Let's look for hidden pearls (10 mins.)
2Sa 14:25, 26. What does Absalom's example teach us about true beauty? (g04 12/22 8, 9).
Let us analyze, by way of contrast, the case of one of his sons: Absalom. Despite his enviable appearance, he turned out to be an undesirable person. The Bible says about him: “Now in comparison with Absalom there was not found any man so handsome in all Israel as to be so praised. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect found in him” (2 Samuel 14:25). However, his ambition pushed him to rebel against his own father and usurp the throne. He even raped his father's concubines. As a result, he incurred divine wrath and suffered a painful death (2 Samuel 15:10-14; 16:13-22; 17:14; 18:9, 15).
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Absalom was a physically attractive and strong-looking man, but his ambition made him undesirable, he rebelled against his father, usurped the throne, raped his father's concubines and provoked divine fury, that teaches us that the True beauty is not that which we see but that which consists of an upright heart devoted to Jehovah.
It teaches us that true beauty is useless, if we have an undesirable personality or do unpleasant things, as was the case with Absalom, because he was arrogant, disloyal, since the fact that he was also ambitious pushed him to rebel against his father and to usurp the throne, and everything he did provoked the wrath of Jehovah and suffered provoked the wrath of Jehovah and suffered a painful death.
And something very interesting that the reference mentions is that all of Absalom's beauty didn't make up for all of his bad deeds, and what also shows us that physical beauty is irrelevant is the fact that the Bible gives numerous examples of wise and attractive people from who do not mention anything about their physical appearance, thus indicating that the most important thing is inner beauty.
Absalom belonged to a family that stood out for their physical beauty. His mother was a princess named Maaca. His sister Tamar and his daughter who also had the same name as his sister stood out for his beauty. And it is possible that with all this background he became very proud and later rebelled against his own father and snatched the throne from him. He was considered to be very unpleasant, arrogant and disloyal.
This example shows us that physical beauty is nice, but it is not essential to having a good reputation and being a good servant of Jehovah. The Bible offers numerous examples of wise and attractive people whose physical appearance is not mentioned at all. Therefore, it is obvious that the most important thing about a human being is his inner beauty.
It teaches us that if physical beauty is not accompanied by good qualities that we produce within ourselves, then it is useless and in the case of Absalom, as the biblical record mentions, although he was a beautiful person as a whole, he was an unpleasant character, he was arrogant and disloyal and he provoked divine wrath and suffered a painful death.
And an important lesson that we draw from this is that Jehovah does not look at physical beauty since the Bible mentions some examples of wise people who were attractive in Jehovah's sight but does not talk about their physical appearance which teaches us that inner beauty is the most important thing both for Jehovah and for our brothers.
What spiritual gems have you found about Jehovah, the ministry, and other topics in this week's Bible reading?
2 Samuel 13:2. Samuel shows that after all of David's sins, his family was tormented by calamities from then on, and this does not mean that Jehovah punishes us for our sins, but simply that the bad decisions we make may continue to bring consequences to us. throughout our lives, hence the importance of always following Jehovah's principles when making decisions.
2 Samuel 13:3. We see that Amnon went in search of advice which a person who did not have good intentions hate what it teaches us is that in the case of parents we can learn a lot about this example to be able to give good advice that can sometimes take them to have serious consequences.
2 Samuel 13:8. Although Tamar was a princess and had a servant, she knew how to knead and cook bread. What a valuable lesson especially for families that have good economic stability. What a great example David sets by making his daughter know how to do tasks that corresponded to the servants. She obeyed her father and she did it with pleasure.
2 Samuel 13:11,12. Amnon had been planning for a long time how to satisfy his immoral desires with his half-sister Tamar. He came to consult with his cousin Jehonadab to accomplish his mission. He followed the steps that had been suggested to him and then he committed immorality, he humiliated her sister Tamar without caring that it would harm her for the rest of her life and later this caused his own death.
2 Samuel 13:10,15. The case of Amnon teaches us the importance of guarding our hearts, because if we do not we can cause a lot of pain to others, also if we do not guard our hearts we could get carried away by selfish passion and end up committing fornication like Amnon.
2 Samuel 13:15. It shows us that after the immoral act that Amnon committed, he began to hate Tamar, which indicates that Amnon's granting his desire did not give him or his half-sister any real pleasure, and in fact this happens frequently when people indulge in immoral sexual relations, indicating to us once again that if we want to be happy we must always obey Jehovah's principles.
2 Samuel 13:15. According to the biblical account, Amnon was said to be in love with his beautiful half-sister Tamar. And after having tricked her into having sex with him, the biblical record indicates that he kicked her out of her room. Thus demonstrating that her supposed love was only based on passion and satisfying her needs.
2 Samuel 13:19. After the unpleasant event that Tamar had gone through, the story says that she poured ashes on her head, tore the special tunic she was wearing and walked away screaming with her hands on her head, putting her hands on her head. the head indicated her grief or shame and that it was even a demonstration of the heavy hand of affliction of God was upon her.
2 Samuel 13:20. Unfortunately there are many victims of rape in this world, the advice that the Bible has is the principle to try to move on with life, not to think about this matter, not to think about it and to be busy in other activities, it can help a little to little trying to get over this terrible incident.
2 Samuel 13:21. Upon learning of his daughter's humiliation, David was very angry, but did not judge the offender, perhaps because there was no direct or formal accusation supported by evidence or witnesses. Absalom may have preferred not to reveal the fact that Amnon had violated the law recorded in Leviticus in order to avoid bad publicity for his family and his own name, but he harbored a murderous hatred of Amnon nonetheless.
2 Samuel 13:21. We see that David does not discipline his son for the acts he did, how different Jehovah is that when we make a mistake he always disciplines us and in David's case we see that he had difficult consequences but when Jehovah disciplines us we learn from our mistake we repent and Jehovah accepts us as his servants.
2 Samuel 13:22. Absalom may have preferred not to reveal the fact that Amnon had violated the law recorded in Leviticus in order to avoid bad publicity for his family and his own name, but he still harbored a murderous hatred of Amnon, though outwardly he controlled himself. waiting for the right moment to take revenge in their own way, this shows that there are people who are capable of harboring a grudge for a long time.
2 Samuel 13:22,28. It makes us think about how much hatred Absalom would have in his heart to kill his half brother Amnon, and of course true Christians would not go to the point of committing murder, but we may let the rancor grow within us to the point of hating to a brother in faith, then that is when we must fight to uproot those feelings that could harden our hearts.
2 Samuel 13:29. We see that Amnon lost his life due to the acts he had committed against his sister Tamar, what he teaches us is that when we commit a sin we will always have consequences, although not as harsh as what happened to Amnon, but what we are sure of it is that Jehovah will judge us according to what we do.
2 Samuel 13:20-29. Absalom had his servants assassinate Amnon while he was under the influence of wine, since Amnon was the logical successor to David on the throne, as he was his eldest son, it is possible that Absalom also wanted his death to have a better chance of getting the throne. governorship, with this event the prophecy pronounced by Nathan after David's immoral behavior with Uriah's wife began to be fulfilled.
2 Samuel 13:1,33. It is a story that can help parents a lot when it comes to instilling principles in their children, especially on issues that attract them when they reach adolescence, and with this example we can perhaps draw their attention and show them how sexual immorality has resulted in disappointment, and calamity, so we help the young man to see the reasonableness and correctness of God's law.
2 Samuel 13:32,33,35. Let us beware of giving bad advice or a bad example to others for their personal decisions and then it is we who try to appear that we are very devoted to Jehovah. It has happened that brothers insist to others in personal decisions such as whom to marry, how to woo. where to work etc Let us not control the personal decisions of others like Jehonadab.
2 Samuel 13:39. It took years for David to come to accept the death of Amnon, what his son Absalom had done and what had happened to his daughter Tamar, this must have been reason for David to think that he is suffering the ravages of his sin with Bath-sheba, this reminds us that sins can have consequences despite the repentance that can be shown.
2 Samuel 14:1. After three years, when David's grief over the loss of his firstborn had eased to some degree, he began to feel homesick for his son Absalom. Reading the thoughts of his uncle the king, Joab used a ruse to get her to grant Absalom a conditional pardon and repatriate him, albeit without the right to appear at his father's court.
2 Samuel 14:4. It is very deep to see how David as a king listened to anyone who needed help, not only the prominent figures of Israel but even disconsolate women he took time to attend to them, let's not forget to do the same, let's listen to people not to the privileged . Let us help as precursors to anyone who needs it as David did when he was king.
2 Samuel 14:7. Here we find an interesting expression, “the last burning ember that I have left will be extinguished”, the glow of the embers that the coal produces when it burns slowly is used to refer to a living offspring.
2 Samuel 14:17,20. How majestic it is to know that angels distinguish between good and bad, but that humans could do the same, in matters where there may not be an explicit instruction to act, but our conscience tells us what is right and wrong. Let us strive to take it to a level so deep that we are compared to angels like King David.
2 Samuel 14:25. Absalom was the third of six sons born to David at Hebron. He knew that his physical appearance made him stand out from everyone else in Israel. And this was because he was constantly praised for his beauty, this made him become arrogant and he resorted to this admiration to achieve his selfish purposes in relation to his kingship.
2 Samuel 14:30. Sometimes we help people and they could still treat us badly, we do not help people to be good with them but with Jehovah God, Joab helped Absalom so that he could return and he burned his fields. Let us not help others for self-serving ends, and Jehovah will make it up to us.
2 Samuel 14:33. Absalom put up with this estrangement for two years and then began handling matters to obtain a full pardon. When Joab, as an official of the royal court, refused to visit him, Absalom had his barley field burned, and when Absalom visited him indignantly, he said that he wished the king to make a final decision, after Joab sent the message, David received David. his son, who immediately fell to the ground as a symbol of total submission, before which the king gave him a kiss as a sign of complete forgiveness.
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