Reading
SAA Notes
This book is prophetic history. (It is placed in the Prophets Luke 24:27,44). These events of pride, arrogance, betrayal, murder reveal why David’s Kingdom failed and why another better Kingdom was necessary – the coming Kingdom of great David’s greater Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Read Galatians 5:19-21.
SJA Notes
* Holy God, You are glorious, You are to be feared. Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused!
“But one thing I required of you;”
God’s word doesn’t write about people as they should be, but as they are.
Here we read of Joab and his brother Abishai murdering Abner for their other brother Asahel, who was killed in battle (after having been warned repeatedly).
They murdered Abner under the flag of peace that David had covenanted.
David wanted the land whole. Joab and Abishai wanted revenge.
David acts like a wise king, mourning the loss of Abner. The people respond to his actions, what he does pleases the people.
But we also see David making foolish decisions.
One of them is a selfish and hurtful request, even if politically motivated – David demands Michal, Saul’s daughter, back!
David causes a breakage in marriage, just as Saul caused a breakage by giving Michael away while he was trying to kill David.
You don’t fix a problem by doing the same thing that was done to you.
How good then that in Jesus we have a king who was and is always right and true. Completely righteous, without fault.
Jesus never made, and will never make, bad decisions. Not a single one.
Jesus never sought His own pleasure at the expense of others. He never tried to fix a problem by creating the same problem for another.
Hallelujah, what a King He is!
* God Above,
Thank You for Jesus, who leads us in righteousness and true.
Please help us to do as You tell us.
Amen.