2 Samuel 15-17: Death of the Son

It's hard to imagine the heart of God being broken, but David grieving over his son, Absalom, is a foreshadowing of what God must have felt seeing his own son crucified.

And unlike Absalom, an egotistical and self centered usurper of the throne who would resort to any devious means to strip David's kingdom from him, Christ was meek and lowly.  He did not seek attention for himself, his desire was to point men to God.  He did not try to take the throne from God, he was all about serving the King.

Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
 even death on a cross! - Philippians 2:6-8 NIV

The result for both sons was death, but how much more intense must the grief have been for the son who was totally innocent.

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