WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.880 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. Are 4 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:16.519 we are here in the studio? We decided to do 5 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.920 one more Yes, well, you know, we decided to take 6 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:20.879 us all the way to Friday. 7 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:21.800 Finish it. 8 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.839 It'd be finish it, flappish them there anyway. That's I 9 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:26.839 always say that to my family. Sorry, that is a 10 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:30.719 movie quote from a very obscure Disney movie. Do you 11 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:32.359 ever see The Great Mouse Detective? 12 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:33.719 I don't think so. 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.439 Yeah, it's it's it's not a popular one, but it 14 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:38.600 is tremendous. 15 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.600 I only watch the popular Disney movie. 16 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.600 No, let me tell you something. It's it's so overrated. 17 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.240 It's not even funny. The Great Mouse Detective is a 18 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.719 phenomenal Disney movie. Okay, anyway it anyway, We're gonna go 19 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.479 ahead and start with a segment that Desiree has chosen, 20 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:54.840 and she chose it I think because it's fright. 21 00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.119 Well, this is so incredibly important because it's everybody's favorite. Right. Yeah, 22 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:02.520 we gave you. We gave you a break last week, Chris. 23 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:04.079 We did we did back. 24 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.079 So what made Chris mad this week? 25 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.400 Well, I had it in the wings, Jeff. 26 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:13.159 I really it happened. Really, it happened Wednesday. So you 27 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.159 had a thing that you were mad about, and I 28 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.120 told you about it. Yeah, and you didn't have to think, 29 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:18.920 you know what it is, Okay. 30 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.040 It happened inform us. Okay. So we had a big 31 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:25.680 meeting at our church on Wednesday, which is why I 32 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:29.159 actually we're recording today. Uh. And it was it was, 33 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.680 you know, twelve different people. You know, It's like, it's 34 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:35.280 a pretty decent sized meeting. And so I stop at 35 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:40.519 a place that gives donuts and coffee out. I'm not 36 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.319 going to mention the name of the organization of the 37 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:44.159 company because that would be. 38 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.200 Rude, but the initials are. 39 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.879 But it was Dunkin Donuts, and so I walked in 40 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.159 and I said, hey, I want to They call them 41 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:54.239 box of Joe's, you know, the corrafs of coffee. I said, 42 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.159 can I have two box of Joe's and and then 43 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.159 some cream and some sugar? And they said absolutely. So 44 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.680 they give me these two boxes of coffee, and they 45 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:04.760 get this really big bag and they stacked it with 46 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.159 cups and lids, and napkins and stirs and bags of 47 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.919 sugar and cream. And then and they sealed it, because 48 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.599 they peel it and they seal it, and they said, okay, 49 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.039 here you go, and I said, okay, great, So I 50 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.840 took it and I threw it in the back. And 51 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.919 then I had gotten to the church and I had looked, 52 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.400 and here, come to find out, the cream were not 53 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:31.360 individual creamers on the bottom of that bag. They filled 54 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.439 a cup of cream. Oh no, and they just stuck 55 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:36.919 it on the bottom of the bag. And yet here's 56 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.919 here's here's what made Chris. Here's what made Chris mad, 57 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.080 not that they gave me a cup of cream, the 58 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.039 fact that they said, they didn't say, oh, by the way, 59 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:48.120 in the bottom of this bag, be careful, there's a 60 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.199 cup of cream. Hey, make sure you don't put this 61 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.280 bag sideways, because there's a cup of cream in your 62 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.080 car that will literally spill and leak all over your 63 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:02.599 truck if you decide to, you know, put it sideways. 64 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:04.879 So what kind of person does that. 65 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.960 I don't know, A horrible person, A horrible human being, 66 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:09.319 a horrible human what. 67 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:11.479 Yeah. So, and by the way, it wasn't just one cup, 68 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:12.560 two cups of cream. 69 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.120 Two massive cups pot twist right there. We didn't expect, 70 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.680 we didn't see it coming, but. 71 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:20.840 Hey, it wasn't one. But I will say this. Two 72 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.039 I will say this. So obviously the bag was sideways, 73 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.599 Obviously it leaked, But two things that saved me. Number one, 74 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.240 the cut the lid did not pop off because it 75 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.280 would have popped off in the whole cup. Yes, right, 76 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.879 but it dripped and dripped and dripped and leaked and leaked, 77 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.199 and there was probably eighth of an inch of maybe 78 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:42.199 even a quarter of an inch of cream all on 79 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:48.560 the bottom. Okay. And number two, Uh, the bag for 80 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:54.319 some reason was like completely water resistant what it contained everything, 81 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.240 So there was not a single thing that actually happened 82 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.360 to my truck. But when I pulled everything out, it 83 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.599 was all way too and so that was bad. 84 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:06.280 Well that person. Uh, plagues be upon. 85 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.560 Thee May their teeth be shattered, and may they be 86 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:12.360 slapped in the face spiritually. 87 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.040 If you missed. A couple of days ago, we read 88 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.720 from Psalm chapter three when David was complaining about his enemies. Yes, 89 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.959 and he asked he asked God to rescue him, Yes, 90 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:26.560 and then says, slap all my enemies in the face 91 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.839 and shatter the teeth of the wicked. Yes, so there 92 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:29.199 you go. 93 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.879 I gotta tell you that made Chris mad a lot. 94 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.759 Well, I can imagine what kind of person does that. 95 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.439 I don't know. So there you are again, and I'm 96 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:39.639 going to say this is one of the rare ones. Yes, 97 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.680 it's not for everybody. This is your kind. 98 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.439 Of Oh no, no, this is for everybody. 99 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.160 Well I don't think it is. 100 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.879 This one is so for all the women and men 101 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.839 out there that have ever had this happen to them. Yeah, 102 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:56.360 it is for all the employees that. 103 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.639 I don't know that this one's as noble as the others. 104 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.319 It doesn't feel as noble to me. This one feels 105 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.079 like it's just a thing that happened to you and 106 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.959 you're mad. But it's fine because this segment is called Christmas. 107 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:11.000 I disagree, but let me tell you why. Because whether 108 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:15.079 it's cream or getting your order wrong or whatever, it is, 109 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.600 the bad customer service is bad customer service, right, And 110 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:25.279 in this case it was it was actually like, you know, 111 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.000 why would why would you not say? It's like saying, hey, 112 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:31.439 be careful, this plate is hot. Who who would drop 113 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:33.759 off a tray or a plate in front of you 114 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:35.199 and not say be careful, hot plate. 115 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.920 And other other times when you do it, you do 116 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:42.720 it because that person consistently probably is giving bad customer service. 117 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:44.720 And this one you don't think this is a one 118 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:47.360 time event like he forgot to tell you, oh, be careful. 119 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:53.560 That comes in there completely. She's she's like a serial 120 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.600 non announcer. She's not. She is every day every day. 121 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.120 Somebody really bad. Okay, yeah, all right, well there you go, Chris, 122 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:05.920 Thank you, Thank you on behalf of all of our 123 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:09.079 listeners who can't speak for themselves today. Yes, that you 124 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.160 are I rate for the rest of us. 125 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:11.800 You are welcome. 126 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:14.600 So it's good. Such a noble thing. You know. You 127 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.000 convinced me of how noble you are. I for a 128 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.279 moment was thinking maybe this was just you. 129 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.160 You questioned my nobility, sir. 130 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:29.759 Okay, speaking of nobility, Joe Abb challenges the king. Okay, 131 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.560 all right, too bad. Well that's what we're doing. I 132 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.480 was challenging your nobility. Yes, and here Joe Ab comes 133 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:36.759 in and challenges. 134 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:38.920 Good job, Jeff. 135 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.720 So In second Sandwiti chapter, this is one of our 136 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.519 new goals is to have terrible segues. That's one of 137 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.759 our goals. We haven't run this show deep enough into 138 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:54.639 the ground. We're gonna we're gonna get out our shovels, 139 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:58.040 and and one more amazing thing. It just makes it 140 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:06.360 even work. That's okay. So it's like a Samuel chapter nineteen. 141 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:11.800 David challenges the king, I mean, Joeb challenges the king, 142 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.519 and it says this. Words soon reached Joab that the 143 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.879 king was weeping and mourning for Absalom. As all the 144 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.800 people heard of the king's deep grief for his son, 145 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:23.199 the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness. 146 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.639 They crept it back into the town that day as 147 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.800 though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle. The 148 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.720 king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, Oh, 149 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.439 my son, Absolom, Oh, Absolom, my son, my son. And 150 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.600 then Joeab went to the king's room and said to him, 151 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.879 we saved your life today, and the lives of your sons, 152 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.560 your daughters, and your wives and concubines. And yet you 153 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.839 act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves. You 154 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.720 seem to love those who hate you and hate those 155 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.600 who love you. You've made it clear today that your commanders 156 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:53.839 and troops mean nothing to you. It seems that if 157 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.839 Absolom had lived and all of us had died, you 158 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:58.360 would be pleased. Now I go out there and congratulate 159 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.920 your troops, for I swear by the Lord that if 160 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:01.920 you don't go out, not a single one of them 161 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.480 will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off 162 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.279 than ever before. So the king went out and took 163 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.879 his seat at the town gate, and as the news 164 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.720 spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went 165 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:16.360 to him. Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled 166 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.600 to their homes, and through out all the tribes of 167 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.519 Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The 168 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:23.800 people were saying, the king rescued us from our enemies 169 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:26.439 and saved us from the Philistines, but Absalom chased him 170 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.399 out of the country. Now Absalom, who we anointed to 171 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.360 rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to 172 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.799 come back and be our king again? And then King 173 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.559 David sent Zadok and Abiathar and the priests to say 174 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.960 to the elders of Judah, why are you the last 175 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.559 ones to welcome back the king into his palace? For 176 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.559 I've heard that all Israel is ready. You are my relatives, 177 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:47.840 my own tribe, my own flesh and blood, So why 178 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.559 are you the last ones to welcome the back the 179 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:53.960 king and David told them to tell a massa. Since 180 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.960 you are my own flesh and blood like joe Ab, 181 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:58.240 may God strike me and even kill me if I 182 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.480 do not appoint you as commander of my army in 183 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.720 his place. Then a massa convinced all the men of Judah, 184 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.559 and they responded unanimously. They sent word to the king, 185 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.480 returned to us, and bring back all who are with you. 186 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:14.879 Yeah, I feel like I want to read those next 187 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.000 three verses too. David returns to do it. 188 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.960 So the king started back to Jerusalem, and when he 189 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:24.039 arrived at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came 190 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:28.039 to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the river. SHIMIAI, 191 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:32.039 son of Gheira, the man from Hurum in Benjamin, hurried 192 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.159 across with the men of Judah to wuckme King David. 193 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:37.720 A thousand other men from the tribe of Benjamin were 194 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:42.080 with him, including Zeba, the chief servant of the House 195 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:45.279 of Saul, and Zebra's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They 196 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.120 rushed down to the Jordan to meet the king, and 197 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:49.399 they crossed the shallows of the Jordan to bring the 198 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.639 king's household across the river, helping him in every way 199 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:53.120 they could. 200 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.200 Well, the content of that wasn't as attractive as the title. 201 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:00.240 The title was David's Return to Jerusalem. Yeah, right, so 202 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:01.960 I guess let's just keep going. 203 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.000 Let's keep going. Really, as the king was about to 204 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.840 cross the river, SHIMII fell down before him. My Lord 205 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.759 the King, please forgive me, he pleaded, forgive, forget the 206 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.639 terrible thing that your servant did when you left Jerusalem 207 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:14.840 made the king put it out of his mind. I 208 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:17.399 know how much I sinned. That's why I've come here today, 209 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.799 the very first person in all Israel to greet you, 210 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:23.919 my Lord the King. Then Abishai, son of Zurujah, said Shimi, 211 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.480 I should die, for he cursed the Lord's anointed king 212 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:30.639 who asked your opinion, you sons of Zariah. David exclaimed, 213 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.679 why have you become my adversary today? This is not 214 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.279 a day for execution, but for celebration. Today I am 215 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.960 once king, once again, King of Israel. Then, turning to Shimai, 216 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.000 SHIMII David bowed, your life will be spared. So that's 217 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:48.600 why those verses, those verses were transitioned into the fact 218 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:53.240 that Shimi I committed treason backed Absalom. 219 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:58.399 Right and uh. And so David returns to Jerusalem and 220 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:05.879 Joe ab Uh obviously has rebukes David, and honestly, David 221 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:11.720 sort of agrees. He doesn't. There's no verbal indication here 222 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:17.639 that David says anything back to Joeb. He just comes 223 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:19.519 to realize that job's probably right. 224 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.840 It's fair right. Come on, man, twenty thousand men died 225 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.320 right to defend you, and you're crying over the guy 226 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:31.200 that we had to fight, you know, so what we 227 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.360 don't matter? That's a fair cast. 228 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.799 Well, we actually said, you have proven today that none of 229 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.840 your troops matter. And it's almost as if everybody, if 230 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:41.720 everybody would have died, all of us and you're some 231 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.799 would have lived, that would have been okay, because that's 232 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:47.960 the way you're acting. And then he says, go out 233 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.200 there and let the people know, he said, or else, 234 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.840 I promise you. He actually said, I swear to the Lord, 235 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.879 not one of them will remain here tonight. And what 236 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.519 he's saying is everybody is absolutely one hundred percent fed 237 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.240 up with you. But the funny thing is that's not 238 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.320 really how David felt. David, of course loved his troops, 239 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.639 he loved his men, he loved you know, the fact 240 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:12.399 that they defended him. He just I think, in my 241 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.679 personal opinion, I think he was wrestling with more than 242 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:17.519 just the death of his son. I think he is 243 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.519 in anguish about everything to the core of who he is, 244 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:23.200 and so he doesn't know how to process it. He 245 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.519 doesn't know how to manage it, he doesn't know how 246 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:29.399 to behave or act because he is overwhelmed with grief 247 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.120 through and through and through. 248 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.600 So this is really a phenomenal thing. One it's fair 249 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.759 in my mind for Joeb to challenge David. Yeah, that's fair. 250 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:45.399 But secondly, in verse eleven and twelve thirteen, David fires 251 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:51.159 Joeb and replaces him with Absalom's general. His chief of 252 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:55.679 staff is a Massa. Now he fires Joeb, he demotes him. 253 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.879 He demotes Joeb. No longer is he's the chief of staff, 254 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.799 no longer is he the chief of the armies. And 255 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.759 he elevates a Massa who was the leader of Absalom's armies, which, 256 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.159 by the way, very slick move here, David's decided, Okay, 257 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.879 I can manage it, Massa. I'm not worried about this guy. 258 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:15.120 But he can bring all of Abslom's armies back into 259 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.919 loyalty to me. It was very slick move, right. Then 260 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:22.200 he demotes Joe Abb. That's going to come back to 261 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.679 him in a little while, and he's heading home and 262 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.279 everybody's having a party, and David's like, why are my 263 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.240 own people the last ones that come and welcome me? 264 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:29.759 Right? 265 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.200 The people of Judah really, and so he's questioning loyalties here. 266 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.360 He's trying to figure out who's got my back and 267 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.720 who doesn't. He's all of a sudden he's at the 268 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.200 top of his game again. With all of the difficulties 269 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:46.679 of the moving parts of David's life, all these shifting loyalties, 270 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:48.440 all these things, and David's right back in the middle 271 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.320 of it, going, Okay, I'm going to demote Joe ab 272 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.639 he killed my son. I can't have him still be leading. 273 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:55.799 I'm going to raise up the leader of my enemy's armies, 274 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:59.159 but he'll bring all of my enemy's armies in right. 275 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.440 Rather than what if he hadn't done that, What if 276 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:05.120 a massa who's a powerful leader himself. What if a 277 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.720 Massa had decided instead, Nope, I'm going to run from 278 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.559 day because if David gets a home, he's gonna kill me. 279 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.039 So I'm gonna take all my armies and we're just 280 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.320 gonna keep fighting. It would have turned into gerrilla warfare 281 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:15.440 for years and years and years. Really smart if he 282 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.679 felt like he could manage a massa, all he needed 283 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.080 to do was pull in. And by the way, they 284 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.919 were family members, so there's that he's bringing his cousin 285 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.240 back in or whatever. He brings him back into the fold, 286 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.360 goes hey, listen, you know all's fair in love and war, dude, 287 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.720 So come on in. And then everybody's having this big party. 288 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.159 They're having a big time. And then Shimmy I comes 289 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:37.639 down falls before the king as David is crossing back 290 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.080 in from what is modern day Jordan. Now he's crossing 291 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.840 back into Israel, and Shimmy I comes and goes, hey, 292 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.639 sorry about that, because Shimmy I also had committed treason 293 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.440 against David, so and David is just showing forgiveness. It's 294 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.639 very strategic here. This reminds me of Abraham Lincoln working 295 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.960 with people who were his enemies, and he pulled his 296 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.080 enemies into his cabinet for two reasons. One, keep your 297 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.960 enemies close, right and and so that was part of it. 298 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.159 And the other part of it was it was very 299 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.879 magnanimous to him to show, hey, listen, I'm open to 300 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.720 hearing from my my from the opposition. I'm opening open 301 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:14.799 to working with you guys rather than having you guys 302 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:18.200 continue to build constituencies against me. And it's very very 303 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:21.720 savvy moves here, as long as he could manage SHIMII 304 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.279 and Amassa. 305 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:24.639 Yeah, well, I mean it just goes to show you 306 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:30.360 that David is God's chosen one, you know, it is. Ah, 307 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.679 It's a beautiful thing where you know, think about Saul. 308 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.720 Saul was chosen by who, by the people? Yeah, right, 309 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.200 and so they demand and Saul and look what they got. 310 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:46.559 But but but David, God chose David. So there's a 311 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.879 there's a big difference those two things. So here, David, 312 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:51.759 you know, we just see even in the midst of 313 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:56.799 incredible turmoil and grief and loss and curse, I guess, 314 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.799 right in the middle of the curse of you know, 315 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:00.879 sons rebelling against them and all this all this kind 316 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.960 of stuff. Just in the midst of all that, we 317 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:07.200 still see that David is the guy. I mean, he's 318 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.480 for he extends forgiveness, and everybody else around him says, 319 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.360 you know, what do you what are you doing? You know? 320 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.320 And he says, hey, you know, it's it's my right. 321 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.360 I'm gonna go ahead and extend forgiveness. And he's just 322 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:23.679 a great man. And he's cunning, he's sly, he's great, 323 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:27.519 and and it's because he's God shows him one. 324 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:32.000 Yeah, I think so God chose Saul and had Samuel 325 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.320 annoy him, but the people just embraced him and said 326 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.159 he's taller than us, he's bigger than us, he's better 327 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.759 than us, and they had that big celebration. So God 328 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.080 chose both of those kings. But the principle is the same. 329 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:45.200 I thought that people chose Saul and then God relented. 330 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:50.120 No, the people were demanding a king, and God relented 331 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:53.240 and told Samuel go anoint Saul. So yeah, the principle 332 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.399 is right. Okay, people saying we want a king, they 333 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.480 want somebody want this king. Remember he was hiding and 334 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.480 Samuel had to go find him. He was in the 335 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.519 luggage because he didn't want to. 336 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:03.440 Yeah, well I remember that, Yeah, but I thought it 337 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.720 was because the people demanded for him. 338 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:10.319 So anyways, there is one interesting thing. David says, you know, Shimmy, 339 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.920 I comes and very savvy. Again. Hey, he's gonna hunt 340 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.400 me down and kill me. Anyways, this is what he does. 341 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.200 So I'm just gonna go confront him, and I'm gonna 342 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.480 let him know I made a mistake. I was wrong. 343 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.160 I'm gonna swear my allegiance to you. Would you save 344 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.000 my life? And David goes, Today's not a day for killing. 345 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:29.279 Ael goes kill this guy. This guy is one of 346 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:33.000 the leaders against you, and David goes, no, today's not 347 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.880 a day for killing. I promise you, I'm gonna spare you, 348 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.000 and he does. But one of the very first things 349 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.599 that David advises is Solomon, when Solomon becomes king, is 350 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:47.599 you should execute that guy Shimmy I, which is fabulous. 351 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.720 It's terrible, but it's kind of funny. Is in this 352 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:53.160 moment David goes, politically, you're right, I need all my 353 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:57.119 enemies to come over and surrender to me. Right, that's 354 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.200 what he's doing. He's allowing them all to surrender to him, 355 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.599 and what that does. Is it just nobody in the 356 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.400 kingdom is wondering, g are we going to have a fight? Right? 357 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.000 Are we going to continue to have a civil war 358 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.920 with all these enemies coming and surrendering to David and 359 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:15.319 David being magnanimous and merciful, He's like, right, okay. But 360 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:18.240 then later on he tells Solomon when Solomon is sends 361 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.839 of the throne in just a few chapters, David's an 362 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:22.519 old man, and David goes, hey, do me a favorite 363 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:24.519 take out on it? Now? 364 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:27.279 I gotta be real here for a second. How did 365 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.839 you remember that? Was that a footnote that you just read? 366 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.960 Or that's a footnote right there? 367 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.759 Because I was just like I was, I was about 368 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:38.160 to be blown away. I'm like, you remembered that from 369 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:42.400 your personal Bible reading, okay, because that's that's amazing. 370 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.279 By the way, I didn't recall that, So I do 371 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.359 remember that. As soon as I saw them, I went, oh, 372 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.880 this is one of the coolest parts of the story, right, 373 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.119 But yeah, I didn't recall it. 374 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.440 No, that's so funny. Yeah, I was just I was 375 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.720 just about to be sick. I was just about to 376 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.480 be like, wow, like you you remember a lot more here. 377 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.559 I should have just said, well, yeah, don't you Right, Hey, 378 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:05.119 that's the benefit of a study Bible. Guys, you need 379 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:06.519 to get yourself a good study Bible. 380 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:09.160 Yes, yeah, that's that's the reason why we always constantly 381 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.799 reference it because it is you know, think about I mean, 382 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.440 you could do studies on this, you really could. You 383 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:19.279 could actually read up on how much work goes into 384 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:23.799 Bible translations, right, yeah, there were reports, there's documentaries on 385 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.039 those rights of it, and then and then even the 386 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:29.160 making of a Bible like this. Uh. You could actually 387 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.880 probably watch a documentary right now if you google it 388 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:37.920 of how many scholars were who came together and actually 389 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.039 created all the notes for this. So it's not just 390 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.279 like one guy. 391 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:46.000 There's a list of all of the scholars in the 392 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:50.240 Life Application Study Bible that worked on it. And I 393 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:53.240 don't see it now, but of all of the scholars 394 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:56.440 that were writing notes and translating the different things. It's 395 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.279 it's in the New Living Translation, it's in the Lifecation Bible. Yeah, 396 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.880 they've got all that stuff. Yeah, And I mean these 397 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:03.720 are some of the best scholars in the world with 398 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:06.359 regard to you know, from different seminaries and universities and 399 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:08.519 stuff working on these things, and it just really helps 400 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.359 you because they're able to help cross reference and give 401 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.480