An Appeal to Heaven

I am a bit of a history buff...not esoteric material, but of crucial world events, where the door of destiny hinged on decisions made, both great and what appeared to be inconsequential.

How about David spotting Bathsheba bathing, sending for her, committing adultery, then killing her husband Uriah? A brief moment became eternally monumental, and the consequences cascade through history even today. For Israel, as a kingdom, cracked that night. Solomon rose and fell, following his father's sexual proclivity, and quite prodigiously at that.

I recently finished watching the impressive John Adams miniseries based on David McCullough's book. Jefferson came across rather poorly in contrast to Adams...what can one say, McCullough is a Yank. All men are sinners, Adams and Jefferson alike. What is remarkable is not that these Founding Fathers were icons of purity and innocence. Instead, as flawed individuals--with their own sins, hypocrisies, and vanities--that the American Revolution succeeded and here were are, 235 years later.

A rightness of a cause is always balanced by the wrongness of a cause. God has accurate scales and weighs with both justice and mercy. We may issue "An Appeal to Heaven" and know that we will be given a fair hearing. Something to keep in mind in this age of revolution.

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Matt Wheeler said…
Some good thoughts. About David--I would say that the crack in the kingdom of Israel came earlier. The fact that David was at home at the palace and not at battle with his army to where he could even see Bathsheba says something about where he was with leading his nation at the time.
November 6, 2011 at 4:17 AM
Eric Bierker said…
I wonder if David was really to be in the battle physically. I would have to do more research.

We wouldn't want a guy like Petraeus actually fighting...he is much more valued as a tactician and strategic planner of the big picture warfare issues.

Nonetheless, a battle was on and he was disengaged from it spiritually and mentally.
November 6, 2011 at 4:49 AM
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