The Evangelical right has convinced itself that Trump was God's choice by comparing him to King David. Their point is that God chose King David even though he did something terrible. I want to point out the flaw in their comparison.

God chose David to be King when he was a guiltless and innocent shepherd boy, while their choice had broken pretty much all of the Ten Commandments before they picked him! In addition, they have cherry-picked certain verses in 2nd Samuel, chapters 11 and 12, to fit their agenda. So, here's the whole story:

Instead of being on the battlefield, King David elected to stay home. Restless, he decided to walk out on his balcony. He first noticed a Gilonite woman named Bathsheba performing her monthly purification bath. No doubt, she felt comfortable bathing in the open because it was the season for war, and the men were in the field.

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What is the point? King David fervently repented, and God forgave him. But He did not let the King's evil deeds go unpunished.

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Filled with lust, King David inquired about her. His servant told him that she was the daughter of Eliam, the Gilonite, and the wife of one of Israel's Hittite soldiers, Uriah. After being informed of who she was, the King instructed his servant to bring her to him. The scripture says the servant brought her to King David, and he slept with her.

Remember that he was the King, and she was his subordinate. Furthermore, this was during a time when women virtually had no voice or bodily autonomy. Anyway, she eventually sent word to the King that she was pregnant. Because her husband was still fighting in the war, they knew it was King David's child.

The King panicked and tried to cover up his sin because he knew the law that said, "If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel." (~Deuteronomy 22:22). His first move was to call her husband off the battlefield and instruct him to go home, hoping he would make love to his wife.

Uriah refused and slept outside the palace. Although a Canaanite Hittite, he was devoted to God, Israel, and King David. When that didn't work, King David decided that Uriah had to die. So, he had his nephew Joab send Uriah to the frontline of the battle against the Ammonites. As expected, the enemies of God and Israel killed Uriah.

Arrogantly thinking he'd gotten away with it, King David moved Bathsheba into the palace with him and his other eight wives. Once the baby was born, God sent Nathan, the prophet, to King David with a message of indictment and subsequent punishments. The King immediately repented, but he still had to endure the consequences of his sin. One of the punishments was, "You took Uriah's wife in secret, but someone in your house will openly sleep with one of your wives in broad daylight, in front of all of Israel."

The King had a Gilonite counselor named Ahithophel, who happened to be Bathsheba's grandfather. No doubt angry over what King David did to his granddaughter, Ahithophel told the King's son, Absalom, to sleep with one of King David's wives. And to do so in broad daylight, on the palace's roof, so that all of Israel could bear witness. As God had forewarned what would happen, Absalom did just that.

Another punishment was that the baby conceived from King David's sinful act would surely die. However, God allowed the baby to live long enough for King David to love him. In doing so, He forced the King to feel the pain of losing someone he loved, just as Bathsheba felt the loss of her husband, Uriah.

I also believe God was angry because not only had King David commissioned the murder, but he used the hands of God's enemies, the Ammonites, to carry it out. So, He decreed a perpetual punishment on King David: "The Sword will never depart from your house." (~2 Samuel 12:9-10).

What did that entail? Here are a few examples. The King raped Bathsheba. In turn, King David's son, Amnon, by one wife, raped his daughter, Tamar, by another wife. Two years later, Tamar's whole brother, Absalom, had Amnon killed for raping his sister. Later, Absalom tried to overthrow his father, King David's throne. Joab, the same nephew who sent Uriah to his death, killed Absalom even though King David told him not to.

What is the point? King David fervently repented, and God forgave him. But He did not let King's evil deeds go unpunished. He dropped a perpetual hammer on The King's house. God is a changeless God; therefore, He is sure to do the same to Trump for his unrepented evil.

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Read EJ Brock's earlier POH contributions:

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