David: Beloved (God’s child, prodigal)
Bathsheba: Daughter of the Promise, Seventh Daughter
Solomon: Peace, also, Jedidiah: Loved
by YHWH
Nathan: Gift of God
Joab: My father is YHWH (angel – Michael?)
Uriah: My light is God (Jesus)
If you remember the Prodigal son story this has
direct relevance. Somehow, eternity plays into all this. The
prodigal has an inheritance waiting for him. He sins and falls and
then has a repentant heart and returns to the Father. The Father has
no qualms about accepting him back with open arms.
Who do you think David & Bathsheba stand for
in this? God the father and Jesus don’t sin like this, so it
is not either of them. They stand for you and I – the promised
children of God. Why? We have been promised a kingdom and a
position with God before we were ever born. Like the prodigal, we
have gone astray and lost our heavenly abode and inheritance. David
had a kingship and was to be obedient to God, and Bathsheba had a husband.
Both fell and lost. Like our father and mother Adam and Eve.
The “normal” Christian story has a
flaw to it I think. It goes something like we were born into sin and
then Jesus called us and we accepted his call into our hearts and became
born again. Jesus tells parables of the prodigal, lost sheep and lost
coin. Each of these start off in a good place, become lost and then
are found again. Somehow this answer lies in eternity and is beyond
my limited thinking.
I can’t know this perfectly, but here is
my supposal (something less than a proposal – got that line from a
C.S. Lewis movie). Maybe I’ve got it wrong at places, but God
knows I am trying to “seek and find him with all my heart.”
Please let me know your thoughts, maybe we can learn together!
2 Samuel 11
Bathsheba, David's Great Sin
1(A)Then it happened (B)in the spring, at the time when kings
go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all
Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and (C)besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem.
Notice David sent his Generals out for
war. He stayed – at Jerusalem the Holy city,
the city of Hebrews 11.
2Now when evening
came David arose from his bed and walked around on (D)the roof of the king's house, and from
the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
David is on the roof of the king’s house
– elevated, heavenly view. He saw a woman bathing, not yet his.
3So David
sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not (E)Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the
wife of (F)Uriah the Hittite?"
David inquired about the woman. She has
caught his notice through her beauty. He is interested in her.
4David sent messengers
and took her, and when she came to him, (G)he lay with her; (H)and when she had purified herself from
her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
5The woman conceived;
and she sent and told David, and said, "(I)I am pregnant."
6Then David sent
to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah
to David.
7When Uriah came
to him, (J)David asked concerning the welfare of
Joab and the people and the state of the war.
8Then David said
to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and (K)wash your feet." And Uriah went
out of the king's house, and a present from the king was sent out after
him.
9But Uriah slept
(L)at the door of the king's house with
all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Look at the qualities in Uriah. Right now
David needs washed, but Uriah goes and washes his feet. It reminds
me of Jesus washing the apostles feet. He takes our sins and infirmities.
He is loyal and loving.
10Now when they
told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David
said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go
down to your house?"
11Uriah said to
David, "(M)The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my
lord Joab and (N)the servants of my lord are camping
in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to
lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do
this thing."
Jesus was unsettled regarding Israel, who is dwelling in temporary shelters
(our present physical bodies).
12Then David said
to Uriah, "(O)Stay here today also, and tomorrow I
will let you go." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
First time period of Israel – 2,000 years
13Now David called
him, and he ate and drank before him, and he (P)made him drunk; and in the evening he
went out to lie on his bed (Q)with his lord's servants, but he did
not go down to his house.
Feasting in the king’s house where an “unsaid”
agreement is made.
14Now in the morning
David (R)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by
the hand of Uriah.
15(S)He had written in the letter, saying,
"Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw
from him, (T)so that he may be struck down and die."
The Father sends Jesus (Uriah) to the earth (front
line fiercest battle) and the angelic forces withdrew and Jesus died for
our sins.
16So it was as Joab
kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there
were valiant men.
17The men of the
city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's
servants fell; and (U)Uriah the Hittite also died.
18Then Joab sent
and reported to David all the events of the war.
19He charged the
messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of
the war to the king,
20and if it happens
that the king's wrath rises and he says to you, 'Why did you go so near
to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
21'Who (V)struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?
Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he
died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?'--then you shall say, 'Your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
22So the messenger
departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
23The messenger
said to David, "The men prevailed against us and came out against us
in the field, but we pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate.
24"Moreover,
the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king's servants
are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead."
Notice it is verse 24, the # for heavenly government
that David is told that Uriah is dead.
25Then David said
to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, 'Do not let this thing
displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle
against the city stronger and overthrow it'; and so encourage him."
26Now when the wife
of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, (W)she mourned for her husband.
The beginning of repentance for Bathsheba
27When the time
of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and (X)she became his wife; then she bore him
a son But (Y)the thing that David had done was evil
in the sight of the LORD.
2 Samuel 12
Nathan Rebukes David
1Then
the LORD sent (A)Nathan to David And (B)he came to him and said,
"There were two
men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
2"The rich man had a
great many flocks and herds.
3"But the poor man had
nothing except (C)one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and
nourished;
One little ewe lamb & poor man is Jesus
and the Church, bride - daughter
And it grew up together
with him and his children.
It would eat of his
bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
Eat bread and drink of the cup –
Passover
And was like a daughter
to him.
4"Now a traveler came
to the rich man,
And he was unwilling
to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the
wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the
poor man's ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."
5Then David's anger
burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD
lives, surely the man who has done this (D)deserves to die.
6"He must make
restitution for the lamb (E)fourfold, because he did this thing
and had no compassion." (must be sent to be tested – 40 is
a number of testing)
7Nathan then said
to David, "(F)You are the man! Thus says the LORD
God of Israel, '(G)It is I who anointed you king over Israel (heavenly King) and it is I who delivered you from the
hand of Saul. (Satan)
8'I also gave you
(H)your master's house and your master's
wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel
and Judah;
and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things
like these!
9'Why (I)have you despised the word of the LORD
by doing evil in His sight? (J)You have struck down Uriah the Hittite
with the sword, (K)have taken his wife to be your wife,
and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
10'Now therefore,
(L)the sword shall never depart from your
house, (war on earth) because you have despised
Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
11"Thus says
the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household;
(M)I will even take your wives before your
eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in
broad daylight. (fallen morality and broken family on earth)
12'Indeed (N)you did it secretly, but (O)I will do this thing before all Israel, and under
the sun.'" (earth)
13Then David said
to Nathan, "(P)I have sinned against the LORD "
And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has (Q)taken away your sin; you shall not die.
The Lord is gracious and David did confess humbly
to sin.
14"However,
because by this deed you have (R)given occasion to the enemies of the
LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die."
This child was a child of sin, thus doomed to
die.
15So Nathan went
to his house.
Loss of a Child Then the LORD struck the child
that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was very sick.
16David
therefore inquired of God for the child; and David (S)fasted and went and (T)lay all night on the ground.
David sent to earth – ground.
17(U)The elders of his household stood beside
him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would
not eat food with them.
18Then it happened
on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid
to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while
the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our
voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do
himself harm!"
7th day – end of the age.
Child of sin is now dead.
19But when David
saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the
child was dead; so David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?"
And they said, "He is dead."
20So David arose
from the ground, (V)washed, anointed himself, and changed
his clothes; and he came into the house of the LORD and (W)worshiped. Then he came to his own house,
and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate.
21Then his servants
said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? While the child
was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate
food."
22He said, "While
the child was still alive, (X)I fasted and wept; for I said, '(Y)Who knows, the LORD may be gracious
to me, that the child may live.'
23"But now
he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? (Z)I will go to him, but (AA)he will not return to me."
The child of sin is gone and it is true that when
we are in sin Jesus comes to us, but we do not go to him willingly.
Solomon Born
24Then
David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her;
and she gave birth to a son, and (AB)he named him Solomon. Now the LORD
loved him
Notice it is in verse 24, the # for heavenly
government where the son is born. Jediddiah means loved by YHWH.
25and sent word
through Nathan the prophet, and he named him [a]Jedidiah for the LORD'S sake.
Now that all this is settled, David can resume
his proper position as king and conquer the royal city with the help of
Joab.
War Again
26(AC)Now Joab fought against (AD)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured
the royal city.
Royal city captured.
27Joab sent messengers
to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured
the city of waters.
Also, captured city of waters
28"Now therefore,
gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture
it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me."
29So David gathered
all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.
30Then (AE)he took the crown of their king from
his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious
stone; and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of
the city in great amounts.
David captured and took the crown of gold from
the king.
31He also brought
out the people who were in it, and (AF)set them under saws, sharp iron instruments,
and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he did
to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned
to Jerusalem.
This is kind of a deep archetype to study.
David was to be an example of sin and God’s mercy for all ages.
One thing I think we need to remember from this is that David was king and
knew quite a bit about God when he sinned. In the church many times
we give testimonies where we were bad outside of God and then we found Jesus
and cleaned ourselves up. It really doesn’t work like that.
Adultery and a plotted murder to cover it up is about as bad as it gets.
There was loss and humility, grace and
The prophetic part is even deeper. Somehow
from an eternal outlook we were set up for kingship, like David –
called from the sheepfold, and then fell, like the prodigal. God has
always compared giving ourselves to other gods as fornication and adultery.
When David and Bathsheba did this, they murdered an innocent man –
Uriah. Just like Jesus, Uriah was innocent and did not deserve death.
Somehow, like David (or Bathsheba if you want a woman’s perspective)
what we did in sin that should have cost our lives, instead cost Jesus his
life. Our fall, birthed a child – sin that would by God’s
judgment die in 7 days (7,000 years). At the end of this Solomon,
peace & loved by YHWH will be birthed (this may be at the beginning
of the millennium instead of at the end of 7 years. I have read before
that anything over a certain number qualifies as the next. Kind of
like rounding up, so the last battle may be a millennium battle, or not,
but we get the broad stroke and the important principals).
If you have ever identified with David (men) or
Bathsheba (women) then now you have some idea why. This is a model
and broad stroke of God’s overall redemption plan for humanity and
the earth. Somehow in an eternal perspective we were home, lost and
then found and restored. The prodigal was home as a son, became lost
and returned and was restored. The sheep was in the flock, lost and
then returned. The woman’s coin was in possession, lost and
then found and restored. David was in his position, sinned and fell
and then restored. It is God’s salvation message through his
son Jesus!
Blessings,
Tony
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