At the end of 1 Samuel, after Saul, a generally terrible king of Israel has died ignobly, we read that the Philistines deliver indignities to his body and “fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.” (31:10b)
They wanted, among other things, to show everyone he was dead.
When dictator Moammar Gadhafi recently died ignobly, we read in our newspapers that his body was put on display by forces fighting against him, where people pulled his hair and taunted “him”.
They wanted, among other things, to show everyone he was dead.
We marvel at the violence of the Old Testament era, and yet we are not very far from it.
I am comforted that God does not first require that we get things right.
God deals with us as we are.
But, God never leaves us as we are. He give us a way out through repentance and mercy in Jesus Christ.
That is God’s promise of grace.
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