David obeys the command of the angel and goes up to the threshing floor of Ornan, following Gad's instruction to build an altar to the Lord. David's immediate obedience to the divine command through the prophet demonstrates his restored commitment to following God's will and his acceptance of the redemptive path offered to him. The action of going to the threshing floor represents David's willingness to confront the location of the judgment and to transform it through his own action and worship. The movement from the divine command through the prophetic intermediary to David's obedient action establishes the restoration of proper vertical communication between heaven and earth. David's obedience marks the reversal of the pride and autonomous assertion that led to the census, restoring the king to his proper relationship of subordination to divine authority.

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