Erstwhile Okie on St. Mark's Place. "That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past."
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![Reading through 2 Samuel I'm struck by the similarity between David's feelings for Absalom and God's for His people. 2 Samuel 18:33 KJV [33]](/api/media/images/5d8c5375-f6fc-4d22-88c3-d1cc2c770992.jpg)
Reading through 2 Samuel I'm struck by the similarity between David's feelings for Absalom and God's for His people.
[33] And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Absalom had no redeeming qualities, and died justly (hanged and pierced Christlike from a tree no less) in the midst of rebellion against his good and loving king and father. Yet in spite of it, David wished he could have died in his place.