United Kingdom, part 2: House of Calamity

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you...’”

—2 Samuel 12:11

 

The path to the fulfillment of Nathan's prophecy against David was a long and painful one.  God's hand of protection was lifted, and all David's mistakes came to their full consequences.  If we look honestly at our lives, we find that, as the psalmist says in Psalm 103:10, God does not treat us as our sins deserve.  But there comes a time of discipline or judgment when sin leads to its inevitable deadly destination.  In this painful story of sexual assault and murder among siblings, we see how unchecked sin brings destruction.