1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: And the king said, let him turn to his own 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: house and let him not see my face. So Absalom 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: returned to his own house and saw not the king's 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: face Second Samuel fourteen twenty four. Lord, through the listening 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: of Second Samuel, I now see you as the god 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: of closed doors. With this as my new viewpoint, I 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: pray that you continually give me the strength and resolve 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: to keep the door closed on unhealthy relationships that you've 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: allowed me to leave from the story of my life. 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: I declare that I have a keen eye for the 11 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: ones who desire to harbor harmful and wicked thoughts against 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: me and my future. Allow the gate keepers in my 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: life to help me recognize when people are knocking on 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: the door of my new season only to wreak havoc 15 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: and bring division and chaos. My life is too precious 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: to guard the treasure that lies within me. Thank you 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: for giving me rich and refreshing relationships instead. Thank you 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: that when some relationships are unhealthy, you will point them 19 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: out and reclose the door again in Jesus name, Amen, 20 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: Thank you for making prayer a priority in your day. 21 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: To learn more about the Bible, stay tuned for today's 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: story brought to you by Bible in a Year dot com. 23 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: Absalom returns. In our last story, we peered into the 24 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: difficult relationships within David's family. One of David's sons, Anon 25 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: raped his half sister Tamar. As an act of revenge, Absalam, 26 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: her brother, and David's other son, murders him. Now, Absalom 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: waits and geshure, stewing in bitterness so for his father's inaction. 28 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: In this story, Absalom will return from hiding after Joe 29 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,559 Speaker 1: ab devised a way to convince David of his innocenits 30 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: as inspired by second Samuel. Hello, this is Jack Graham 31 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: with today's episode of the Bible in a Year podcast. 32 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: In our prior episode, we learned how David's family began 33 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: to unravel into chaos as a consequence of his sin 34 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: with Bathsheba and as a direct result of the choice 35 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: that he made to marry many women. When his son 36 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: Amnon raped his own sister Tamar, Tamar sought refuge with 37 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: David's son Absalom, who took revenge and killed his brother Amnon. 38 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: Absalom hated his father for his failure to intervene and 39 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: punish Amnon, and as he lived in exile, Absalom planned 40 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: for the day he would return to punish his father. Today, 41 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: we'll hear of a coming out of hiding, aided by 42 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: David's commander Joab, who hopes to convince David to forgive 43 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: his son. Joab watched David's heart wrestle over his banished 44 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: son Absalom. David held his head low and had deep 45 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 1: sighs of disappointment when speaking of him. However, David was 46 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: stubborn and did not want to send for his son 47 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: to return, nor did he think Absalom deserved to return. 48 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: For what he did. Joab felt the need to intervene 49 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: somehow so that that the sadness would stop. Furthermore, Joab felt 50 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: a sense of responsibility over Absalom, since he could quite 51 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: possibly be king. When David died, Joab sent for an 52 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: actress from Takoah. They met with her in secret and 53 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: devised a plan for her to meet with the king 54 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: over a fake matter. Joab coached her and what she 55 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: should say. She would weave a tale of her two 56 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: sons in order to pull at David's heart strings, and 57 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: when the town was right, she would try and convinced 58 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: David to allow absalom Dera return. So the woman dressed 59 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: in all black as a widow and mustered up convincing 60 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: tears to present to David. She walked into his presence 61 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: and shouted, save me, Lord King. David perked up, concerned 62 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: with how frantic the woman was. What happened, David asked, 63 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: as he gestured for her to take a seat. I 64 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: am a widow. The woman began to sniffle. My husband 65 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: is dead and one of my sons killed my other 66 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: son over his inheritance. David folded his arms and continued 67 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: to listen to her. The whole clan desires for me 68 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: to give my son over to death. That would leave 69 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: me with no husband and no sons to protect me. 70 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: David leaned over and held her hand. Go back home. 71 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: I will send word to help you. If anybody tries 72 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: to harm you, I will make sure they never lay 73 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: a hand on you. The woman smiled and placed her 74 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: hand on David and thanked him. She stood up, and 75 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: before walking out, she came back and said, Lord, please 76 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: allow me to ask one more thing. Speak. David said, 77 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: with a compassionate smile, if you would forgive my son 78 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: the blood of his brother Why would you not forgive 79 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: your own, she asked. David leaned back in his seat. 80 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: He paused for a few moments, tapping his foot on 81 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: the floor. He looked at the woman, then back at 82 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: the door, then back at the woman again. Come sit, 83 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: he asked the woman, gesturing her to sit down again. 84 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: I need you to tell me the honest truth. The 85 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: woman nodded. Did Joab send for you to come? Tell 86 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: me these things? Immediately? The woman burst into tears. This 87 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: time they were real. She had been caught in Joab's lie. 88 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: She went to her knees and said, yes, Lord, it 89 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: was Joab. Please do not be angry with me. He 90 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: put every word in my mouth so that you would 91 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: consider bringing your son back home. You are truly gifted 92 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: with the wisdom of God. David sent her away and 93 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: did not hold the crime against her. It would be 94 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: a silly thing for him to hold her accountable for 95 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: Joab's conspiracy. David sent for Joab, and the man entered 96 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: in before David and sat down. The two of them 97 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: stared at one another for a few moments. David was 98 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: annoyed that Joab would go to such great length to 99 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: tell him what he already knew. David sighed and rubbed 100 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: his temple. Go and bring back Absalom, David ordered. Joab's 101 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: eyes lit up. He could have sworn David would imprison 102 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: him for lying. Thank you, my Lord, Joab said, he 103 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: may come back to the land, but he may not 104 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: enter into my presence, David said, and just like that, 105 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: Joab left to go return Absalom. Absalom trotted back into 106 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: Jerusalem with the son to his back. People could not 107 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: help but marvel at Absalom as he rode back into 108 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: the city, for there was no man more handsome in 109 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: all of Israel. His physique was chiseled and unscarred from war. 110 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: He had long, thick hair that rested on his muscular shoulders. 111 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: Absalom returned with his three sons and one daughter. He 112 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: and his family dwelled in Jerusalem for two years, without 113 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: ever seeing David. In passing. Absalom dwelled in his house 114 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: of Bitterness. Even though he was back in Jerusalem, he 115 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: still felt like an exile. He would scoff often at 116 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: his father's incompetent ruling and fantasize about what it would 117 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: be like to be king. He heard rumors of his 118 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: younger half brother Solomon, perhaps being the heir to the throne. 119 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: The thought vexed him. Absalom desired to see the king, 120 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,239 Speaker 1: so he sent for Joab to set up a meeting. However, 121 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: Joab knew better than to speak with Absalom, so he 122 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: ignored his messages. Absalom sent for Joab a second time, 123 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: Still there was no reply. Finally, he had his servants 124 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: venture out into Joab's farm and burn one of his 125 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: fields to the ground. The flames were a reminder to 126 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: Joab that Absalom was capable of hideous evils and he 127 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: was to be feared. Joab finally came to Absalom, enraged 128 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: and a bit afraid. Why would you burn down my field? 129 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: To Joab yelled. Absalom sat in his courtyard, casually, paying 130 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: no attention to Joab's rage. I sent for you, and 131 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: you did not reply. Absalom said, matter of factly, I 132 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: would not have come out of exile if I knew 133 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: I wasn't going to be able to be in the 134 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: palace with my father. Joab gulped, seeing a twinge of 135 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: madness in Absalom's eyes, Take me to him. If he 136 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: finds me guilty, then he shall kill me. Joab did 137 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: as he wished and brought Absalom to David. David watched 138 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: as his son approached the gates. He was reminded of 139 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: how Saul once exiled him into the wilderness. What a 140 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: tragic feeling it was to feel cast off from your 141 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: family and country. David welled up with grief as his 142 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: son drew closer and closer. Before Absalom could walk any further, 143 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: David ran to him and embraced him. He kissed Absalom 144 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: on the neck and hugged him. Tears ran down David's cheeks, 145 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: but Absalom remained motionless. No amount of affection or conversation 146 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: was going to change Absalom's mind. He was going to 147 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: kill his father. Today's passage opens with Absalom in exile, 148 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: banished by his father for killing his half brother am Not. 149 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: But Joe Ebbed, David's trusted commander, could sense the King's 150 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: sadness beneath the anger of his son was a desire 151 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: to reconcile, but he was a very complicated a situation. 152 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: So Joe Ab comes up with a plan. He hires 153 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: a woman to pretend to be someone else, a widow 154 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: with a dilemma of her own. Joe ab gives her 155 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: all the words to say to David, and much like 156 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: Nathan did when he confronted David for his sin with Bathsheba, 157 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: the woman's story fools David into thinking he's ruling on 158 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: someone else's situation when it actually gives him clarity for 159 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: his own. The woman tells David she's a widow and 160 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: one of her sons has killed the other for the inheritance. 161 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: Her clan is demanding that she hand over the killer 162 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: so he can be executed for his crime, but this 163 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: would leave her childless and without a provider. David has 164 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: compassion on the woman and her situation. He tells her 165 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: to return home and promises that nothing bad will happen 166 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: to her or her son. The woman then asked David 167 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: why he would forgive her son but not his own, 168 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: whom he has banished. Then she says this in Second 169 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 1: Samuel fourteen, verse fourteen, we must all die. We are 170 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: like waters spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered 171 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: up again. But God will not take away life, and 172 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: he devises means so that the banished one will not 173 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: remain an outcast. Her words were a reminder of God's mercies, 174 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: and surely David was reminded that God had forgiven him 175 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: of his great sin, and though she would not have 176 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: known it at the time, there was also a foreshadowing 177 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: of the links to which God would go to forgive 178 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: each of us who are outcast, banished from God's presence. 179 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: But because of his love and grace, God reached out 180 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: to us and brought us to himself and reconciled to us, 181 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: and with us because of the cross, the Bible tells 182 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: us that we can be reconciled to God. David then 183 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: asked her if joe Ebb had put her up to this, 184 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: and she confessed. The King sent her home and called 185 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: for joe Ebb. At last, David relented and allowed Absalom 186 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: to return to Israel, but he still wanted nothing to 187 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: do with him, so his son and the king lived 188 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: apart for two years. They never saw each other. For 189 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: all of his wisdom, strength of character, and commitment to 190 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: the Lord, David's attitude towards his son did not reflect 191 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: the forgiving, patient heart of God. Allowing Absalom to return, 192 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: but keeping him away at arm's length was even more 193 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: injurious than the banishment. It was a constant reminder to 194 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: Absalom that his father did not accept him. How blessed 195 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: we are, how graced we are that God, our Father 196 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: does not treat us this way as his children. Absalom 197 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: grew tired of being separated from David, and he knew 198 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: that if he were to be king, he would have 199 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: to get back into the palace. So he sent for 200 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,359 Speaker 1: joe Abb, who ignored the call twice, until finally Absalom 201 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: set Jacobs Feels on fire to get his attention. I 202 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: can only imagine the dread in joe Ebb's heart as 203 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: he realized that Absalom, the man who might be king 204 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: one day, was capable of such harsh and extreme actions 205 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: just to get his way. Unable to ignore him, joe 206 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: eb arranged for Absalom to return to the palace, and 207 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: now at last, David received him with open arms and 208 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: a kiss. But the damage was done, and Absalom had 209 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: no love for his father. His heart was filled with ambition, bitterness, 210 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: and hate. A deadly commendation. Dear God, through Jesus, our Lord, 211 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: we thank you that, while we were outcast and banished 212 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: far from you, that you, as a loving father sent 213 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: your son Jesus to welcome us into your arms as 214 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: we come to you. We come to you so often 215 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: like prodigals, and like the father, you welcome us home. 216 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: Thank you for your love and for your son Jesus, 217 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: who makes this reconciliation and restoration possible. We pray this 218 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for listening to today's 219 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: Bible in a year past. 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