1 Chronicles 21:28
“At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.”
What does 1 Chronicles 21:28 mean?
David had just made a serious mistake—he'd counted his fighting men, which God saw as a prideful act. When plague struck Israel as punishment, David repented deeply, and God sent an angel to stop the devastation at a specific location: a threshing floor owned by a man named Ornan. David recognized this as God's answer to his prayers, his visible sign of forgiveness and mercy breaking through. His response was immediate gratitude—he built an altar right there and offered sacrifices to honor God. There's something beautiful here about how David didn't just accept God's forgiveness quietly; he marked the moment with worship, turning the place where judgment stopped into a place of thanksgiving and restoration.