Was King David ever forgiven for sending Uriah to the wall?
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Yes he was forgiven,but his sin came with very large consequences.The child that Bathsheba the wife of Uriah and later wife of King David was pregnant with died at birth and David suffered greatly because of the loss of his son.
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i know this isn't really answering your question but i was kinda surprised to see what you said about "God looking like an unforgiving bully". I don't get that - He says do anything you want with this amazing garden I've given you, except one thing. If you do it, I'm going to punish you. So they do that one thing, and surprise surprise, they get punished. THEN He says, ok, so now you all do loads of stuff that goes against what i have said you should do, but I'll offer forgiveness through Jesus. That seems both pretty consistent and forgiving to me. \nSorry that doesn't answer your question, and I'm not ranting at you, just interested that you think that. I've never looked at it in that way. Hope other's answers are more on the point.\n\n\nAnd shadowalfalfa -sorry to disagree with you again, but Moses is thought to have written the first 5 books of the Bible.\n\nAn addition to my answer after your addition to your question - there is a prophecy in Daniel 7 that is entirely consistent with the acts of Alexander the Great many many many years later. There is historical evidence that Jesus existed and did many of the things the Bible says He did. So at least those things happened. Coincidence??? I don't think so.
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From the River of Egypt to the great river Euphrates - God’s Promise of Land to Israel -\n\nAbraham (Abram) was in the heart of the area, sometimes referred to as the West Bank, between Bethel and Ai, in the mountains of Israel (Eze.37:22 below), when the Lord promised him the Land (Gen.13:17 below).  The boundaries of the Land promised to Abraham were from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates (Gen.15:18 below).\n \nThe promise passed from Abram to Isaac to Jacob and to his seed after him, a multitude of people (Gen.17:`9, Gen.28:3-4, Gen.28:13 below). \n\nIn the “new” earth (Re.21:1, Isa.65:17) Judah and the children of Israel (Eze.37:14-21 below) will be one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel (Eze.37:22, Gen.15:18 below), the land promised for an EVERLASTING COVENANT from Abram, Isaac and Jacob with his seed after him, and David, God’s servant, shall be one king to them all, their prince FOR EVER (Eze.37:22-25 below) \n\nGen.13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.\n\nGen.15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:\n\nGen.17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM (Gen.28:13 below).\n\nGen.28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;\n\nGen.28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee (Gen.17:19 above, Gen.28:13 below); that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.\n\nGen.28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee (Jacob – Eze.37:25 below)  will I give it, AND TO THY SEED (Gen.17:19 above);\n\n\nIsrael in their own land in the “new” Earth -\n\nRe.21:1And I saw a NEW heaven and a NEW earth (Isa.65:17 below, Re.21:5): for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (Re.20:11, Dan.2:35, 2 Pe.3:10); and there was no more sea (Dan.7:3, Dan.7:17, Isa.66:24).\n\nIsa. 65:17For, behold, I create NEW heavens and a NEW earth (Re.21:1 above): and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.\n\n\nEze.37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.\n\nEze.37:13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,\n\nEze.37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land (Eze.37:21 below): then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.\n\nEze.37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,\n\nEze.37:16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:\n\nEze.37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand (Eze.37:19 below).\n\nEze.37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?\n\nEze.37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.\n\nEze.37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before thei
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The Bible, David was a man after God's own heart
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The Bible only allowed sacrifices to be brought to Jerusalem to the Temple.  When there is no Temple standing, sacrifices can not be properly brought.  This was true during the Babylonian exile (way before Jesus), and it is true today, since the year 70 CE/AD when the 2nd Temple was destroyed.\n\nBut God did not leave the people without a way to Him.  Hosea told the people what to do in those times when there is no temple.  He said the Jewish people would be many days without a temple, and during that time, the people should simply offer prayers in place of sacrifices.\n\nThis is what the Jews do today, in obedience to the words of God through the Prophet Hosea.  \n\nThere are 3 daily prayers, coinciding with the temple services.  There is the morning (shacharit), afternoon (minchah), and Evening (ma'ariv) prayers.  Religious Jews say these every day.  And there are additional prayers for Sabbath and holidays, also coinciding with the additional sacrifices that would have been brought in Temple days.\n\nThanks for asking.  It is a common question, and it is good to clear up any misunderstanding!
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Yes, there are non-Biblical accounts of His resurrection also.\nThe Talmud \n\n"On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. Any one who can say anything in his favor, let him come forward and plead on his behalf." But since nothing was brought forward in his favor he was hanged on the eve of the Passover!"
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They were engaged, which back then was considered being practically married.  Had he accused her of being pregnant and not by him, the logical conclusion the elders would have taken is that she had fornicated and would have been stoned to death per Jewish law based on the Law given to Moses.\n\nIt is not clear where he would have sent her, since it would have to have been away from any jewish settlement where there wouldn't be a chance of her being tried and put to death.
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Ha, what a pile of garbage. True the messiah was supposed to be a descendent of king David but that decent is patrilineal (from father to son) Mathew in the first part even shows how jesus was this though his father Josef. But wait. I thought that Jesus was the son of G-d so he cant be a descendant of king David. Strike one. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isaiah 2:4. This is Isaiah’s prediction of what the messiah supposed to do. Basically world peace look around you. Strike two. The messiah was also supposed to restore the temple in Jerusalem and gather the Jews back to Israel. The temple still has not been built and more than ½ of Jews today don’t live in Israel. Strike three. Jesus is out of there.\nThe truth is Jesus did not fulfill ANY of the requirements to be the messiah. And NO WHERE dose it say any in the writings before Jesus thing about someone coming to cleanse sin or getting a second chance at it latter. (if you want the bible quotes to support the rest of my augment email me at Gratvol@yahoo.com)\n\n\n\noh and dcomputerman if all you needed to be was the son of a woman descendant of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and from the tribe of Judah line of King David I have just a good chance of being the Messiah as Jesus did.
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Rom 9:21  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? \n\nYou can read the chapter for more details.\n\nRemember, the Jews are His own. God gave them honor even though they did not give honor to Him\n\nIsa 43:4  Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
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No.\n\nApperently god promised him that he would not dash a foot on the rocks.  Remember?  Satan reminded him of that when he was tempting him.  I was given no such promise.  I think Jesus could take the fall.
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He went there in our place to suffer, then He took back the keys to heaven and hell so He could give us the authority over the full force of the enemy! glory!\n\nKing David also said, "I went to the enemy's camp and took back what he stole from me!" I love it when that happens :)
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This is a story about a prophet who dared to tell the truth. At the time of this story the Jewish people were divided into 2 kingdoms.  These kingdoms were Judah and Israel. Ahab was the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah.\n\nJehoshaphat had gone to see Ahab.  Ahab was complaining to Jehoshaphat that the kingdom of Syria had taken some of his land.  The land in question Ramoath at Gilead. Ahab wanted Jehoshaphat to go with him to fight Syria and take back this land.\n\nJehoshaphat said he would go after they asked the advice from a prophet of God.  Ahab was ready with 400 prophets, only these prophets were not true prophets of God.  They were "yes men", that is men who said "yes" to anything the king wanted.  They also took part in idol worship, so they were not doing what God wanted them to do. When these prophets were asked if they, Ahab and Jehoshaphat, would win this battle they said that they would win, but Jehoshaphat wasn't satisfied and asked Ahab if there was another prophet of God.\n\nAhab told him that yes there was one named Micaiah, the son of Imlah.  King Ahab said, "I hate him!" he said he hated Micaiah because he never had anything good to say about him or what he wanted to do.  He said that all that Micaiah had to say about him was evil.  But King Jehoshaphat insisted that Ahab send for Macaiah.\n\nThe men that King Ahab had sent to get Macaiah even told Macaiah what to answer when the king asked for his advice.  When he was asked Micaiah answered what he was told to answer, but he said it in a way that every one would know that he was not telling the truth. This made Ahab angry and he ask him to tell the truth. Then Machaiah answered and told them the truth. He said if they went into this battle Israel would be scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd.\n\nAhab said, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophecy anything good about me, but evil? Another one of Ahab's men got so mad that he slapped Macaiah. Then Ahab order the Macaiah be put in prison and fed only BREAD and WATER until he got back.  Macaiah told Ahab that if he came back at all that what he had just told the them was not from God.\n\nWe know that Macaiah was telling the truth and what he said was from God because he was right. What he said would happen happened.    Even though Ahab had disguised himself for the battle he was killed in that battle.\nAs for Jehoshapaht? Some of the Syrian army saw Jehoshaphat in his chariot and chased him mistaking him for Ahab.  Jehoshaphat had to yell out that he was Jehoshaphat and not Ahab or he might have been killed, too.\n\nSometimes it might be hard to tell the truth but we should always tell the truth.
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1st Samuel 15:2  "Thus says the LORD of Host, "I will punish Amalek for what He did to Israel, how He set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. Samuel 15:3...\n\nSaul didn't obey God on this one.. The LORD said to Samuel, "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not carried out My commands." \n\nBehold to obey is better than sacrifice. Rebellion is as the sin of divination.  This is when the LORD rejected Him as king over Israel.  Read the whole chapter.\n\nTo me, I don't understand God about the animals, but God knew it was necessary.  I have a hunch It had to do with bestiality & the whole area had been corrupt with the idolatry.  Also, innocent animals, people die all the time because of the sins of others.  Man's sin can lead to natural disasters.   Environmental sins cause polution.
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This person you refer to may have repented. We cannot judge their walk with Christ. If this person has repented and is walking with Christ, they understand they are forgiven. We must forgive ourselves for our shortcomings to. Satan wants us to live in bondage, God does not want that. If God forgives us, we must forgive ourselves. If God forgives others, we must too forgive them. How will we know you may ask...you will know a man by his fruit. Thistles do not grow on apple trees and apples do not grow on thistles.
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Hey Jim, finally a good theological question from you, I knew you had it in you! Your starting to come over to the other side, I can just feel it. In all seriousness, there is no record the children of Israel coming out of Egypt washed their clothes, used deodorant, or brushed their teeth! After forty years, this would be a pretty ripe bunch, maybe that's why the walls of Jericho fell flat!,. what do you think?
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Apparently not. Sodom and Gomorrah were destoyed between verses 22 and 30.\n\nGenesis 19:21-22, 30\n21 He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. \n22 "Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar. \n\n30 Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. \n\nI suppose it could be argued that Lot left Zoar from fear that it too would be destoyed, but there is no clear indication of this, and there are some major problems with this assumption.\n1) Lot was promised that Zoar would be spared.\n2) There is no clear indication WHAT Lot was afraid of (He could also have been afraid of the people of Zoar, or of any number of other things.)\n3) Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed WHILE Lot was in Zoar.\n4) The name chage to Zoar. Prior to this, the name of the town was Bela (destruction,) (Gen. 14:2,8), after this, it was called Zoar (little, of no importance).
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David was a man after God's heart