to the
idolatry. First day, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before
the ark of the Lord.
By seeing these incidents, Philistines must glorify
the Lord, who gave salvation to the Israelites from the slavery of Egyptians
and must say that there is no God, except the Lord of Israelites and bow down
before the ark and worship the Lord. But, they did not do so. Instead of that,
they took the parts of Dagon and set it in its place again.
And when they arose early in the next morning, there
was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. The
head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold;
only the torso of Dagon was left of it. Then also, they did not believe by
seeing the power of the invisible Lord or Israelites.
They were in negligence to worship the true God. So,
the Lord ravaged them and struck them with tumors.
When they realized that it is not good have the ark
of the Lord with them, and made a new cart and took two milk cows which had
never been yoked, and hitched the cows to the cart; and took their calves home,
away from them. And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest
with the gold rats and the images of their tumors for their trespasses -
offerings. Then, they sent it away, and let it go. But, these cows pulled the
cart according to their will, and went in the way of Beth Shemesh and stood
there, a long stone was there. The lords of Philistines, who went back of the
cart, informed all the incidents, which happened in their area to those people.
Even after the people in Beth Shemesh heard the words
of the lords of the Philistines and saw the golden article which was the
trespasses - offerings, the people of Beth Shemesh touched the ark and opened
it and saw with their negligence. Thus, the angry of the Lord became furious.
In reality, there was no one worthy to see in the ark
except the main priest in Israelites. They were the uncircumcised people. They
would not show the obedience before the Lord of Israel even after they saw the
golden offerings for trespasses of the people and heard the words of the lords
of the Philistines. And they did not send the ark of the Lord of Israel in
majestic way. So, the Lord God should have destroyed the village of the city of
Beth Shemesh like the Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord God, who is merciful, struck
only fifty thousand seventy.
This incident did not occur in unknown stage. They
committed sin by knowing the power of God, because of their pride nature, and
negligence. So, there was no forgiveness to them.
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