The Luckiest Man In The Bible

In Numbers 4:5-15 the Israelites are given specific instructions regarding the transportation of the Ark of the Covenant (the box containing the Ten Commandments). Aaron and his sons had to cover the ark; first with a curtain, then fine leather, and finally, a blue cloth. Then the carrying poles were put into position and after that the Kohathites (the clan of Kohath) had the job of carrying the ark - but they were not allowed to touch the box itself; only the carrying poles. As the bible says, "they must not touch the holy things, or they will die."  (Numbers 4:5-15)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+4

It was about five hundred years later when David decided to move the ark to Jerusalem, so he loaded it onto an ox-cart driven by two men named Ahio and Uzzah. At one point during the journey the oxen stumbled and Uzzah reached out to the ark to hold it steady. That was big mistake - the Lord God Jehovah killed him on the spot! "The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there because he reached out his hand to the ark; and he died there beside the ark of God." (2 Samuel 6:1-7)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%206

Christians, of course, are quite used to reading torture porn in their bible so they think nothing of the incident. It's only the non-Christians who raise their eyebrows and ask, "How on earth can a loving and forgiving god just up and kill a human being for nothing more than touching a wooden box?"

As it happens the Christians have never been able to fabricate a plausible explanation for that particular murder because the bible makes it emphatically clear that Uzzah was killed for touching the ark; nothing else!

But Christians are nothing if not cunning, and so they tackle the problem from a different angle when they try to convince others that their god is not as big a bastard as this particular murder suggests that he is. What they do is prevaricate.

They pretend they are trying to get the whole story into context by referring to other bible texts and so they flip-flop back and forth through bible, quoting one text after another, until the original subject (the murder of Uzzah by god himself) is almost completely forgotten.

A good example of this technique can be found in the notes for a sermon by Carey Scott. A sermon titled Why Did Uzzah Have To Die? and which contains references to the following bible texts:

Exodus 37:5
Numbers 4:6
Numbers 4:15
Romans 15:4
1 Corinthians 10:11
Ephesians 3:1-11
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:25
Proverbs 21:2
Proverbs 21:3
1 Samuel 15:22
Micah 6:6-8
Hosea 6:6
Jeremiah 7:21-26
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
Deuteronomy 6:17
Deuteronomy 6:24
John 4:23-24
Galatians 1:8
Colossians 3:17
1 Peter 4:11
1 Chronicles 13:5-11
1 Chronicles 15:1-2
1 Chronicles 15:12-15

Now that's what I call prevarication.

But here's the bit that makes you realise that Christians really are the most despicable people on the planet when it comes to morality. Preacher Carey Scott points out that David became angry when Uzzah was murdered and finally understood that the ark should never have been transported on an ox-cart in the first place. David finally understood that he had made a mistake and was extremely embarrassed by his failure to follow god's rules regarding the transportation of the ark of the covenant. As Carey Scott tells us:

"Uzzah was the lucky one. David had to carry this burden with him the rest of his life."

Uzzah was the lucky one !!!


You can see the sermon notes here:

http://www.simplebiblestudies.com/Suzzahdie.htm