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 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.000 Hey, everybody, Welcome to the Bible. Guys. Here we are. 5 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:16.120 I was watching that rolling a minute ago. I'm a 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:18.480 big boy that rolling. 7 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:20.239 You were definitely bigger than you are now. 8 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:25.640 Yeah yeah, yeah, you look good, baby, I'm almost back 9 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:26.000 to fighting. 10 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.480 Wait, that's funny. Yeah, actually I'm bigger on that rolling too. 11 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:29.760 Yeah. 12 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:30.239 Yeah. 13 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:32.000 And for those watchings for. 14 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.679 This, if you're watching, if you're listening, you can't tell 15 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:36.640 unless it just sounds like we have a stuffed mouth 16 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:38.399 while we're talking. Welcome to the Bible. 17 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:39.359 Yeah yeah. 18 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.439 Well, if you're just listening, and you've only just listened, 19 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:44.799 you can just imagine us looking like Greek gods. 20 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.240 Yeah, that's I'd imagine that's how they think it is. 21 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.079 Anybody that ever only has listened to us, they're like, 22 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:55.479 these guys are so smart and so handsome. 23 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:56.799 Yes, yes, And. 24 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:59.799 Then if you accidentally see us on YouTube, you're like, what, 25 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:02.439 it's one of those never meet your heroes things. 26 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.480 Yeah, well you know what somebody said to me. 27 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.400 Literally last Sunday, Once again, they came up to me, 28 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:10.000 and they said, who says this out of their mouth? 29 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.640 This is what this lady said. She's up and she goes, oh, hey, 30 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.799 you look way taller on stage. 31 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:16.239 Yeah. People tell me that all the time. 32 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:19.040 Yeah, and I'm like, oh, thank you, question Mark. 33 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:21.200 I mean not as tall as I thought you were. 34 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.519 Yeah, I'm five seven, Like, don't remind me. 35 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.200 I want to be I want to be six foot. Yeah, 36 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:28.480 so be quiet about it. 37 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:29.680 She is. 38 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.560 It's funny. So anyways, on that video, yeah, I think 39 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.879 I was fifty pounds heavier than I am. Now, wow, 40 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:39.280 maybe time to make a new roll in. 41 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.599 Yeah, maybe so Yeah, and I'm at least fifteen. 42 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:43.400 And for the people that are watching or that are 43 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.480 listening and have never seen the video, just whatever amazing 44 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.319 picture you have of us, just put fifty pounds out 45 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:48.519 of that. 46 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.920 That's what I look like, right right, And I'm like 47 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:52.840 fifteen pounds, probably lighter. 48 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:54.239 Than in the rolling video. 49 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:56.719 May we're doing We're doing that fun better than we were. 50 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.400 All right, So here here, Jeff. This is a new 51 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.280 game called twenty five Words or Less based off of 52 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:05.840 some famous talk show that I've never heard of. And 53 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.719 it says, Chris, you are going to give Jeff clues, 54 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.080 so you can guess five keywords. However, you can only 55 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.360 use a max of twenty five words. 56 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.520 So can we say a total of twenty five words? 57 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:18.719 And you have to try to get me to say 58 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:19.439 next words? 59 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:20.879 So I'll just count them on my fingers. 60 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:21.639 That's a hard one. 61 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.000 Yeah. And by the way, I've not thought this through. 62 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:27.439 Okay, so I got I gotta set this up. 63 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.599 To where I can see it to wear hang on. Okay, 64 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:32.520 So are you ready? 65 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:33.560 Yes, sir? All right? 66 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:40.000 Ready? Words, structure, punctuation. 67 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:57.400 Language, grammar books, speech, complete communication, man live. This is 68 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:01.319 a hard one, dude, Okay, Can I pass and come 69 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:01.960 back to this one? 70 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:04.800 Period? 71 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:11.879 I said punctuation words? What did you say? 72 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.639 Words? Words, structure, that's a big one. 73 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:20.000 Structure. That's why I said grammar language, English. I don't know. 74 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:21.840 I don't know. Can I skip that one? Let's move 75 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:28.240 on Monopoly game, board game? Mm hmm. Okay, not allowed 76 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.120 to use our hand signal or something, but okay, six words, 77 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:39.439 six words, one answer. Type milk, chocolate, chocolate, milk, almond, milk, 78 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:47.120 soy milk, fortified milk, I don't know, pasteurized milk, I 79 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:57.439 don't know fat, two percent milk. I don't know two 80 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:03.639 percent milk, low fat milk, low fat milk, low fat 81 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:11.199 I don't know, uh, zero percent milk. I don't know 82 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:15.319 zero percent fat milk. I don't know what you want 83 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:15.879 me to say. 84 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:19.800 It's another word for what you're saying. What is that called, Jeff, 85 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.040 I don't know what is no fat milk called no 86 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:23.720 fat milks? 87 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:24.439 What I call it? 88 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:30.199 I don't know, Man, you say no fat milk. 89 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:31.800 I don't know what am I supposed to say? Zero 90 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:36.040 percent skim milk, skim milk? Okay, Okay, I can't believe 91 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:38.920 I blew it. Okay, I'm sorry. So we blew that one. 92 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:39.240 We blew. 93 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:41.560 So we're one for one. We've tried three words. 94 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:43.240 We've tried three words. We got one. 95 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:44.759 Okay, let's keep all here we go. 96 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:48.680 Football soccer? 97 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:55.759 Yes, yes, we got two words, one hundred years a century. 98 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.160 All right, we got three. 99 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:58.560 So I'm only on twelve words here. 100 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.360 Okay, So we've done four okay, yes, yes, okay, So 101 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:05.639 now we got to go back to the one that 102 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.839 we didn't get, and you got thirteen words to use. 103 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:20.199 Okay, Okay, here we go, uh right, a complete thought 104 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.120 with punctuation. 105 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:25.120 Right, a complete thought sentence. 106 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:31.120 Yes, okay, yes, yes, I can't believe you said no 107 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:31.759 fat milk. 108 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:36.600 That is hilarious. I'm like, I'm like, yes, okay, keep going. 109 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.639 So we got four out of five, and you know, 110 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.319 our listeners were screaming no fat milk right right. 111 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.079 They were saying, skim, skim, buddy. 112 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.199 Hey, you don't scream so hard at your at your 113 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.360 radio while you're driving down the road because the people 114 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:48.360 next you think you're crazy. 115 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:52.120 Yes, radio, Yeah, you mean phone. 116 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.000 Well, if they're driving down the road, they'd be listening. 117 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:56.920 To Oh you're assuming they have a new car. 118 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.680 Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Our listeners are very sophisticated people. 119 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.120 They are sophisticated people. 120 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:04.040 I know. That's what I'm saying. 121 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:05.000 Yeah. 122 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:07.240 Well, good. That was an interesting game. That was hard. 123 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.279 It was It was tremendously anxious for me. 124 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:10.879 Yeah. 125 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.360 Well, you know what, here's the thing. When when you 126 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.920 see that word hang on, when you see that game 127 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.439 show on TV, they do all of that in sixty 128 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:23.680 seconds or less. Yes, so they give you a they 129 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.480 give you a timed limit on using twenty fist. 130 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:28.360 Why I was trying to pass. Let us get to 131 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.040 them who we would have gotten two in the minute. 132 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.319 We we butchered that whole game because it was a 133 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:36.040 fun one. Yeah, yeah, we butchered it. 134 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:40.920 That was a good one, all right. So for those 135 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.600 of you that are just tuning in for the first time, 136 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:46.199 we're doing highlights of the Old Testament, and we're just 137 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.720 a couple of guys who talk about the Bible in 138 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.759 front of fun and practical ways. Right, that's that's about. 139 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.079 So we're not super sophisticated. We're doing what anybody can do, 140 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.480 we think, and that's sit down, open the Bible with 141 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.079 a friend, look at what's on the page. Maybe can 142 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.199 it through. You know, if you use any kind of 143 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.480 a study Bible, there's going to be cross references and 144 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.639 stuff like that kind of connects some of the pieces 145 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.720 and then figure out what's the application. How does this 146 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.639 apply to me today? And so because the Bible says 147 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.199 in a couple of other places that God wrote all 148 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.480 these things for our example. So it's not like it's 149 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.920 just telling words for a story for no reason. It's 150 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.759 for our example. So King David is one of the 151 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.040 greatest kings of Israel, the greatest king of Israel, but 152 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:29.879 he had an issue in his life that wound up, 153 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:32.040 causing a lot of things to cascade out of control 154 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.439 later in his life, especially among his family. 155 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:38.319 Which, by the way, side note this Sunday, the message 156 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.279 that we're preaching this Sunday coming Up talks a little 157 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:43.480 bit about that. We touch on the fact that a 158 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:45.879 lot of these stories in the Old Testament they either 159 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.360 point to something symbolic the coming of a Messiah. 160 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:54.319 They emphasize law versus grace. You know, those kinds of things. 161 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:58.199 You know, how people cannot fulfill the law and be perfect, 162 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:03.759 or they predict or they point to so in other words, 163 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.600 all that to say, these stories that seem sort of 164 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:10.079 independent and random, if you piece them all together, you 165 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:14.519 can see this scarlet thread that is the story of 166 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.920 Jesus and God's love that God set into motion honestly 167 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:18.879 in the garden of Eden. 168 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.079 And it's really one big, long love letter. 169 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:22.839 You know. 170 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.879 The Bible is God's love letter to us and how 171 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.600 God demonstrates for us everything we need to know. Looking 172 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:32.639 back at these stories and saying I understand now you 173 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.120 know what is needed for heaven and what Jesus has 174 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:36.639 done for me. 175 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:41.399 Right yep. So by the time our listeners hear this, 176 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.679 we will have already preached that message. Yes, of course, 177 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.080 so you can if you didn't get a chance to 178 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.039 be a part of that. Heritage Church dot com. Heritage 179 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.120 Church dot com is our church website. You can watch 180 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:53.240 the message on archives. 181 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.000 Yeah, and the message I'm referring to is called Fall 182 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.159 Kickoff and it's September twenty second, twenty twenty four. 183 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.960 There you go. So here we are. Anyways, this cascading 184 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.000 issue in David's life where things start to fall apart 185 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.679 a little bit because of bad choices. Ultimately, his son 186 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:14.840 Absalom kills his other son, Amnon, because Amnon raped a 187 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:20.080 half sister. It's just crazy. So after Absolom kills his brother, 188 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.080 he runs away and he hides for a few years 189 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.240 with his grandfather, who's a king of a tribe not 190 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:32.240 far away. And joe Ab is one of David's top generals. 191 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:35.480 And so you pick up in Second Samuel chapter fourteen, 192 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:38.480 and it says joe Ab realized how much the king 193 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:41.279 longed to see Absolom, and so he sent for a 194 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:44.879 woman from Tacoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. 195 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:47.120 And he said to her, pretend you were in mourning 196 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:49.799 wear mourning clothes and don't put on lotions, act like 197 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.960 a woman who's been mourning for the dead for a 198 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.559 long time. Then go to the king and tell him 199 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.799 the story I'm about to tell you, and Joeb told 200 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.960 her what to say. When the woman from Tacoah approached 201 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.279 the king, she bowed with her face to the ground 202 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:04.440 in deep respect and cried out, O King, help me. 203 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.240 What's the trouble. King asked, Alas, I'm a widow, She replied, 204 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.120 my husband is dead. My two sons had a fight 205 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:12.159 out in the field, and since no one was there 206 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.559 to stop it, one of them was killed. Now the 207 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:16.799 rest of the family is demanding let us have your son. 208 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:19.480 We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't 209 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.519 deserve to inherit his family's property. They want to extinguish 210 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.960 the only coal I have left, and my husband's name 211 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.360 and family will disappear from the face of the earth. 212 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.919 Leave it to me, the king told her. Go home, 213 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.600 and I'll see to it that no one touches him. Oh, 214 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.879 thank you, my lord the king. The woman from Takoa replied, 215 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.000 if you are criticized for helping me, let the blame 216 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:39.919 fall on me and on my father's house, and let 217 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.840 the King and his throne be innocent. If anyone objects, 218 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:44.759 the King said, bring him to me. I can assure 219 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:46.200 you he will never complain again. 220 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:47.000 Jesus. 221 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.639 Then she said, please swear to me by the Lord 222 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:51.919 your God, that you won't let anyone take vengeance against 223 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:55.639 my son. I want no more bloodshed. As surely as 224 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.320 the Lord lives, he replied, not a hair on your 225 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.200 son's head will be disturbed. Please allow me to ask 226 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.320 one more thing of my Lord the King. Go ahead 227 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.759 and speak, She replied, why don't you do as much 228 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:07.600 for the people of God as you have promised to 229 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:11.440 do for me. You have convicted yourself in making this decision. 230 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.799 Because you refuse to bring home your own banished son, 231 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.919 All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like 232 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.120 waters spelled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered 233 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.679 up again. But God does not just sweep life away 234 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.960 and stead he devises ways to bring us back when 235 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.759 we've been separated from him. I've come to plead with 236 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.080 my Lord the King because people have threatened me. I 237 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.000 said to myself, perhaps the King will listen to me 238 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.159 and rescue us from those who would cut us off 239 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.039 from the inheritance. God has given us. Yes, my Lord 240 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.159 the King will give us peace of mind again. I 241 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.960 know that you are like an angel of God in 242 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.240 discerning good from evil. And may the Lord your God 243 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.440 be with you. I must know one thing, the kind replied, 244 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.960 and tell me the truth. Yes, my Lord the King. 245 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.639 She responded, did you have put you up to this 246 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:57.000 love that's so great? And the woman replied, my Lord 247 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:59.320 the King, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide 248 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.960 anything from you. Yes, Jeb sent me and told me 249 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.919 what to say. He did it. The place the matter 250 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.279 before you in a different light. But you are as 251 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.519 wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything 252 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.240 that happens among us. So the King sent for Joeb 253 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.519 and told him, all right, go and bring back the 254 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.679 young man Absalom. Joeb bowed his face to the ground 255 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.799 in deep respect and said, at last, I know that 256 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.000 I have gained your approval, my Lord the King, for 257 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.879 you have granted me this request. Then Joeb went to 258 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.480 Giescher and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. But the King 259 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.399 gave this order. Absolom may go to his own house, 260 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.159 but he must never come into my presence. And so 261 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:37.440 Absolom did not see the king what a story. 262 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:42.039 Yeah, it's interesting because the only thing that we're starting 263 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.559 with is the knowledge that David longed to see Absolom, 264 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.799 and yet when Absolom comes back to the Kingdom, David 265 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.600 is the one that refuses to see him. So it's 266 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.440 interesting because at first, when we're told that David longs 267 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:00.840 to see his son, you assume that David longs to 268 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.799 be in the same room with him, that David wants 269 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.840 to you know, have him back in the house, that 270 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.200 he wants to hug him, that he wants to you know, 271 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:12.519 see him again face to face. But really, what it's 272 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:14.440 meaning now that we know the end of the chapter 273 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:19.279 is we know that David misses his son terribly, but 274 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.879 is absolutely convinced that that Absolom should not come home. 275 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:29.200 He's absolutely convinced that Absolom should not have any grace 276 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.159 or mercy to come home. And so Joe Abb does 277 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.159 this thing, which, by the way, give it up to 278 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:36.279 this woman for having enough. 279 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:38.279 Course, yes she had some guts, although she did say 280 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:39.039 she was threatened. 281 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.559 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right, that's right. 282 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.399 He made me do it, right, yeah. 283 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:49.679 And but then David finally brings you know, he sees 284 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:53.000 the light, he brings Absolom home, and then he just 285 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:58.080 refuses to meet with him or even see him. So 286 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:02.759 it's very interesting to me because you sort of have 287 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.519 to connect the dots on what David really is thinking 288 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:06.200 and feeling here. 289 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:10.519 Yeah, you know what I mean. Yeah, it's a pretty 290 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:15.159 amazing transition here because Joe AB's looking saying, hey, this 291 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:21.080 isn't good. One thing that sometimes can be missed is, 292 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:25.720 you know, not only did Abslham get revenge against his 293 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:31.919 brother for raping his sister Tamar, but he also took 294 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:36.200 out the first in line, and now he's first in line, right, 295 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:39.879 So there's this complicated element that we hadn't really dealt 296 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.679 with yet, and that is now Absolom goes, oh, hey, 297 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.600 I'm next in line to be king, right Well, this 298 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.159 is going to be good problem later, but right now. 299 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.559 Joe Ab also is very savvy and goes, we need 300 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:55.159 the heir to the throne to be with the one 301 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:59.639 on the throne. We need the one coming behind to 302 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.200 develop up the same character and knowledge and wisdom that 303 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.679 the one sitting there has. Right we need and Joe 304 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:07.840 Ab remembers David when he was at his best, so 305 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.159 Joe AB's thinking. Man, if David would just spend more 306 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:13.679 time with Absolom, maybe maybe David can help overcome some 307 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.519 of the bad behaviors of Absolom. You know, David's a 308 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.000 bloody man. David's you know, kill people in battle. David's 309 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.240 done some pretty rough things, but overall he's a good king. 310 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:28.000 Maybe you know in this situation, Absolom what he did, 311 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:30.440 while you and I would view it as sinful, it's 312 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:34.559 a shocking thing. It was somewhat permitted within the law 313 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.240 of Moses that if somebody committed a crime against a 314 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.639 family member, there could be the What wasn't what was 315 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.679 the title of the person who was allowed to the 316 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.759 one that would get revenge for the family? Oh, in goodness, 317 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.039 you remember the title there was. There was a specific 318 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.600 title for the kind of person who get revenge for 319 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:53.679 the family because somebody else did something evil. If if 320 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:58.600 you killed somebody, or or if you rape somebody or whatever, 321 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.919 then the family could go get justice. It was the 322 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:04.600 revenge giver, the revenge giver, that's that's not the title. 323 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:09.240 Now you may be mistaken there working on Yeah, maybe 324 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.320 what do you so some of our geniuses that know 325 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.480 the Bible like this. You you'll know what I'm talking about. 326 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:16.639 But this is within the law. It's within the law 327 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:20.559 that if there is no government justice available in that time, 328 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.639 because remember they were little city states all over the place, 329 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.519 really is what they were. And in between the walled 330 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.440 cities was oftentimes just lawless right and so if you lived. 331 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.879 Outside universal government, there was no universal law. 332 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.879 That's right, and so then the people would have to 333 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:37.919 bring justice in a fair way. It's not a vigilanteism, 334 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.960 but it kind of leans that way a little bit, right, 335 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.559 So Absolom could have justified his behavior saying I did 336 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.919 what the government refused to do. And I'm not saying 337 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.080 that's the right thing. I'm just saying that's what he did. 338 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:50.240 And Joe Abb could have looked at it and said, 339 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:54.840 come on, David, you know, I'm sorry it was your sons. 340 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.919 But the reality is that guy needed justice. Nobody was 341 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.559 bringing it. He brought it. So let's get over it, 342 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:03.559 and you need to do something because as is going 343 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.599 to be the heir. And so I think Joeb has 344 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.119 some wisdom in him here, and then he's also pretty 345 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.920 savvy on how to deal with a guy who kills 346 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.400 people who bring bad messages right. 347 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.400 And honestly, this is sort of the same thing that 348 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.240 worked with Nathan. 349 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.799 With Nathan exactly, tell a story. 350 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.880 Yeah, So the king would have a court and there 351 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:23.559 would be an audience with the king, and the king 352 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.160 would sit up on his throne and part of his 353 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:28.000 job was to solve people's problems. 354 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.160 So people would. 355 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:31.880 Come to him with a problem and they'd say, hey, 356 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:34.519 we need the government to step in, we need the 357 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:36.920 law to step in because we can't handle this on 358 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.279 our own. So what says the king? And so that 359 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:43.839 was sort of what Nathan did. When Nathan was confronting David, 360 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.400 he said, hey, let me tell you a story that happened. 361 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.599 He pretended like it was a real story, and he said, 362 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.319 there's this neighbor that I know. He's got one sheep 363 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.359 and this rich man took his sheep and blah blah 364 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.119 blah blah. 365 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.079 And then what did David do. 366 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.119 He executed judgment discernment and said, surely this man is 367 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.720 going to die. And then he says, well, it's you, right, 368 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.960 And then David's like, oh, my goodness, he's right, it 369 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.359 is me. 370 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.680 And and by the way, he said it publicly and 371 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:12.359 accepted it and repented, yes, publicly. 372 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.160 And so and so here it is again. Yeah, here 373 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.680 it is again. 374 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.519 Everybody knows what happened with with Absolom and Amnon. Everybody 375 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.480 knows that absolute or excuse me, yeah, absolutely fled. 376 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:23.440 Uh you know, it's been. 377 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.640 Gone for years now and uh, and so everybody sort 378 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.039 of knows, and it's just you know, it's and this 379 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.839 is longer because again we've pointed out yesterday that the 380 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:37.200 that the scandal of David and Bethsheba was within the 381 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.880 timeframe Ofheba's pregnancy, so it was only months. 382 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.000 This is years. 383 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:45.480 So the kingdom knows. And so here's this woman publicly 384 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:48.200 decides to call David out in the same manner, and 385 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.119 Joe abb he saw it work before, and he's. 386 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.039 Like, very smart. He's like, I know, I know, David's 387 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.880 a great tactician. 388 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:54.880 Yeah. 389 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:59.279 So Absolom is handsome like his dad, he's intelligent like 390 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.359 his dad. He's a great communicator like his dad. He 391 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:04.480 just doesn't have the character that his dad had when 392 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:06.559 his dad rose to power. Right, that's the issue. He 393 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:09.119 didn't have to walk with God. Something happened with David 394 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.720 where he was occupied or preoccupied with military success he 395 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.640 was he had a walk with God personally, he didn't 396 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:19.640 pass it on with to his kids, and so none 397 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.000 of his kids, you don't see any of his kids 398 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.519 until you get the Solomon. You don't see any of 399 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:24.799 his kids that are like, oh, God is the center 400 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.880 of my life. And you know, this is one of 401 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.960