The genealogy of Christ was something that the verses made me think about. The genealogy in Gospel of Luke is found in Luke 3:23–38. Luke places it right after: Jesus’ baptism, and the voice from heaven declaring Jesus as God’s Son. Then Luke traces Jesus’ ancestry backward all the way to Adam. A major difference between Luke and Gospel of Matthew is this: Matthew traces the line from Abraham down to Jesus through Solomon (David’s royal kingly line). Luke traces the line backward from Jesus to Adam through Nathan, another son of David, not Solomon.

Another thing i noticed was, unlike Saul, God did not abandon David because he admitted and repented of his sin outright. One thing stands out for me in God’s character in today’s read, that God is just. Uriah was a foreigner in David’s army but he was one of the elite and he was loyal. You would think God would favor David over a Hittite but no, God is about to do to David exactly what he did to Uriah but in public ….

One of the highest levels of wickedness - sending a man to be a messenger or carrier of his own death sentence. Hmmmm So if Nathan never confronted David, would he have ever confessed or seek the face of the Lord in forgiveness.???🤦🏾‍♀️ Was David trying to trap Uriah, that by going to his house, he will most likely lay with his wife and then He David will be blameless for the child or what.?? Eii

Imagine hand delivering your own execution letter! Shuu!! After God, fear David. Chapter 11 is a classic example of the snowball effect. 1. The seemingly harmless act of staying behind [1] 2. Lingering eye fuels his lust [2] 3. David abused his power as king, by summoning Bathsheba and laying with her, cause who will say "No" to the King? [3-4] 4. The first attempted cover up: tried to send Uriah home to lay with his wife to mask the paternity of the unborn child [10-11] 5. Second attempt: got him drunk, thinking he will stagger away to his wife [13] 6. Premeditated murder [14] 7. Still, in a desperate attempt to hide his sin, David marries Bathsheba in order to legitimise the pregnancy. Sin begets more sin.

David’s heart of repentance is so commendable Trying to understand this “a time when kings go to battle” saying there’s a set time for battle, ehi yet David was chilling in Jerusalem, and one of his men did damage to a people, he has the gift of men.

Bathsheba, the grand daughter of Ahithophel. The Mystism of The Christ: Jesus of Nazareth . Obed Parry ..If i tell you, Bathsheba is destined to be mother through whom Solomon and lineage to The Christ must come through...and she was given to the Urriah to hinder this, what would you say?

Idleness was the number one problem in David’s case, if he was in the front line he won’t be messing with someone’s wife. He really did Uriah dirty, among all the women he could have, David’s decided it was one of his loyal soldiers wife he decided to have. While plotting to kill Uriah he also sacrificed a couple of other soldiers with him…that was low low. It looked like David generally had a thing for people’s wives.

May we never be at the right place at the wrong time and vice versa

One thing that stood out to me was Joab’s role in Uriah’s death. Joab was an experienced commander, so he most likely understood that David’s instruction was a setup for Uriah to die in battle. Although he could have questioned or prevented it, he chose to carry out the order instead. It shows how people around those in power can sometimes become part of wrongdoing through silence, loyalty, fear, or personal interest. The story reminds us that sin and abuse of power often affect many people, not just the person committing the act. David has always had a wandering eye. This shows how people who love God deeply can still struggles with weaknesses. Look at how David immediately judges the rich man after Nathan tells him the story. Too quick to react forgetting that whatever done in secret will come out in the open!!! We are too quick to see the faults in others instead of looking within as Christians. We are mostly worse off than the “non-Christians” we often judge. But what David does in the end is what we should try to emulate. He had genuine repentance before the Lord!!! He ddnt say God you anointed me! Blah blah blah. He had GENUINE repentance

God always want a broken and contrite heart when we've drifted away and does what David exhibited. God restored to him once more. In situations when you feel hopeless, where and who do you turn to? Uncle David shows us the way.

Sin grows little by little- David’s story began with lust, then deception, then abuse of power, and finally the arranged death of Uriah the Hittite. One wrong choice led to another and then another. James 1:14 ‘But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed’