Make Us a King. Part [6] 07/24/2024 (Morning thought)

2nd Samuel 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2nd Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house (In the Bible God is often represented as actually doing that which He does not prevent), and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 723] Heretofore God's providence had preserved David against all the plotting of his enemies, and had been directly exercised to restrain Saul. But David's transgression had changed his relation to God. The Lord could not in any wise sanction iniquity. He could not exercise His power to protect David from the results of his sin as He had protected him from the enmity of Saul.

In other words, because of David’s transgression the protection that he once enjoyed from God was now partially removed and wherever God’s protection is removed, the Pit bulls that are already waiting in the wings are let loose by the devil. There are currently millions of Pit bulls waiting to be let loose across the land if and when impunity in kings is countenanced.

Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Make Us a King. Part [5] 07/24/2024 (Evening thought)

2nd Samuel 11: 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, set you Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

Note well how the downward spiral of justice takes shape as David, in his capacity as king does grievous wrong, and then Joab, who was employed in David’s administration, gets immunity from prosecution, as he carries out David’s mandate. This is the natural result of that request that was made earlier by the elders: “Make us a king”.

2nd Samuel 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

2nd Samuel 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, thus shalt thou say unto Joab, let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

2nd Samuel 12: 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!