Friday, February 19, 2016

Adultery and David

I heard a message on adultery and David. Naturally every message focuses on David, but what about Bathsheeba? The fact that she was bathing herself on  top of her house in view of David is suspect. Was she luring him? Could it be that she desired an intimate relationship? Stay tuned for more later. David sees her and she seems to be unconcerned if he observes. Since they lived close together, did  she just move in? David did not seem to know who Bathsheeba was. The king called for her and she slept with him. So we have to conclude that the encounter was consensual. The text would have mentioned something had she resisted. Had David stopped and sent her home, the story may have never made it to the text. HHad David overpowered her, then it would have been rape. For whatever reason she went along. Was she attracted to David? He was handsome and eloquent. Was she afraid because he was the king? It would seem that she would fear God more. She gave in and had sex with David. Now the  question of Uriah comes up. We look at him as an honorable soldier. Yet David tried to get him to go home to hopefully have sex with his wife. As the commander he could have easily granted Urah a leave of absence. Yet Uriah refused. Now we wonder what kind of relationship did Uriah and Bathsheeba have? It seems Uriah was married to his career as a soldier.  If a man is so  devoted to his profession that he even counters his commander, he does not have a close relationship with his wife. That would not excuse Bathsheeba, but she seemed to be vulnerable for attention. Finally, God judges David for the murder of Uriah and taking Bathsheeba as a wife, yet nothing is mentioned of the adultery. The king could have taken Bathsheeba as his wife-end of story. He took Michael away from a happy marriage from her husband. David could have just as easily taken Bathsheeba as a wife, and it seems Uriah would have gotten over it. The lingering question remains: why did God not mention the adultery? The moral of the story- "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." (Proverbs 4:23).

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