Jesus' Grandmothers, IV: Bathsheba
January 28, 2024 • William A. Evertsberg • 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 11:1–17, 2 Samuel 11:26–27, 2 Samuel 12:15
Maybe on the simplest and most transparent level it’s nothing more than a morality tale. Maybe Matthew alludes so subtly in his Jesus genealogy to the story of David and Bathsheba to remind us that every illicit union is a fatal attraction, quite literally. Maybe nobody dies most of the time, at least not literally, but something always dies. Love dies, trust dies, your self-respect will be gone forever; it is unlikely to experience any resurrection whatsoever.