Sunday, December 3, 2017

1 Chronicles 21:20 question

vs 16
Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
vs 20
Now Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.

This makes no sense to me. There's an angel with a sword in the sky, he sees it, and keeps threshing? Is this the right response? He doesn't seem to come to a bad end. What am I supposed to make of this guy?