David no doubt felt that his transgression was covered, eradicated and even forgotten, but the Law continued to move silently through the King's palace, walking softly through the corridors of his conscience, and penetrating deeply into David's arrogant self-appeasing mind. There was no letting go of the wrong that he had done. Yes, God had become silent and seemingly there was a strange and unexplainable distance between He and David. Nevertheless, there was an echo within David's memory that rehearsed God's Law unto him. After all, the Law was an eternal Word birthed from God's mind. Perhaps, had David lived a few generations prior to Moses, he would have escaped such a devastating collision with the Law. "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commendeth all men every where to repent." (Acts 17:30) When Nathan, God's prophet approached David, David's emotions became infuriated and with no compassion decreed that the perpetrator who had committed such a heinous crime had to die immediately. "And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die." (II Samuel 12:5)
It would be within David's personal lust that he would come to understand that his every action and desire was conceived from a human, but darkened passion. It is the humanness that requires mercy from both God and man. This is seen through David's encounter with his personal desires that led to his ultimate downfall. Even though his sin was horrific, the greater sin was that he was human and prone to sinning against God again and again. "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done
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