2 Samuel 24
"1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” 2
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.” 3But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing? 4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel. 5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward
Gad and Jazer...
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After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 11When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to
Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
12“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’” 13
So Gad went and said to David, “Shall you endure three years of famine on your land, or three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.” 14David answered
Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
I was going to post a thread on this very passage, and 1st Chronicles 21:1 which is a slight variant of the same historical account.
When we carefully align the two accounts we discover that the 'Anger of Yéhûʷəʰ' is (paralleled with) 'Satan', yet it is the Pride of Men that rouses the Anger of Yéhûʷəʰ.
"And again the Anger of Yéhûʷəʰ was Kindled against Israel, and he Moved David against them to say, Go, Number Israel and Yéhûʷdəʰ.
"And Satan Stood Up against Israel, and Provoked David to Number Israel.
In this scenario 'Satan' (unmistakably) represents 'the Anger of Yéhûʷəʰ', however this does not in any shape or form reveal to us just What it is that makes Yéhûʷəʰ Angry?
In Job we are informed that Leviathan, (aka Satan) is the King who presides over all the Children of Pride, for it is the Pride of one's Ego that displaces the Grace of the Covenant and transforms it into a Messenger of Satan.
"But he gives more Grace. Wherefore he says, Alôhâyîm resists the Proud, but gives Grace unto the Humble.
Submit yourselves therefore to Alôhâyîm. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw Near to Alôhâyîm, and he will Draw Near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you Double Minded.
Humble yourselves in the sight of Yéhûʷəʰ, and he shall lift you up." [James 4:6-8, & 10]
"Though Yéhûʷəʰ be high, yet has he respect unto the Humble: but the Proud he knows Afar Off." [Psalm 138:6]
"The lofty looks of man shall be Humbled, and the Haughtiness of men shall be Bowed down, and Yéhûʷəʰ alone shall be Exalted in that day.
For the day of the Host of Yéhûʷəʰ shall be upon every one that is Proud and Lofty, and upon every one that is Lifted up; and they shall be Brought Low:
And the Loftiness of man shall be Bowed down, and the Haughtiness of men shall be made Low: and Yéhûʷəʰ alone shall be Exalted in that day." [Isaiah 2:11-12, & 17]
When one does not Believe the Father's Truth, they make Him out to be a Liar, and the Father of it, and in like fashion they make His Prophets out to be False Prophets.
Those who are found without Love for the Father's Truth are handed over to a Delusion, which systematically convinces them to Trust and Rely on the Lies born from their own imagination.
"....Hezekiah Humbled himself from the Pride of his Heart, both he and the inhabitants of Yerûʷsʰləm, therefore the Anger of Yéhûʷəʰ came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah." [2nd Chronicles 32:26]
"The Pride of your Heart has Deceived you...." [Obad 1:3]
"A bishop then must be blameless, the Husband of One Wife, Vigilant, Sober, of good conduct, prone to be hospitable, qualified to teach;
Not a novice, lest being Lifted Up with Pride, lest he Fall into the Condemnation of the Devil." [1st Timothy 3:2, & 6]