that Amnon was a real asshole huh, but not as bad as that David!
Let me break it down: Absolom was the true and just king and deserved to rebel against the corrupt David, who refused to punish his other (half)son who raped the sister and took her virginity. Then Amnon takes the revenge his sister justly deserves, that David could or would not invoke, knowing it would mean his exile. Finally after years, upon return the cowardly king refuses to see the just son, who becomes increasingly loud about speaking of the moral problem of the king, and saying he was the rightful and moral king (which he was). Instead of meeting with his son (or better yet honoring him) he persecutes him, and sends his army to kill him, where he dies.
Great culture they've got there, and with morality stories like this it's no wonder they thought it was a good idea to kill Jesus!
Jews are no longer the chosen people. Maybe they used to be - but once they rejected Christ Jesus they forfeited that mantle to the Christians. The good news is that anyone can become a Christian if they only believe and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior
I don't forget that. I saw that he 'said' he didn't want him killed, but then why did he send his army after him? Thats a lie to cover his ass. He could have gone himself, or invited him to the castle if he din't want to kill him. Instead he sends the group of guys who is literally trained to kill, so he forfits the moral high ground (again)
This guy was a POS who killed his own virtuous son, and he is held up as some kind of positive example - when really his life should serve as a warning.
that Amnon was a real asshole huh, but not as bad as that David!
Let me break it down: Absolom was the true and just king and deserved to rebel against the corrupt David, who refused to punish his other (half)son who raped the sister and took her virginity. Then Amnon takes the revenge his sister justly deserves, that David could or would not invoke, knowing it would mean his exile. Finally after years, upon return the cowardly king refuses to see the just son, who becomes increasingly loud about speaking of the moral problem of the king, and saying he was the rightful and moral king (which he was). Instead of meeting with his son (or better yet honoring him) he persecutes him, and sends his army to kill him, where he dies.
Great culture they've got there, and with morality stories like this it's no wonder they thought it was a good idea to kill Jesus!
Jews are no longer the chosen people. Maybe they used to be - but once they rejected Christ Jesus they forfeited that mantle to the Christians. The good news is that anyone can become a Christian if they only believe and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior
What your forgetting though is that David did not want Absalom killed, his general, Joab, did that on his own.
I don't forget that. I saw that he 'said' he didn't want him killed, but then why did he send his army after him? Thats a lie to cover his ass. He could have gone himself, or invited him to the castle if he din't want to kill him. Instead he sends the group of guys who is literally trained to kill, so he forfits the moral high ground (again)
This guy was a POS who killed his own virtuous son, and he is held up as some kind of positive example - when really his life should serve as a warning.