THE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT FOR ACQUITTAL -- Was he not the arbiter of truth in his kingdom?
Many of you probably know the story of King David and his adulterous fling with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
2 Samuel 11 wrote: It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, βIs not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?β So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, βI am pregnant.β
Then, as you know, David tries to wriggle out of this mess but in the end has Uriah killed to cover his crime. Now the objective fact is that David committed adultery and murder, to say nothing of lying and deceiving. But there's more to truth than fact. There is more to sin than breaking laws. And, besides, David was king. Was he not the arbiter of truth in his kingdom? -- Courtesy of faithcommons.org
