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 Well, good evening.

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 Turn with me in your Bible to 2 Samuel chapter 14.

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 If you're looking in one of the pew Bibles, it's page 264.

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 2 Samuel chapter 14.

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 As you're turning there, I wonder whether you've ever been in the middle of a messy family conflict.

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 Where people have said and done things that have hurt and offended and alienated each other.

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 Where relationships have broken down.

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 Some people don't even talk to each other anymore.

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 Or maybe you have a friend who's been in the middle of a messy conflict.

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 And you even just try to understand what caused the conflict in the first place.

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 And the story starts five years ago.

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 And then it's a whole mess.

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 Like a big twisted knot.

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 And there doesn't seem to be any clear way forward.

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 Or you're trying to figure out how do we move forward in a healthy and productive way.

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 Well, what we have at the beginning of this chapter is we're in the middle of a messy family conflict in King David's family.

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 We have a guilty child, Absalom, who has been estranged.

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 Actually living in exile.

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 Away from his grieving father, David, for three years now.

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 Now the background to the situation is chapter 13.

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 Which we read last week.

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 It's an ugly story.

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 A disturbing story.

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 David's oldest son, Amnon, sexually violated his half-sister, Tamar.

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 And then he didn't want anything to do with her.

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 And so Tamar fled to her brother Absalom's house.

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 Absalom was furious.

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 And two years later, Absalom conspired to murder Amnon.

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 Absalom then fled the country.

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 Back in Jerusalem, their father David wept.

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 Chapter 13, verse 37 says,

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 David mourned for his son, for Amnon who had died, day after day.

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 And Absalom fled and went to Geshur, that was outside in a different country.

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 He was there for three years.

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 Now verse 39 says,

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 The spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom because he was comforted about Amnon since he was dead.

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 Chapter 14, verse 1 says,

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 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, David's friend and army commander, knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

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 Now these, the last verse of chapter 13 and the first verse of chapter 14 tell us something about David's attitude toward Absalom.

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 But these verses are actually, for a few reasons, they're quite difficult to translate.

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 There's actually three different ways that you could translate these verses.

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 And one way is the way it's translated right here,

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 which implies that David had a positive attitude toward Absalom.

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 Okay, basically David had mourned for his son who was killed.

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 He had been angry that Absalom killed him.

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 But, you know, three years had passed and David was sort of ready to move on.

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 And now he was missing his son, who he hadn't seen for three years.

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 And he longed to see Absalom again.

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 There are two problems, though, with this translation.

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 It's a possible translation.

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 But the two problems are, the verb that's translated, go out to, in verse 39,

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 he longed to go out to Absalom.

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 That word usually means to march out against someone.

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 It doesn't usually mean just to go visit someone.

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 It's used for an army marching out against someone most of the time.

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 Second, if David was feeling strongly positive toward Absalom,

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 what we see later in this chapter doesn't completely make sense.

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 So there are two other ways these verses could be translated.

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 One is that David is sort of neutral toward Absalom.

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 The spirit of the king, this is actually in the text,

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 the note at the bottom of the page,

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 the spirit of the king ceased to go out against Absalom

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 because he was comforted about Amnon.

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 Now, basically that means David was angry with Absalom

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 because he killed his brother.

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 But then he sort of got over his anger

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 and he didn't want to go out and attack him anymore.

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 But he started, he just started thinking about him.

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 And we don't really know what he was thinking,

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 but he was thinking about him.

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 And chapter 14, verse 1 would say the king's mind was on Absalom.

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 The third way to translate these verses

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 is that David is actually negative toward Absalom.

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 So it could be translated,

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 the spirit of the king determined to go out against Absalom.

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 His mind was against Absalom.

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 Now, these are complicated verses.

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 You can be a Hebrew scholar.

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 There's about five different words

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 that could be translated one way or the other.

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 That's why you come up with these three possible interpretations.

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 In the bigger context,

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 I think either the neutral or the negative interpretation

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 makes a little bit more sense.

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 But however you interpret these verses,

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 David is thinking about Absalom.

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 There's something that he's thinking about his son

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 who he hasn't seen for three years,

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 who's far away in another country

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 because he's ran away after he murdered his brother.

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 Absalom actually called all his brothers to a family party.

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 He went to King David and he said,

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 I want to throw a big party

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 and I want to invite all my brothers.

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 And David was like,

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 I don't know about this.

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 I know there's some bad blood between you and your brother Amnon.

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 And Absalom said,

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 oh, no, no, no, at least Amnon.

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 And David said,

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 well, all right, invite all of them.

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 Hopefully they'll all keep each other in check.

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 And Absalom had him struck down

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 in the middle of a family party.

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 This is a mess.

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 Now, what we see in this chapter

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 is there are three people

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 who have a plan,

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 three men with a plan

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 to do something about this mess.

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 To deal with David, the grieving father,

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 and Absalom, the guilty son,

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 who are estranged from each other.

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 And Joab, who's the potential intermediary.

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 So each of them have a way

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 that they're responding to this situation.

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 We're going to look at each of their responses.

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 First Joab,

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 then David,

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 then Absalom.

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 And there's a proverb.

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 Proverbs 19, 21 says,

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 many are the plans in the mind of a man,

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 but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

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 And so tonight,

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 what I really want us to look at is

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 man's plans and God's purposes

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 in this chapter

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 in the middle of a messy time in David's life.

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 So first, let's read 14, 1 through 20.

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 This is the first plan.

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 Joab's plan.

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 And we'll see what's on Joab's mind.

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 Now, Joab, the son of Zeruiah,

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 knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom

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 or was on, his mind was on Absalom.

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 And Joab sent to Tekoa

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 and brought from there a wise woman

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 and said to her,

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 pretend to be a mourner.

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 Put on mourning garments.

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 Don't anoint yourself with oil,

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 but behave like a woman

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 who has been mourning many days for the dead.

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 Go to the king and speak this way to him.

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 So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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 When the woman of Tekoa came to the king,

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 she fell on her face to the ground

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 and paid homage and said,

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 save me, O king.

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 And the king said to her,

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 what is your trouble?

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 She answered, alas, I am a widow.

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 My husband is dead

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 and your servant had two sons

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 and they quarreled with one another in the field.

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 There was no one to separate them

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 and one struck the other and killed him.

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 And now the whole clan has risen against your servant

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 and they say, give up the man who struck his brother

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 that we may put him to death

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 for the life of his brother whom he killed.

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 And so they would destroy the air also.

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 Thus they would quench my coal that is left

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 and leave to my husband,

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 neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.

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 Then the king said to the woman,

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 go to your house

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 and I will give orders concerning you.

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 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king,

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 on me be the guilt, my lord, the king,

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 and on my father's house,

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 let the king and his throne be guiltless.

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 The king said, if anyone says anything to you,

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 bring him to me and he shall never touch you again.

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 Then she said, please let the king invoke the Lord,

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 your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more

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 and my son be not destroyed.

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 He said, as the Lord lives,

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 not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.

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 Then the woman said, please let your servant speak a word

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 to my lord, the king.

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 He said, speak.

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 And the woman said,

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 why then have you planned such a thing

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 against the people of God?

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 For in giving this decision,

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 the king convicts himself

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 in as much as the king does not bring

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 his banished one home again.

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 We must all die.

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 We are like water spilled on the ground,

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 which cannot be gathered up again,

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 but God will not take away life

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 and he devises means

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 so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.

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 Now I have come to say this to my lord, the king,

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 because the people have made me afraid

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 and your servant thought,

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 I will speak to the king.

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 It may be that the king will perform

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 the request of his servant

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 for the king will hear

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 and deliver his servant

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 from the hand of the man

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 who would destroy me and my son together

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 from the heritage of God.

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 And your servant thought,

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 the word of my lord,

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 the king will set me at rest

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 for my lord,

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 the king is like the angel of God

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 to discern good and evil.

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 The Lord, your God be with you.

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 Then the king answered the woman,

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 do not hide from me anything I ask you.

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 And the woman said,

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 let my lord, the king speak.

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 The king said,

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 is the hand of Joab with you in all this?

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 The woman answered and said,

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 as surely as you live,

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 my lord, the king,

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 one cannot turn to the right hand

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 or to the left

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 from anything that my lord,

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 the king has said.

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 It was your servant, Joab,

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 who commanded me.

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 It was he who put all these words

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 in the mouth of your servant

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 in order to change the course of things.

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 Your servant, Joab, did this.

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 But my lord has wisdom

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 like the wisdom of the angel of God

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 to know all things that are on the earth.

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 So the first man with a plan is Joab.

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 Joab was the commander of David's army.

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 He was a clever man

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 with a clever plan

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 and who enlisted a clever woman

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 to be his ally.

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 Now you might ask,

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 what's motivating Joab?

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 It's not completely clear,

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 but Joab knew that David was getting old.

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 And Joab, most likely,

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 Joab was thinking ahead.

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 Joab's thinking,

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 okay, Amnon was David's firstborn.

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 Amnon's dead.

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 Absalom is now next in line.

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 Absalom was actually number three,

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 but we don't hear anything

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 about son number two.

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 For whatever reason,

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 son number two is also out of the picture.

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 So Absalom is now

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 the likely heir to the throne

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 because he's not the firstborn,

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 but the thirdborn, the closest.

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 And so Joab is thinking,

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 but wait a minute,

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 Absalom is living in another country.

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 David's getting old.

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 This has been the case for three years.

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 If David dies,

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 the heir to the throne

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 is in another country.

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 We're in for a civil war.

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 Civil war is not a good thing.

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 We have to do something about this.

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 It's also possible

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 that Joab favored Absalom

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 over some of David's other sons.

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 David hadn't punished Amnon

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 for his crime against Tamar.

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 And so Absalom stepped up

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 and did the dirty work.

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 And from what we know of Joab,

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 that kind of strong, hard-edged,

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 rough, decisive leader

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 might have appealed to him.

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 Now, whatever the reason,

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 Joab didn't like the status quo.

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 Joab wanted things to change.

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 That's what verse 20 says.

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 In order to change the course of things,

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 Joab hatched this plan.

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 Now, notice what this woman does

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 when she comes to David.

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 David, she presents herself to him

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 and she portrays herself

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 as being in the exact same situation as David.

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 I'm a parent.

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 I have two sons.

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 One of them killed the other.

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 And now some people want to kill the other son

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 and that would leave me all alone with no heir.

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 She says that.

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 Verse 7.

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 They would destroy the heir also

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 and our whole family would be wiped out.

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 So she portrays herself in a very similar situation

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 as David himself is in.

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 Now, it's interesting.

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 At first, David says,

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 okay, I'll think about it.

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 I'll let you know.

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 And she's not satisfied with that answer.

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 She says, oh, but oh, king, please.

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 Three times she presses the king for an answer.

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 She's extremely bold for a woman

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 who David doesn't even seem to know already

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 who comes for an audience before the king.

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 She's very bold.

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 And she finally gets David to swear an oath.

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 As the Lord lives,

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 not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.

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 And then she gets to her point.

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 Verse 13.

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 Why then have you planned such a thing

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 against the people of God?

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 For in giving this decision,

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 the king convicts himself

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 in as much as the king does not bring

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 his banished one home again.

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 Now, she doesn't name Absalom by name,

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 but it's very clear who she's talking about.

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 Absalom's been away for three years

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 and David is doing nothing to bring him home.

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 And it almost seems like the prophet Nathan, right?

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 In chapter 12, the prophet Nathan came to David

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 after David had sinned with Bathsheba

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 and had Bathsheba's husband killed.

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 And the prophet Nathan comes to David

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 and tells him a story

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 about a poor oppressed person

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 that arouses David's compassion

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 and righteous indignation,

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 but then implicates David in the process.

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 Nathan says to David, you are that man.

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 You are just like that rich man

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 who stole the poor man's one sheep

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 when he had plenty for himself.

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 So it seems like she's doing that, right?

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 She's telling another story

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 that draws David in and convicts him.

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 And David's convinced.

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 Verse 21.

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 Then the king said to Joab,

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 behold, now I grant this,

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 go bring back the young man Absalom.

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 So it seems like Joab's plan works,

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 but not quite.

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 You see, there's a problem

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 with the woman's story

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 that Joab put in her mouth.

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 In the woman's story,

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 she says there were two sons.

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 They went out in the field.

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 They got in a fight

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 and one of them killed the other.

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 In other words,

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 they weren't planning to,

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 they weren't planning to kill,

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 no one was planning to murder his brother.

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 They just got into a fight

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 and it happened.

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 It's manslaughter,

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 not premeditated murder.

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 And the law in Israel,

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 God's law in the Old Testament,

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 distinguished clearly between

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 manslaughter,

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 not premeditated killing,

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 and premeditated murder.

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 And premeditated murder

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 deserves a death penalty.

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 Manslaughter did not.

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 And there was a way to protect

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 the offender.

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 But in David's situation,

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 Absalom and Amnon were not in the field

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 getting in a fight.

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 Absalom threw a party,

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 deceived his brother into coming

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 and thinking that he was safe,

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 and then ordered his servants

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 to strike him down

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 in the middle of the party.

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 It was premeditated murder.

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 You see that there's not actually

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 a good parallel between the story

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 that the woman tells

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 and what actually happened

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 with Absalom.

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 Now you might say,

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 well, Absalom was killing someone

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 who deserved to die, right?

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 Amnon had committed

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 this horrible crime,

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 rape,

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 of his half-sister.

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 Now according to the law,

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 Amnon should have been exiled,

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 cut off from the Lord's people.

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 David had failed.

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 David had failed to execute justice.

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 And so you might say,

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 well, Absalom was taking matters

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 into his own hands,

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 trying to accomplish justice

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 when the legal system failed.

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 But you know,

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 remember earlier in 1 Samuel,

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 when David was on the run from Saul,

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 and Saul had done a lot of things.

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 Saul had tried to kill David many times.

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 David could have defended

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 killing the king and said,

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 it was in self-defense.

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 Saul had broken God's law.

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 Saul deserved to die.

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 But David said,

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 no, that's not my place.

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 That's God's responsibility

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 to judge Saul,

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 not mine.

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 So David didn't do that.

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 David didn't take matters

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 into his own hands.

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 Absalom did.

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 And Absalom went one step farther.

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 He didn't just get Amnon

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 thrown out of the country.

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 He struck him down.

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 Premeditated murder.

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 You see,

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 the problem with Joab's plan

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 is that Joab doesn't reckon

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 with the wrong

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 that Absalom did.

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 It's a complicated story.

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 There's lots of details here,

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 but this is the problem

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.700
 with Joab's story.

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 He doesn't face

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 the depth of the wrong

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 that Absalom did.

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 He wants to twist David's arm

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:07.960
 to bring Absalom back home,

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 but he doesn't actually

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 go to the king and say,

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 what should the king do

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 with his son

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 who murdered his brother

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 in cold blood?

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 That's a hard question,

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 but he completely

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 avoids that question.

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 But it's a necessary question

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 for David to deal with.

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 Now,

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 so this is the first plan.

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 Now, if you're,

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 maybe you,

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 Lord willing,

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 you will never be

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 in this same kind of situation

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 as Joab was, right?

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 But maybe you're

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.980
 in Joab's position, right?

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 Joab is trying to reconcile

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 a guilty son

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 and a grieving father.

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 He's trying to be a mediator

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 in the midst of an ugly,

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.699
 messy conflict.

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 And maybe you haven't,

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 maybe you,

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 now or later in the future,

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 maybe you will have

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.439
 an opportunity

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 to help some people

00:20:03.719 --> 00:20:04.399
 who are in the midst

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.559
 of a messy conflict.

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 And maybe you really want

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 to see these people

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 be at peace with each other

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 and be reconciled

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 like Joab wanted.

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 But sometimes you might

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.460
 be tempted

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:21.740
 to twist their arm

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 or just say,

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 can you just forget the past

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 and just come together again

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 and go on into the future?

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 And you know,

00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.359
 sometimes,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.579
 you know,

00:20:33.659 --> 00:20:34.920
 sometimes people make a mountain

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.799
 out of a molehill.

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 And you know what?

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.519
 They just need to leave

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.480
 the molehill behind

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:42.640
 and forget about it,

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.759
 forgive and forget

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 and go into the future.

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 But sometimes there is

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:47.200
 a mountain of sin

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.720
 and guilt

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.799
 and wrongdoing

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.059
 that needs to be faced

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:53.740
 before a relationship

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:55.319
 can truly be reconciled

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.960
 and go on into the future.

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 So that's why Joab's plan fails.

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 Because it doesn't address

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.180
 the reality

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.000
 and the depth

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.720
 of Absalom's sin.

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:08.080
 And so what we see

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:09.080
 with Joab's plan

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:10.560
 is that the reality

00:21:10.560 --> 00:21:11.560
 and depth of sin

00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:13.100
 needs to be dealt with

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.799
 in order for true

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.120
 reconciliation to happen.

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:17.980
 Okay.

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.420
 Going on.

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 Let's read

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.740
 starting at verse 22.

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 So David says,

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 bring Absalom back.

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 And Joab fell on his face

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:28.580
 to the ground

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.180
 and paid homage

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 and blessed the king.

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:30.980
 Joab said,

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.860
 today your servant knows

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.600
 I have found favor

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.139
 in your sight,

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.839
 my lord the king,

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 and that the king

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.199
 has granted the request

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 of his servant.

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 So Joab arose

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.619
 and went to Geshur

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.279
 and brought Absalom

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.819
 to Jerusalem.

00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.799
 Now here's where we see

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.419
 that Joab's plan

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.299
 doesn't actually work.

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.059
 Verse 24.

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 And the king said,

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.480
 let him dwell apart

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.339
 in his own house.

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:47.119
 He is not to come

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.980
 into my presence.

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.879
 So Absalom lived apart

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:51.199
 in his own house

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.019
 and did not come

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.779
 into the king's presence.

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.219
 You see,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.899
 this is why

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:59.919
 in verse 1

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:04.140
 David wasn't only

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.000
 feeling positive

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.720
 toward Absalom

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.380
 because Absalom

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.360
 comes back to Jerusalem

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.019
 and David says,

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.160
 okay, he can be in Jerusalem

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.700
 but I don't want

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.380
 to see his face.

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.140
 And for two whole years

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.519
 they live in the same city

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.279
 and David refuses

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:18.279
 to see his son's face.

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.180
 David's strategy

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:23.700
 is avoidance.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:30.200
 Now the problem

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.559
 with David's strategy

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.539
 is pretty obvious.

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.279
 You bring your son

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.200
 back from exile.

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.220
 He's living

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.000
 in the same city

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.519
 with you.

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.360
 You refuse

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.319
 to talk to him.

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.519
 If Joab's concern

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:44.420
 was there might

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.319
 be a civil war

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.880
 if the heir

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.759
 is out of town,

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.220
 well, if the heir

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.840
 isn't talking

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.640
 to his father,

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.779
 that's not really

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.380
 much better.

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:55.180
 The problem

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.800
 with David's plan,

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.960
 David neither

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.980
 treats Absalom

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.780
 as a murderer

00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.400
 who deserves

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.300
 to be punished

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 nor

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:04.420
 as an innocent

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.880
 person

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.540
 whose actions

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:06.380
 were justified

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:08.000
 in the absence

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.100
 of

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:11.320
 rightfully

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.120
 executed justice

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.700
 by the proper

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.200
 authorities.

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 So David

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.260
 doesn't confront

00:23:16.260 --> 00:23:16.980
 or rebuke

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:18.140
 or punish Absalom.

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.380
 Neither

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.220
 does he

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:22.319
 justify

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.100
 or pronounce

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.900
 Absalom righteous

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.500
 nor does he

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.279
 forgive him

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:27.120
 or restore him

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.640
 or reconcile

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.120
 with him.

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.740
 He does none

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.600
 of these things.

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.240
 He just

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.100
 avoids him

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:34.360
 and says,

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:34.980
 I don't want

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:36.059
 to talk with him.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.559
 I don't want

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.100
 to see him.

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.539
 I don't want

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.440
 to deal with this.

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.559
 Okay,

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.120
 you've twisted

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.779
 my arm.

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.860
 I'll bring him

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.319
 home.

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.240
 I can't quite

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.860
 argue with your

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.380
 story.

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.539
 But his heart

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.519
 hasn't changed.

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:50.980
 And the reality

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.559
 is David

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.139
 needs to do

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.599
 one or the

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:52.839
 other.

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.599
 Either Absalom

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.579
 is innocent

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.299
 and David

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.859
 should say

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.299
 Absalom

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.960
 was innocent.

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.579
 I don't

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.960
 think that's

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.319
 right.

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.019
 But that's

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.359
 right.

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.799
 David needs

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.079
 to either

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.660
 say Absalom

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.299
 was innocent

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.460
 and what he

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.180
 did was okay

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.000
 and he should

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.619
 be restored.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.900
 Or he needs

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.700
 to say Absalom

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.460
 was guilty

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.559
 and Absalom

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.059
 needs to be

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.500
 punished.

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.119
 And then

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.539
 figure out

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.779
 how to

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.279
 punish him.

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:18.420
 But David

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.819
 doesn't want

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.019
 to do

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.339
 either.

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.420
 But Absalom

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.059
 is not

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.660
 neither

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.039
 innocent

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.639
 nor guilty.

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.660
 He's one

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:25.879
 or the

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.139
 other.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.559
 And David

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.099
 as his

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.460
 father

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.920
 needs to

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.220
 deal with

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.460
 that.

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.220
 You know

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.579
 in the very

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.039
 beginning of

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.440
 the Bible

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:35.099
 there's a

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.599
 story about

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.279
 two brothers.

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.559
 One who

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.899
 kills the

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.099
 other.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.539
 Cain

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.660
 who kills

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.019
 Abel.

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:44.039
 And what

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.480
 we see in

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.940
 that story

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.359
 is we see

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.879
 the Lord

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:47.119
 goes to

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.440
 Cain.

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.099
 And the

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.500
 Lord goes

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.980
 to Cain

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.480
 very much

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.799
 like he

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.119
 went to

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.480
 Adam in

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.859
 the garden.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.099
 And the

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.460
 Lord goes

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.759
 to Cain

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.259
 and says

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.059
 where is

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.519
 Abel

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.319
 your brother?

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.200
 Cain

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.579
 says I

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.900
 don't know

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.119
 am I

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.599
 my brother's

00:24:59.599 --> 00:24:59.839
 keeper?

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.639
 And God

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.000
 says to

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.200
 Cain

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.599
 what have

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.299
 you

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.119
 done?

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.099
 And Cain

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.400
 doesn't

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.799
 repent.

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.779
 So Cain

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.740
 lives the

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.139
 rest of

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.779
 his life

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.160
 in exile.

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.519
 Cain

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.960
 lives the

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.240
 rest of

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.559
 his life

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.859
 as a

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.279
 fugitive

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.059
 and wanderer

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.379
 on the

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.599
 earth

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.119
 outside

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.240
 of God's

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.700
 kingdom.

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.359
 But you

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.819
 see that's

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.220
 how God

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.639
 dealt with

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.019
 Cain.

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.720
 God went

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.180
 to Cain

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.639
 the guilty

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.180
 party and

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.539
 God said

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.960
 what have

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.500
 you done?

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.259
 David

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.700
 didn't do

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.119
 that to

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.500
 Absalom.

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.720
 He didn't

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.359
 say Absalom

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.700
 what have

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.259
 you done?

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:44.859
 He just

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.940
 ignores him

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:48.559
 out of his

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.559
 own indecision

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:51.940
 and cowardice.

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:57.620
 Now again

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:57.960
 maybe

00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:00.740
 maybe you

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.000
 might

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.240
 find yourself

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.759
 in David's

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.240
 situation

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.759
 someday.

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.580
 Lord willing

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.820
 it will

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.380
 never be

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.880
 the same

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.539
 circumstances.

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.539
 Maybe you're

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.960
 a grieving

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.580
 parent

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.279
 distressed

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.940
 over some

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.580
 wrong that

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.039
 your child

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.600
 has committed.

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.860
 And you know

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.460
 you either need

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.000
 to say to

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.660
 your child

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.840
 what you

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.120
 did was

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.500
 right

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.840
 even though

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.259
 other people

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.640
 are saying

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:23.860
 it was

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.200
 wrong

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:26.740
 or you

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.039
 need to

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.579
 say what

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.840
 you did

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.420
 was wrong

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.200
 and this

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.860
 is the

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.539
 consequence.

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.120
 But avoiding

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.519
 just refusing

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.000
 to do any

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.340
 of those

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.920
 refusing to

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.240
 take a

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.000
 stand or

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.480
 just giving

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.340
 a child

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:39.740
 the cold

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.240
 shoulder

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:43.120
 and refusing

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.539
 to talk

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.019
 with them

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.420
 won't make

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.440
 any progress.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.320
 The same

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.600
 thing if

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:50.860
 you're a

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.160
 Christian

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.180
 and if

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.519
 you've been

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.019
 offended

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:55.000
 by a

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.400
 brother or

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.820
 sister in

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.279
 Christ.

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.320
 Say there's

00:26:59.320 --> 00:26:59.860
 somebody else

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.120
 in the

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.500
 church

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.220
 somebody else

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.480
 who's a

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.820
 Christian

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.960
 and they've

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.440
 done something

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.940
 wrong to

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.200
 you.

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.140
 You have

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.779
 two choices.

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.180
 You either

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.539
 need to

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.259
 overlook the

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.900
 wrong and

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.240
 forgive

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:13.820
 and continue

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.620
 to relate to

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.120
 that person

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.419
 as a

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.839
 brother or

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.299
 sister in

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.759
 Christ.

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.939
 And Proverbs

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:19.399
 says often

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.019
 that's a wise

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.459
 course of

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.859
 action.

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.899
 Proverbs 19

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.519
 11 says

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.359
 good sense

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.559
 makes one

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.099
 slow to

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.759
 anger and

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.179
 it is a

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:27.659
 person's

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.779
 glory to

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.639
 overlook an

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.139
 offense.

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.000
 So that's

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.519
 one option

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.199
 is overlook

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.479
 and forgive

00:27:34.479 --> 00:27:36.339
 and continue

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:37.039
 in fellowship

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.959
 with that

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:38.419
 person.

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.119
 The second

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:41.159
 option is

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:42.199
 maybe the

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:42.979
 offense is

00:27:42.979 --> 00:27:43.739
 serious enough

00:27:43.739 --> 00:27:44.139
 that you

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.540
 shouldn't

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:44.840
 just

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.300
 overlook

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:45.640
 it.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.640
 And in

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.400
 that case

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.640
 you should

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.100
 find a

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.420
 way to

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.900
 confront

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.080
 the other

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.520
 person.

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.680
 And there's

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.540
 Bible verses

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:55.040
 that talk about

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.440
 how to do

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.720
 that.

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:57.100
 That you

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.700
 first attempt

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.040
 to do it

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.420
 privately

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.020
 and if you

00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:00.420
 need help

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.700
 you bring

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.100
 one or two

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.780
 others along.

00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:03.660
 It's a good

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.820
 opportunity to

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.460
 seek out some

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.640
 wisdom from

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.259
 a pastor or

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.560
 a mature

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.020
 Christian.

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.759
 Right?

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.700
 if you need

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.019
 someone to

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.339
 come with

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.539
 you.

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:12.859
 Right?

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.420
 Sometimes

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.539
 offenses are

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.180
 serious enough

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.500
 that they

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.900
 should not

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.519
 be overlooked

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.119
 and in

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.579
 that case

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.039
 we need

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.720
 to lovingly

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.140
 confront

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.019
 and rebuke

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.279
 and then

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.140
 be willing

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.220
 to extend

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.720
 forgiveness

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.400
 when someone

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.960
 recognizes

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.539
 they're wrong.

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.220
 But sometimes

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.299
 what we do

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.900
 as believers

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:31.740
 is we do

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.079
 neither.

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.359
 We don't

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.059
 really overlook

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.539
 and forgive

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.980
 and we don't

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.339
 confront.

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.259
 We just

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.920
 avoid the

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.519
 other person.

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.400
 And say

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.740
 I don't

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:40.960
 want to

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.299
 talk to

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.539
 them.

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.859
 I don't

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.079
 want to

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.440
 deal with

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.720
 them.

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.660
 I don't

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.920
 want to

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.240
 confront

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.539
 them

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.700
 because

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.900
 that's

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.079
 too

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.559
 messy.

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.759
 But I

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.059
 can't

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.339
 overlook

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.879
 it and

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.099
 I'm going

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.440
 to hold

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.799
 a grudge

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.039
 in my

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.379
 heart.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.799
 And we

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.140
 stay in

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.559
 this middle

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.539
 place like

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.980
 David.

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.579
 That's a

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.039
 bad place

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.440
 to be.

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.019
 And the

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.460
 Bible says

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.039
 go one way

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.259
 or the

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.539
 other.

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.400
 Overlook

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.099
 and forgive

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.299
 or confront

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:08.720
 and gently

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.519
 lovingly

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.099
 rebuke

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.879
 and then

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.220
 listen and

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.099
 be willing

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.940
 to extend

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.420
 forgiveness

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:19.259
 by the

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.579
 grace of

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.819
 God.

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:19.960
 God.

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.740
 All right.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.099
 So that's

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.419
 the second

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.819
 plan.

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.439
 David's

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:25.500
 plan that

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.339
 also fails.

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.759
 Let's read

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.119
 the rest of

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.559
 the chapter.

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:31.119
 We'll see

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.679
 Absalom's

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:31.939
 plan.

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.279
 We've seen

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.740
 Joab's

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.039
 plan,

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.480
 David's

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.799
 plan.

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.779
 Now we

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.000
 see

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.579
 Absalom's

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.939
 plan.

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.839
 Verse 25.

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.179
 Now in

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.899
 all Israel

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.899
 there was

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.359
 no one so

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.659
 much to

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.119
 be praised

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.459
 for his

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:41.759
 handsome

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.220
 appearance

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.419
 as

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:42.839
 Absalom.

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.179
 From the

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.480
 sole of

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.779
 his foot

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.019
 to the

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.359
 crown of

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.619
 his head

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.899
 there was

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.099
 no

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.459
 blemish

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.859
 in him.

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.819
 And when

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.099
 he cut

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.399
 the hair

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.679
 of his

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:48.980
 head,

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.899
 for at

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.119
 the end

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.399
 of every

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.720
 year he

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.059
 used to

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.359
 cut it,

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.639
 when it

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:51.959
 was heavy

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.220
 on him

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.519
 he cut

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.699
 it,

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.539
 he weighed

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.859
 the hair

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.119
 of his

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.299
 head,

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.619
 200

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.059
 shekels

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.299
 by the

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.559
 king's

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.839
 weight.

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.740
 There were

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.019
 born to

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.299
 Absalom

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.919
 three sons

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.259
 and one

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.500
 daughter

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.859
 whose name

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.379
 was Tamar.

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.660
 She was

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.000
 a beautiful

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.340
 woman.

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.320
 So Absalom

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.820
 lived two

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.400
 full years

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.920
 in Jerusalem

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.840
 without coming

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.380
 into the

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.760
 king's

00:30:05.760 --> 00:30:06.160
 presence.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.960
 Then Absalom

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.440
 sent for

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.900
 Joab

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:10.500
 to send

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.680
 him to

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.060
 the king

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:12.720
 but Joab

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.160
 would not

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.460
 come to

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.680
 him.

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.420
 And he

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:14.700
 sent a

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.180
 second time

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.520
 but Joab

00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:15.860
 would not

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.100
 come.

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.360
 Then he

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.620
 said to

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:16.760
 his

00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:16.980
 servants

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.740
 see Joab's

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.100
 field is

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.440
 next to

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.660
 mine,

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.040
 he's got

00:30:19.040 --> 00:30:19.320
 barley

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.660
 there,

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.240
 go and

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.460
 set it

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.020
 on fire.

00:30:22.020 --> 00:30:22.760
 So Absalom's

00:30:22.760 --> 00:30:23.000
 servants

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.300
 set the

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.660
 field on

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.020
 fire.

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.560
 Then Joab

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:25.960
 arose and

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.180
 went to

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.600
 Absalom at

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:26.860
 his house

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.120
 and said

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.360
 to him

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.099
 why have

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.219
 your

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:28.459
 servants

00:30:28.459 --> 00:30:28.819
 set my

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.219
 field on

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.659
 fire?

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.219
 Absalom

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.879
 answered Joab

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.479
 behold I

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:32.919
 sent word

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.179
 to you

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.679
 come here

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.000
 that I

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.319
 may send

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.539
 you to

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.839
 the king

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.179
 and ask

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.559
 why have

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.879
 I come

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.099
 from

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.500
 Geshur?

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.119
 It would

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.500
 be better

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.779
 for me

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.000
 to be

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.299
 there

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.779
 still.

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:39.639
 Now

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.979
 therefore

00:30:39.979 --> 00:30:40.339
 let me

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.699
 go into

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.159
 the presence

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.459
 of the

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:41.719
 king

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:42.039
 and if

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.179
 there

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.339
 is

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.579
 guilt

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.740
 in

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:42.879
 me

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.179
 let him

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.339
 put

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.459
 me

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:43.599
 to

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.919
 death.

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.039
 Then

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.240
 Joab

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.519
 went to

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.799
 the king

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.099
 and told

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.219
 him

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:46.399
 and he

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:46.679
 summoned

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.139
 Absalom

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.839
 so he

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.039
 came

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.159
 to

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.519
 the king

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.939
 and bowed

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.199
 himself

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.219
 Well verse

00:30:58.219 --> 00:30:59.240
 25-27

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.979
 it's a

00:31:00.979 --> 00:31:01.119
 little

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.740
 interlude

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.339
 it basically

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.879
 shows us

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.379
 that Absalom

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.000
 was big

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.619
 on outward

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.199
 image

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:07.639
 and little

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.240
 on inner

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.699
 substance

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:09.139
 it talks

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.539
 about

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.299
 he was

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.719
 extremely

00:31:11.719 --> 00:31:12.179
 handsome

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:14.059
 he had

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.379
 amazing

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.839
 hair

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.619
 a long

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:17.839
 haired

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.219
 dude

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:20.439
 he had

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.759
 a growing

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.279
 family

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.199
 that's all

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.639
 it says

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.740
 it says

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.579
 nothing about

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.219
 his moral

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:26.859
 or spiritual

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.419
 character

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.419
 and the

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.819
 implication

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.299
 is

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.019
 there's

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.500
 not much

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.699
 good

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.000
 to say

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.259
 about

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.599
 that

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:34.479
 now

00:31:34.479 --> 00:31:34.740
 verse

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.579
 29-33

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.099
 we see

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.599
 Absalom's

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:36.899
 plan

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.519
 Absalom's

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.779
 plan

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.119
 is

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.579
 force

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.259
 the

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.639
 issue

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:42.159
 understandably

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.259
 Absalom's

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.679
 fed up

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.299
 with how

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.679
 David's

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:44.919
 treating

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:45.219
 him

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:47.219
 you know

00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.579
 you called

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.959
 me back

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.500
 from exile

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.819
 and then

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.039
 you don't

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.339
 even want

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.659
 to talk

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:49.879
 to me

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.119
 what's

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.279
 going

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.699
 on

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:52.039
 so he

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.319
 calls

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.859
 Joab

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.959
 Joab

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.219
 doesn't

00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:54.459
 answer

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:54.779
 his phone

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.199
 calls

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:56.779
 so he

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.079
 lights

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.500
 Joab's

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.680
 field

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.259
 on fire

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.879
 and then

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.139
 Joab

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.460
 hooks up

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.700
 the phone

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.259
 right away

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:06.259
 Absalom

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.660
 says

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:08.079
 let's do

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.399
 this one

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.599
 way or

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:08.920
 the other

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.039
 let me

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.299
 go into

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.700
 the presence

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:10.960
 of the

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.220
 king

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.539
 and either

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.980
 I'm guilty

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.399
 or I'm

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.680
 not

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:17.099
 but then

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.359
 we see

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.859
 the result

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.019
 in verse

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.480
 33

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.759
 Absalom

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.119
 comes

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.279
 into

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.460
 the

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.799
 king

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.079
 and

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.200
 he

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.519
 bows

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.980
 down

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.680
 like

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.839
 a

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.160
 servant

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.460
 in the

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.720
 king's

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.200
 household

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.119
 and the

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.240
 king

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.579
 kisses

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.019
 Absalom

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.039
 and that's

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.220
 it

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:37.019
 nothing

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.299
 else

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.779
 happens

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.700
 if you

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:38.960
 read the

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.160
 next

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.599
 chapter

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.519
 read the

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.019
 next chapter

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.559
 what Absalom

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.099
 does is he

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.879
 goes out and

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:45.259
 conspires to

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.839
 become king

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.339
 himself

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:52.339
 I mean

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.899
 isn't it

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.859
 odd

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.699
 when Absalom

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.099
 and David

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.959
 first see each

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.439
 other after

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:58.599
 five years

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.699
 there's no

00:32:59.699 --> 00:33:00.419
 weeping

00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:04.339
 after

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.159
 pressuring

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.859
 David to

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.359
 allow him

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.879
 to organize

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.379
 his family

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.899
 party and

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:09.399
 then killing

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:09.939
 his brother

00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:10.720
 in the middle

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.079
 of it

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.500
 there's no

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.279
 sorrow

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.720
 no repentance

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.939
 on Absalom's

00:33:15.939 --> 00:33:16.240
 part

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.059
 no confession

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.960
 of sin

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:21.240
 after not

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.819
 speaking to

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.259
 his son

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.839
 for five

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.180
 years

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.740
 David has

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.859
 no words

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.440
 of wisdom

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.519
 no words

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.160
 of correction

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.880
 after five

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.259
 years of

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.240
 non-communication

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.880
 there's no

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.779
 talking about

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.140
 what the

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.620
 future of

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.220
 their relationship

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.740
 might look

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.980
 like

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.480
 no words

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.120
 of blessing

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.839
 no words

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.319
 of hope

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.940
 no words

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.539
 of pain

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.240
 no words

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.900
 of rebuke

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:42.539
 you see

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.900
 what this

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.339
 was

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:44.599
 was a

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.940
 fake

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.180
 reconciliation

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.360
 reconciliation

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:50.080
 that doesn't

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:51.100
 last

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.960
 it doesn't

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.620
 even last

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.039
 into the

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.299
 next

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.279
 paragraph

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:59.799
 now contrast

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.460
 this scene

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.180
 with

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.340
 two examples

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.840
 in the Bible

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.580
 of real

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.360
 reconciliation

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:08.059
 between people

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.720
 who had really

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.220
 hurt and

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.059
 offended each

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.320
 other

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:12.680
 so first

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.080
 think of

00:34:13.080 --> 00:34:13.460
 Joseph

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.920
 and his

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.280
 brothers

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.900
 Joseph's

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.180
 brothers

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:15.780
 had sold

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.100
 him into

00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:16.539
 slavery

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:18.360
 they almost

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.980
 killed him

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.860
 at the last

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.280
 moment they

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.700
 thought better

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.160
 of that

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:23.880
 but they

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.300
 left him

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.700
 for dead

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:26.260
 they sold

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.539
 him into

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.980
 slavery

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.720
 and sent

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.019
 him into

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.420
 exile

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.800
 sent him

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.039
 to a

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.260
 foreign

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.600
 country

00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:30.019
 where they

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.960
 hoped to

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.360
 never see

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.780
 him again

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:34.220
 that's a

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.380
 pretty

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.780
 I mean

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.559
 you know

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.739
 this wasn't

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.019
 just

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.480
 somebody

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.860
 called me

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.139
 a bad

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.320
 name

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.500
 on the

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.840
 playground

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:44.659
 Joseph

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.000
 had been

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.400
 sold into

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.719
 slavery

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:45.940
 right

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.099
 his

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.360
 brothers

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.599
 come

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:46.900
 before

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.219
 him

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.940
 what

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.079
 does

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.279
 their

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.779
 reconciliation

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.440
 look like

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.699
 what does

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.880
 their

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.179
 meeting

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.659
 look like

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.139
 well first

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.519
 his

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.900
 brothers

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.380
 expressed

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.900
 regret

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.860
 over their

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.240
 past

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.880
 actions

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.400
 and resolve

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.880
 to chart

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.240
 a different

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.800
 course going

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.200
 forward

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.800
 they express

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.300
 repentance

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:02.860
 and Joseph

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.579
 showers them

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.220
 with assurance

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.980
 of his love

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.099
 with generous

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.820
 hospitality

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.920
 throws a big

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.840
 party and has

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.380
 a big meal

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.840
 with them

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.460
 and he speaks

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.880
 words of

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.619
 confidence in

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.619
 God's providential

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.519
 purposes as you

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.079
 meant this for

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.840
 evil but God

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.360
 meant it for

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.760
 good

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.960
 and so

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.440
 and they

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.960
 embraced

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.599
 they spoke

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.240
 they wept

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.440
 the brothers

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.139
 repented and

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.880
 Joseph forgave

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.099
 and then they

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.619
 celebrated

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.039
 together

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.920
 that's real

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.820
 reconciliation

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:33.500
 or Jacob

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.099
 and Esau

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:36.480
 Jacob had

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.539
 stolen Esau's

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.960
 blessing

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.640
 deceived

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:40.240
 his father

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.880
 to steal

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.280
 from his

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.660
 brother

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:44.579
 and they

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.019
 hadn't seen

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.400
 each other

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.059
 in years

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:48.900
 and finally

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.460
 they're coming

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.019
 to meet each

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.340
 other

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:52.579
 and Jacob

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.299
 sees

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:53.960
 Esau

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.440
 coming

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.480
 and he

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.739
 sends

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.099
 gifts

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.699
 and messengers

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.199
 ahead to

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.559
 Esau

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.139
 to express

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.559
 his good

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.960
 will

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:02.179
 and he

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.699
 bows to

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.039
 the ground

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.039
 seven times

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.980
 and then Esau

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.039
 runs to him

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.659
 and embraced

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.500
 him and fell

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.019
 on his neck

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.460
 and kissed

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.860
 him and they

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.559
 wept and Jacob

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.259
 said I've seen

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.779
 your face

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.559
 it's like seeing

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.219
 the face of

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.699
 God

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.659
 because you

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.360
 have accepted

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.019
 me

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:20.420
 you see

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.059
 that's what

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.780
 real

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.599
 reconciliation

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.780
 real repentance

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.820
 real forgiveness

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:26.400
 and real joy

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.320
 looks like

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.960
 between people

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.539
 who've really

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.960
 hurt each

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.360
 other in the

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.860
 past

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:34.940
 that doesn't

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.460
 happen here

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:38.579
 the plans of

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.340
 these three men

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.039
 all fell

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.559
 short

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:44.380
 but you

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.639
 see the

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.099
 Lord has

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.619
 a purpose

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:47.639
 there's a

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.159
 very interesting

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.579
 verse

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:50.000
 in the middle

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.539
 of the woman's

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.900
 speech

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:52.340
 in verse

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.840
 14

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:55.679
 and she

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.039
 says we

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.500
 must all

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.880
 die

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.559
 we are like

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.119
 water spilled

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.380
 on the

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.799
 ground

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:01.219
 which cannot

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.679
 be gathered

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.299
 up again

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:05.300
 but God

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.680
 will not

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:06.080
 but God

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:06.340
 does not

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.680
 wish to

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.060
 take away

00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:07.380
 life

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.080
 he devises

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:08.780
 means

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:10.120
 so that the

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.720
 banished one

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.100
 will not

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:11.519
 remain an

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.060
 outcast

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:13.620
 you see the

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.300
 Bible is a

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.880
 story of

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.400
 God

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.980
 devising

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.920
 means

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.960
 so that the

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.840
 banished one

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.080
 may not

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.500
 remain an

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.019
 outcast

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.840
 the Bible

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.240
 is a story

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.740
 of God

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.400
 finding a

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.860
 way to

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.420
 resolve

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.960
 the mother

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.640
 of all

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.440
 conflicts

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:31.100
 in the

00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:31.440
 beginning of

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.820
 the Bible

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.160
 we were

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:32.580
 banished

00:37:32.580 --> 00:37:32.880
 from the

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.140
 garden

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.620
 of Eden

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:35.200
 from the

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.559
 place of

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.840
 God's

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.320
 presence

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.780
 and his

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:38.019
 provision

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.460
 because

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.580
 we put

00:37:39.580 --> 00:37:40.200
 ourselves

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.580
 in the

00:37:40.580 --> 00:37:40.960
 center of

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.400
 the universe

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.940
 instead of

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.360
 God

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:46.280
 we disobeyed

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.559
 him

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:50.320
 and we

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.700
 were sent

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.039
 out of the

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.360
 garden

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.280
 banished

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.980
 and there

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.220
 was a

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:54.000
 flaming sword

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.300
 at the

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.660
 gate

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:56.380
 flashing back

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.840
 and forth

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.400
 guarding the

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.800
 way to the

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.160
 tree of

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.559
 life

00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:01.500
 we are

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.019
 all guilty

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.460
 children

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:04.679
 and God

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.239
 is rightly

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.099
 grieved

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.880
 and justly

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.420
 indignant

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.039
 because of

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.500
 our sin

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.840
 and all

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.360
 the plans

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.960
 of man

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:12.779
 will never

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.440
 succeed

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.960
 to bring a

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.739
 true reconciliation

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.440
 between

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.799
 humanity

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.400
 and God

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.539
 but the

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.880
 message of

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.119
 the Bible

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.619
 is God

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.099
 has made

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.500
 a way

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.840
 God

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.460
 has devised

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.019
 a means

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.420
 that we

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.799
 might be

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.219
 truly

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.440
 reconciled

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.920
 to him

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:29.179
 not just

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.500
 sending

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.280
 a prophet

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:32.619
 or a

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.519
 wise person

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.519
 but coming

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.880
 to earth

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.420
 himself

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:39.760
 pursuing

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.340
 us with

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.079
 his undeserved

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.579
 kindness

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.900
 in order to

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.260
 bring us

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.840
 to repentance

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.420
 taking the

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.820
 guilt of

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.360
 our sin

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:47.179
 upon himself

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.159
 so that we

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.659
 might receive

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.159
 forgiveness

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.519
 and justification

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.740
 you see

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.200
 God's

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.679
 answer

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.800
 is the

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.300
 cross

00:38:55.300 --> 00:39:00.820
 you see

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.019
 in the

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.360
 cross

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.740
 we see

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.360
 the reality

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.940
 and depth

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.260
 of our

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.519
 sin

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:05.900
 what

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.400
 Joab

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.700
 and Absalom

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:08.740
 didn't face

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:10.440
 we see

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.420
 how terrible

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.980
 our sin

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.340
 is that

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.700
 the son

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.080
 of God

00:39:13.080 --> 00:39:13.460
 had to

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.900
 die

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:15.500
 as a

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.940
 sacrifice

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.580
 in our

00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:17.120
 place

00:39:17.120 --> 00:39:19.120
 to take

00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:19.380
 our

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.840
 punishment

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.340
 and bear

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.680
 our

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.060
 guilt

00:39:21.060 --> 00:39:22.900
 but we

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.380
 also see

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.740
 that that

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.200
 price

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:26.000
 has been

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.500
 paid

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:29.099
 and the

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.339
 book of

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:29.539
 Hebrews

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.839
 says

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.199
 there's a

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.500
 new

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.059
 and living

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.439
 way

00:39:31.439 --> 00:39:32.899
 open for

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.299
 us to

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:33.779
 enter

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.539
 freely

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.299
 into the

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:35.719
 presence

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.480
 of God

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:38.179
 and be

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.679
 welcomed

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:42.139
 and be

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.579
 delighted

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.919
 in

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:44.679
 and be

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.319
 received

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:47.460
 and reconciled

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.659
 forever

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.159
 we're

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.319
 going to

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:51.639
 celebrate

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.799
 the

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.079
 Lord's

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.239
 supper

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.699
 tonight

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:55.759
 and that's

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:55.960
 what

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.000
 this is a

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.399
 picture of

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:58.659
 what the

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.079
 Lord Jesus

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.679
 Christ did

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:00.199
 to reconcile

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.739
 us to

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.119
 God

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:03.219
 that when

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.579
 we take

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.059
 the bread

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.920
 and drink

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.379
 the cup

00:40:05.379 --> 00:40:06.239
 we remember

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:07.239
 Jesus Christ's

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.699
 body was

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:08.059
 broken

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.920
 and his

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.319
 blood

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:10.259
 was spilled

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:11.579
 in his

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:11.940
 death on

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.460
 the cross

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:15.179
 so that

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.599
 our sins

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:15.980
 might be

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.559
 paid for

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:18.380
 so if we

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.920
 repent

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.920
 and believe

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.400
 in Jesus

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:22.000
 turn to

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.380
 him

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:24.320
 we can be

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.980
 washed clean

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:27.259
 and we can

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:27.820
 be welcomed

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.380
 into his

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.099
 presence as

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.739
 his beloved

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.659
 children

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:33.139
 with no

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.619
 reserve

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:38.000
 so let's

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.779
 pray as we

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.259
 prepare to

00:40:39.259 --> 00:40:40.119
 come to the

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.579
 Lord's table

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.980
 Lord we

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.519
 thank you

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:43.340
 that where

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.659
 all the

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:45.059
 plans of

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.360
 men and

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.639
 women

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.259
 have

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.659
 failed

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:50.359
 that you

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:51.400
 sent your

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.480
 son into

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.099
 this world

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.440
 to reconcile

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.940
 us to

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.420
 yourself

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:57.019
 to pay the

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.460
 price for

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.960
 our sin

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.379
 the price

00:40:58.379 --> 00:40:58.599
 that we

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.940
 could never

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.379
 pay

00:40:59.379 --> 00:41:02.739
 and to

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.159
 make a way

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.619
 for us to

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:03.960
 come into

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.579
 your presence

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.960
 forgiven

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:07.239
 and free

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.259
 your beloved

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:09.759
 sons and

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.159
 daughters

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:11.659
 Lord

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.940
 as we

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.379
 prepare to

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:13.659
 eat this

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.000
 bread and

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.359
 drink this

00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:14.659
 cup

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:16.159
 to remember

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.539
 you

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.619
 may you

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.219
 feed us

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:20.579
 by your

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.219
 holy spirit

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:23.299
 and strengthen

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:24.839
 us to be

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.399
 agents of your

00:41:25.399 --> 00:41:26.359
 reconciliation and

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:27.519
 messengers of

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.199
 that reconciliation

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.099
 in this world

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:30.219
 in Christ's name

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.599
 we pray

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.279
 amen

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:33.060
 merciful

00:41:33.060 --> 00:41:33.340
 🎵

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.220
 to be

00:41:34.220 --> 00:41:43.380
 one

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.019
 faithful