The
print by Gustave Dore depicts David mourning his son Absalom
Today,
points are shared on the account of King David allowing his son
Absalom to return home from exile, and the matter of divine
forgiveness unaccompanied by reconciliation. The full gravity of a
person’s offenses against GOD
may not be discerned immediately; and a crime having serious
spiritual consequences and outcomes may be shown less attention than
a sin against mankind that is carnal such as fratricide. Because
godly and righteous judgment require forgiveness, impartiality, and
mercy be shown to transgressors (sinners), where parents and other
family are charged to put aside and suppress feelings of love or
obligation to serve as judge, they also will distance themselves to
establish and maintain balance, integrity, and soundness for the
process of law. In response, those who receive the benefits of
judgment are to acknowledge what they have received through their
regular displays of discretion, gratitude, repentance, reverence, and
reconciliation, rather than ambition, irreverence, politics, or
self-promotion. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum
on Religion and Spirituality, who uses the ID “She Dances With
Love” (Level 7 with 59,145 points, a member since August 27, 2007)
posted the following:
Why
isn't Absalom pardoned?
The
king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come
into my presence.” So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did
not come into the king’s presence.
(2
Samuel 14:24)
David
shows mercy to Absalom. He does not enforce the penalty of the law
that condemned his son. But Absalom is not pardoned. Why?
There
is no reconciliation. Why? What was missing?
Romans
3:25 speaks about what God did for his people until the coming of
Jesus Christ into the world: “in his divine forbearance he had
passed over former sins.” God left the matter of justice for
another time. Is there a connection to us in the story of David and
Absalom?
That
is what God had done with regard to David’s sin, and that is what
David did with regard to Absalom; he “passed over former sins.”
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared
him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And
Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it
was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the
king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what
city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of
the tribes of Israel. And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters
are good and right; but there is no man deputed
of the king to hear thee. Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made
judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might
come unto me, and I would do him justice! And it was so, that
when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put
forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. And on this manner did
Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom
stole the hearts of the men of Israel. (2nd Samuel 15:
1-6, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: A Descendent of David? (03/18/2018); The Operations
of Sin (07/25/2017); Reconciliation Provided By Christ (05/30/2017);
Carrying Out Divine Law? (03/20/2017); Restoring the Divine Presence?
(03/09/2017); The Death Penalty? (10/08/2015); Why So Much Murder?
(01/12/2013); Confusion 2013 (01/13/2013)
“She
Dances With Love”, here are some points Christian believers may
consider to further apprehend mankind’s
inheritance from divinity and the figures of David and his son,
Absalom:
1.
While fratricide by Cain, the son of Adam, was a terrible
transgression and violation of divine law, Cain also transgressed by
dishonoring his father and mother, Adam and Eve. More than this,
Cain despised and rejected his inheritance of divine priesthood with
its sacred operations for atonement, judgment, offering, sacrifice,
and salvation for the earth that was modeled after the divine
priesthood within the temple in heaven.
2.
While GOD set a mark and seal upon Cain for the defense and
protection (we say, deliverance; salvation) of one who committed
murder, and Cain goes on to live a life of repentance, Cain is not to
be seen pleading for or acknowledging divine forgiveness; thus,
reconciliation does not appear so much as the divine bestowal of
mercy that is revealed and made visible primarily through judgment.
It is Seth, the son of Adam, who appears as the chosen heir to the
priesthood, and who prefigures the ministry of Jesus Christ on the
earth.
3.
While Absalom also was guilty of killing his own brother, his
transgression attacked the dynasty bestowed to David through divine
promise. Absalom denied and despised the divine anointing of David
as the monarch (chief; king) over Israel, his own accountability as
an heir to the throne of David (not that of his grandfather), and the
duty of his father David to deliver justice and serve as the chosen
spokesperson (we say, prophet) from GOD to administer and proclaim
divine law.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Absalom as the son of King David is
most a figure of Jesus Christ when he is ordered to be killed by Joab
(the commander of the army, and nephew of the king). The hair on his
head became entangled in the branches and limbs of a tree, and
Absalom was plucked from his mount, and suspended in the air. The
betrayal by Judas is depicted, and the rejection of Christ by the
elders of Israel.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.
Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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