Day 135 (2 Samuel 13-15) - Year 8
5/15/20268 min
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[upbeat music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. David has sinned and repented, but there are still three of the fourfold consequences of his sins that have yet to unfold in his life, and a lot of that happens in today's reading. When you have a palace filled with wives and concubines and children, there's bound to be trouble, but David probably never saw today coming. Amnon, David's firstborn son, falls in love with his half-sister Tamar. He talks to his cousin Jonadab about it, who gives him some advice that isn't just bad, it's wicked. Jonadab tells Amnon to pretend to be needy so he can prey on Tamar and rape her. Amnon sets the plan in motion, and when Tamar tells him no and even tries to reason with him, he overpowers her. Lust is impatient, selfish, not open to reason. This is the opposite of what we read about love in 1 Corinthians 13. Then Amnon's so-called love turns to hate and he kicks Tamar out. This is doubling down on his wickedness. According to Exodus 22, the law requires him to marry her or at least honor her with a bride price. So now he's shirking responsibility. We're starting to see that he has perhaps inherited some of his father's worst traits. Tamar's life is ruined. No one will marry