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This Christmas season, as we celebrate the Gift of God in the man Christ Jesus, the Lord sent me around to an unusual scripture, that in John chapter 4 dealing with the Samaritan woman at the well. True enough, the story tells us that she was a concubine (the man she lived with was not…

As I posted a couple of days ago, I have been dreading dealing with this scripture. We didn’t finish from last week, though. There’s a much bigger issue with concubinage that we didn’t cover last time, and today in part two we cover it. As I wrote last time, this scripture just makes me angry:…

Now to the scripture I’ve been dreading: 2 Samuel 20:3. I’ve dreaded it because it makes me angry — angry at David, angry and the flesh, angry at the way the world does things. “Marriage is honourable in all!” But these are not wives; these are concubines. Concubinage, like having multiple wives, is a direct…

You know, people can be so jealous. Israel sees Judah conducting David back and the people get jealous; they got mad because Judah didn’t even ask their advice! This week, we look a bit into this.

Next in the storyline, David meets up with Barzillai the Gileadite, who has helped him tremendously while he’s been in Mahanaim. David offers to Barzillai a reward, which Barzillai refuses, redirecting David’s kindness to Chimham. This week, we explore what kind of man Barzillai was and what his redirected kindness to Chimham represents.

The next person we’re told met David was Mephibosheth. This week, we study the possibilities around his not going out with David and his appearance at David’s return.