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2 Samuel is
such an odd story upon which to end the story of David. Granted, we do nominally continue the story
in 1 Kings for a little bit, but it is really only to transition to
Solomon. As far as the genuine story of
David goes, this is just about how the story ends.
There’s
something cool about this. We end with a
sin of David. We end on a bit of a sour
note. David sins and 70,000 people end
up dead because of it. Granted, there is
nothing cool about people dying. What is
cool is that in this story I see proof of the truth and genuineness of God’s
Word. What human author, especially from
a population of people who idolize David, would put this as the climax of David’s
story? Human beings just don’t do it
this way. History is always written by
the victors. People who idolize David
wouldn’t have naturally made this the end of his story unless it was God who
wanted truth to be told!
There’s
another cool part to this story. The
reason that this is a neat ending to David’s story is because David’s life ends
on a note of repentance. David makes a
poor decision and people die. David
could have been angry. He could have
accused God of being unrighteous. He
could have denied involvement. He could
have transferred responsibility to something or someone else. He could have done a myriad of other things.
What does David do? David owns his
action and repents of it.
As I’ve been
saying all along, this is why David is a man after God’s own heart. He’s certainly not perfect. His mistakes, when he makes them, tend to be rather
huge. But he’s a man after God’s own
heart because he acknowledges his faults and repents. That’s what makes David great in the eyes of
God. That’s why this is an awesome
concluding story. The story is awful and
tragic, but this story is a great story
about how God loves a repentant heart.
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