Title: Reconciliation/2 Samuel 14:1-24
Contents <2 Samuel 14:1-24> "Reconciliation"
Over the past week, I have received a lot of so-called grace (?) by watching Professor Yong-ok Kim's lecture on Eastern Philosophy on the subject of 'Chinese and the 21st Century'. He said that what our country, in the 21st century, suggested as a way to live a right life, was that first, reconciliation between humans and nature should be achieved, secondly that reconciliation between religions should be achieved, and lastly, human knowledge and life He insisted that reconciliation be achieved. He even said that these three problems are the three major tasks of mankind as a whole. In order to solve this problem, it was suggested that Lao-tzu's Tao Sutra is the Tao sutra. The interpretation of the phrase 'the Taoga-do non-常道' in Chapter 1 of the Taoji-gyeong means 'If a road is a road, it is not always such a road'. In order for human beings to live while fulfilling their duties as human beings, they must first realize the Way. And if you give up your greed, you will see a strange world, that is, you will see the world of God. It was revealed in Lao-tzu thought.
The problem here is that when you see what this person is claiming, you don't know what a human being is in the first place. Humans cannot find the right path, but even if they find it, they cannot go (Romans 8:3,7). The reason why you cannot go is because of the fundamental sin of man. However, the seriousness of the problem is that all human philosophies and ideas do not address the problem of this sin.
The word 'reconciliation' is good. Let's reconcile that good is good. It is said. But behind the scenes of reconciliation, it presupposes that we are in an uncomfortable relationship or an enemy relationship. However, it is only absurd that those who are in the enemy relationship should unconditionally reconcile without resolving the problem that breaks reconciliation. It is said that human beings can live in harmony with nature while enjoying the benefits of nature. However, even in the primitive age, when nature was not damaged as it is now, there were earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and a sudden tornado that blew all houses and animals away. How do we understand these things? In the beginning, nature was an object of enjoyment for humans before humans sinned. All things were ruled by humans. However, it was after the sin against God that the relationship between nature and humans was cut off.
Therefore, unless this problem of sin is resolved, reconciliation with nature, religion and religion, knowledge and life are nothing but bread in the picture.
In today's chapter, David's servant Joab mobilizes a woman to reconcile the relationship between David and his son Absalom. Those of you who have been with me in the exposition of 2 Samuel so far will know that many problems arose in David's family. The case of a son named Amnon raping his half-sister, or the murder between brothers in which Absalom took the first step in two years and killed Amnon in a detailed plan, and this incident caused Absalom to flee to his mother-in-law in Geshur and live in refuge. was doing But David's heart had been taken from his son Absalom, who was living in refuge. Joab (verse 1) noticed this and hired a wise woman to play the role in order to figure out what the king's true intentions were.
If you look at the woman's performance, the woman was dressed in mourning and went to the king like a mourning woman and told the king. He made it known that he was a true widow, and that he had two sons, and while we were fighting in the field, the older brother killed his younger brother. But the people of the whole town came forward and urged them to pay for their sins by killing the man who killed his brother. After this month's death, my husband's seed dries up, and I asked you, king, to help your son not die. When King David heard this, he said to the woman, "Don't worry, go home, and I will command you not to kill your son." Still, this woman does not leave, and continues to cling to the king, even to swear in the name of the Lord. When the king swears in the name of the Lord, he reveals his true intentions. Why did the king do this to God's people? He insists that the plan is not to bring the outcasts home. The logic is that God does not take life, but provides a roadblock so that the outcasts do not become forsaken by God.
The fact that this woman's claim contradicts the biblical assertion is that it cannot be forgiven in light of the fact that, first, the son in this story was an accidental murder, but Absalom, the son of David, was a deliberate and well-planned murder. He's an unstoppable criminal. And God said he does not take life, so let's say ten thousand words. God is portrayed in the Bible as a person who is anxious for not being able to kill a human being. Take that poignant example, Psalm 136:10 “Give thanks to him who struck the firstborn in Egypt, for his mercy endures forever” Psalm 90:9 “All our days pass by in thy wrath, and our whole life was spent in one meal.” Said. When he kills people in the world, he expresses himself as a merciful God. And even more so when we see that we are always living in the wrath of God.
When David heard this woman's words, he realized that the story was not from the woman's head, but who must have been behind it. Was that person Joab with you? asked. When the king found out what was in his heart, he summoned Joab to bring Absalom. So Absalom had to go back to his house in Jerusalem without seeing the king's face.
Absalom tried to call Joab to discuss with his father David, who had called him to Jerusalem, and there was no action for two years, but when it didn't work out, he set Joab's barley field on fire. As a result, Joab had no choice but to come to Absalom. Absalom brings Joab into his house and begins to push him. To reconcile between my father and me, I would definitely do it, and I asked him to let him see my father's face. "Why did you bring me back from Geshur? It would have been better if I had been there. Now you let me see the king's face, for if I have sinned, it is right for the king to kill me." I did. It was as if he was innocent.
In the end, as Absalom had planned, he met the king, and King David kissed Absalom. Isn't this a sign that everything is forgiven? This is what human reconciliation looks like. But does reconciliation really work out in this way? There is an enemy relationship between God and us. Do you think reconciliation will be possible just because those who are enemies say that some time has passed now, let's reconcile? Thousands of words will come.
The reconciliation revealed in the Bible is Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh is of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I live by faith in the Son." Here, 'I have been crucified with Christ' means that I have died with Christ. Therefore, these people are living the life Jesus Christ lives. That is to say, we live a life that only reveals Christ. Such people are called “new creatures” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Only such people are able to achieve complete unity and reconciliation. “If we have been united in the likeness of his death, then we shall also be united in the likeness of his resurrection” (Romans 6:5).
We humans are sinners who cannot be forgiven by God. Like David, like Absalom, like Amnon, he is a vicious criminal. Nevertheless, he sacrificed his own son in order to elevate us to his place. So, we just live with gratitude. “Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” (Galatians 1:4).