The Most Problematic Story in the Bible

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Delve into the intricate tale of King David's encounter with Bathsheba and the complex moral questions it raises. Join us in this enlightening presentation as we explore the deeper layers of this biblical story, uncovering how David's destiny intertwined with his choices and God's plan. Discover how David's response to his mistakes highlights the power of repentance and the transformative potential of embracing adversity. Gain insights into the intricate relationship between free will and divine knowledge, and see how this story resonates with timeless lessons applicable to our lives today. Explore the enigma of King David's journey, his humility, and the remarkable example he sets for us all.
This lecture was delivered at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat by Rabbi Chaim Block. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit: jretreat.com
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  • @deven.oauditx7547
    @deven.oauditx754711 ай бұрын

    If Uriah and Betsheba were technically divorced why was David instisting that Uriah go home to his wife to conceal his adultery?

  • @WmMaez
    @WmMaez11 ай бұрын

    Saying they were “destined” to be together is only an attempt at validating the sinful actions. It’s based on nothing at all. That excuse can be used with every sin. It also devalues the level of repentance that David had to go though to reach a high level of righteousness. Which is the real lesson.

  • @justinernest6881
    @justinernest688111 ай бұрын

    I LOVE this rabbi❤...I really wish they would post more of his lectures 😢

  • @tikipharm5957
    @tikipharm595711 ай бұрын

    If Bathsheva was technically divorced then why was she doing a ritual preparation?

  • @carlosezapata3500
    @carlosezapata350011 ай бұрын

    🇦🇺As a Christian, I find that the story of king David is very fascinating, in one hand is the human side with ferules and on the other hand the love, compassion and the great mercies of forgiveness of the the Almighty God🇦🇺

  • @GodisReal144
    @GodisReal1449 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your teaching! The mystery of David and Batsheba lies in the names and birth order of their sons. David (Beloved) and Batsheba (daughter of oath) Listened/heard (Shammua/ Shema) and turned back (Shobab) to God. They were given (Nathan) peace (Solomon/Shalom).

  • @petermacdearle8389
    @petermacdearle838911 ай бұрын

    The Rabbi is speculating re David and Bathsheba being destined for each other. Is he saying that committing sin is sometimes required to complete the will of God?

  • @douglaskachiza738
    @douglaskachiza73811 ай бұрын

    How I love God's word being shared in such a peaceful manner...oh thank you ,we indeed learn alot from King David

  • @braidetubojengoba2714
    @braidetubojengoba271410 ай бұрын

    BREATH taking exposition, I just took a walk even before the speaker asked if we need a walk, this is deep calleth unto deep, i'm sincerely humbled. Appreciate

  • @mashadyman6967
    @mashadyman696711 ай бұрын

    B"H Thank you! I got the message at the most needed time! G-d is infinitely patient and so should we strive to be! Don't ask for a test, wait, the answer is coming! And it's never too late to repent, He is just waiting for us to start!

  • @propellerhead428
    @propellerhead42810 ай бұрын

    How Great and Merciful God we serve!

  • @juandeveraturda4392
    @juandeveraturda439210 ай бұрын

    Brilliant biblical presentation! Been thinking a lot too about David's misdemeanor and you have explained it so amazingly why it happened. Thank you so much. ❤🙏🇵🇭

  • @DefenderOfChrist_
    @DefenderOfChrist_11 ай бұрын

    As a Christian I love King David👑

  • @davidmaciel5429
    @davidmaciel542911 ай бұрын

    I'am 80 years old and a Christian I could not tell you how many sermons I've listened to on David and Bathsheb but in my heart I felt something was not right. Thank you Rabbi for the clarification. What a wow movement. May the Lords grace be upon you. By the way my name is David.

  • @ojurdenis1190

    @ojurdenis1190

    11 ай бұрын

    😊😊😊❤❤❤...welcome king David jr

  • @sharontarin1310
    @sharontarin131011 ай бұрын

    I do love to hear the wisdom of Rabbi's, though I am Christian. These are men who have been scholars of the Word of God and possess great wisdom. Shalom Rabbi.

  • @rs2010vncurl
    @rs2010vncurl10 ай бұрын

    rabbi great job putting a complicated issue with a clear explantion

  • @extremeresponsibility4325
    @extremeresponsibility432510 ай бұрын

    The jewish have a wisdom and honesty about life. I am intrigued.

  • @collinsagayi2233
    @collinsagayi223311 ай бұрын

    I like David but nothing can justify his unjust actions. I think the common characteristic of Christianity and Judaism is that we can criticize and question these important religions figures without fear of retribution. It is my opinion that what David did was unacceptable. It is even bad that he only repented after being caught. But its humbling that he accepted his mistake and repented. He was human. So we can't whitewash him but we must appreciate that to err is human

  • @mashringas2889
    @mashringas28899 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful teaching by a Jewish Rabbi. I believe in Jesus & I thank God for this teaching from the Torah

  • @johnriggs7247
    @johnriggs724711 ай бұрын

    Beautiful explanation of this story. Thank you, Rabbi, from NC, USA. Baruch Hashem.

  • @ridasz7954
    @ridasz795411 ай бұрын

    תודה רבה ❤

  • @victoriaann9942
    @victoriaann994210 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Rabbi. Such a wonderful teaching ❤️

  • @daniellemartineau6776
    @daniellemartineau677611 ай бұрын

    The first son David had with Bathsheba died Solomon was their second son

  • @tijimathew5005
    @tijimathew500511 ай бұрын

    David is one of my childhood heroes. To the above said explanation by Rabbi, I am grateful. I am happy that David didn't justify himself though he had the technical reasoning to do so. One of the things I would like to offer as a counter is that the punishment of the sin was on the first child that David and Bathsheba had. So Solomon cannot be called illegitimate as suggested.

  • @qrlee6762
    @qrlee676211 ай бұрын

    He was a man after God's heart.

  • @rhesavaughan2145
    @rhesavaughan214511 ай бұрын

    Great listening to this story from a Jewish scholar perspective

  • @user-uf3lz7yc1s
    @user-uf3lz7yc1s11 ай бұрын

    Thank you Rabbi, for discussing, probe in detail the story of King David, humility lesson, we got the same story in Catholic faith old testament. God bless.

  • @paulcarney7495
    @paulcarney749510 ай бұрын

    This was very elucidating! It has given me a greater perspective on something that has always perplexed me.

  • @sunrise8015
    @sunrise801511 ай бұрын

    What happens to Uriah how did God be just to him ? What happens if Uriah refuses to forgive King David can God forgive david. Then what happens to justice to Uriah?

  • @arthurm4941
    @arthurm494111 ай бұрын

    Would he have taken responsibility if he was not confronted by the prophet ?

  • @advaitrahasya
    @advaitrahasya11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Rabbai, for a gorgeous telling of the story and a deep examination. So much better than the prayer breakfast notion - based on the same story - that Great Leader, appointed by God has different rules and should be served no matter his perversities. Sweet how the commentaries reveal the same truth Marcus Aurelius spotted … that "No man is, in his own heart, a villain." And atonement is indeed archetypal on the path. The Tibetan Milarepa went from burning a village in revenge to the highest attainments, fuelled by his need for huge atonement. I'll stop there in case any of my students find out that I comment on YT … and start wondering to what extent atonement may have been a motivator for me ;)

  • @gad8522
    @gad852211 ай бұрын

    Notwithstanding the fact, that as a Jewish rabbi, I would assume you do not accept Yashua as Messiah, nevertheless, for us Christians, we look at your teaching with the same awe and respect that you give it, and we say that even through such a dark time that David went through, nevertheless, through that bloodline came Messiah. It’s a beautiful concept whether you accept Yashua as Messiah or not. ❤

  • @someonesomewhere6316
    @someonesomewhere631610 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this presentation, it helps me a lot to clear the dark cloud.

  • @YeshuahouseofIsraelnew9081
    @YeshuahouseofIsraelnew908111 ай бұрын

    Rabbi, I am a Messianic believer in Hashem & Yeshua in support of One For Israel, Rabbi Sneider, etc and I am Torah/Tenach observant and honor all the laws and teachings of Hashem, Almighty God Excellent teaching Rabbi, very deep, layered, and dissected profoundly So clear, simple and based on truth, from the heart Powerful message

  • @moonbasket
    @moonbasket11 ай бұрын

    This is so interesting. Thank you for sharing, rabbi. I am so in awe of the nuanced and researched interpretation of this story that you have presented.

  • @tomcatyyz
    @tomcatyyz11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this, Rabbi. Baruch HaShem...

  • @awootchere9478
    @awootchere947811 ай бұрын

    About four years ago I found myself on a spiritual plateau - not growing much, I thought. So I asked God for a test! Hmm . . . I will NEVER do that again! Thank you Rabbi for this great teaching on my favourite David. I feel much better now! God bless!

  • @rebeccawaldenberg9487
    @rebeccawaldenberg948711 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @SuperKwame1
    @SuperKwame110 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I’m glad l a paid you tube subscriber!

  • @rubixkuob7956
    @rubixkuob795611 ай бұрын

    חזק וברוך ברוך תחיה כל הכבוד

  • @basathumbongwe1386
    @basathumbongwe138611 ай бұрын

    A profound spiritual lecture on agency...and power of repentance...."#recovering from failure....that's when growth kicks in".....

  • @1969cmp
    @1969cmp11 ай бұрын

    It took a lot of courage for Nathan to confront David. David could have reacted quite differently and continued to cover up. Thankfully David chose to confess and repent.

  • @jerzybrudnicki6815
    @jerzybrudnicki681511 ай бұрын

    What a fascinating teaching that can be directed to all people on Earth. Deeply spiritual, from his changed by God heart. What a wonderful person he is! No one can speak like that if his life has not been deeply transformed.

  • @LoAn981blackhawk
    @LoAn981blackhawk9 ай бұрын

    I still think it was shamefully wrong of David to do what he did 😡

  • @grantgee2842
    @grantgee284211 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! Loved the analysis of this portion of scripture

  • @benjaminberg7239
    @benjaminberg723911 ай бұрын

    The best analogy I've ever heard thank you rabbi chaim block.

  • @richardlilley6274
    @richardlilley627411 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing Man always makes an excuse when there isn't one... To try justify taking what man wants '... In our hearts we know if our intentions to our actions were Godly... Hence David repenting And hence God taking his firstborn...

  • @Life_42
    @Life_4211 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @adams2385
    @adams238511 ай бұрын

    Thank you dear Rabbi! Amazing Shiur!!!!!

  • @ounkwon6442
    @ounkwon644211 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. P.S. Essential to read by the Christians.

  • @juditrotter5176
    @juditrotter517611 ай бұрын

    Thank you Rabbi. I’m a Christian and we don’t generally have teachings about the books in the Christian Bible. I’m finding that if I want to understand books of the Tanak and the other books of the Jewish Bible seek a Rabbi. Today I find another. I always wondered about David and the Commandments. No more.

  • @robertlande3033
    @robertlande303311 ай бұрын

    Saved by a technicality?Embarrassingly tortured explanation. Modern scholars have a more plausible explanation. David wasn’t as righteous as Jewish tradition would have us believe, and Jewish practice was different in David’s time from what it became after the temples were destroyed.

  • @Mk-vd9qs
    @Mk-vd9qs11 ай бұрын

    What would David axhieve if Uriyah wohld have gone home form the battle field? His wife was pregnant by David and if Urya wohldhave gone home, he would remarry her while being pregnant by David, thinking she is pregnant by him???

  • @dreolwa7419
    @dreolwa741911 ай бұрын

    Powerful

  • @doritgomberg1683
    @doritgomberg168310 ай бұрын

    Wonderful 👏👏👏👏

  • @ephraimmuppidi3435
    @ephraimmuppidi343510 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @RRlunc
    @RRlunc11 ай бұрын

    Wow ! Wonderful! Glory to God! From burkina faso 🇧🇫 🇧🇫 🇧🇫 🇧🇫 🇧🇫 🇧🇫 🇧🇫

  • @michaelkatz4277
    @michaelkatz427711 ай бұрын

    Rabbi, are the events and lessons here comparable to Yehudah and Tamar, where on the surface it looks puzzling and out of character, much like David and Batsheva?

  • @mariakara4848
    @mariakara484811 ай бұрын

    thnx alot Rabbi what an amazing explanation,i learn alot from u 🌺but still he sinned by kills him and sleeping with her without marriage plus multiple marriages and how that effects the family .

  • @jamesbenchimol1537
    @jamesbenchimol153711 ай бұрын

    your a great speaker rabbi

  • @ezraschwarcz
    @ezraschwarcz11 ай бұрын

    Yashar koach!

  • @petermacdearle8389
    @petermacdearle838911 ай бұрын

    Based on the story committing a sin is not a curse. Out of that terrible sin committed by David came the birth of the wisest man that ever lived. Good can and often comes out of bad. What is the lesson here?

  • @rayhchc6451
    @rayhchc645111 ай бұрын

    Why do I never hear a sermon on Tamar and Amnon?

  • @isabelvejesus
    @isabelvejesus11 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @rapturebound197
    @rapturebound19711 ай бұрын

    Good thoughts.

  • @waleedwahba1304
    @waleedwahba130411 ай бұрын

    Amazing lecture. Thank you!

  • @solomonkalit5119
    @solomonkalit511911 ай бұрын

    Profound. Thank you

  • @kultan2000
    @kultan200011 ай бұрын

    David was atill WRONG for this.. Can't whitewash this is ANY way.. Simething being .Technically and LEGALLY right doesnt make it righteous. Lets learn from David's error and appreciate him flaws and all without reframing his shortcomings.

  • @savtamarlene
    @savtamarlene11 ай бұрын

    Also because he had a lot of blood on his hands. Lots of wars.

  • @honeykira8210
    @honeykira821011 ай бұрын

    Excellent lecture! Thank you!

  • @susumaung5204
    @susumaung520411 ай бұрын

    Shalom my favorite family ❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @tikipharm5957
    @tikipharm595711 ай бұрын

    Same admission came from Yehuda in his case with Tamar.

  • @tasneemkousar272
    @tasneemkousar27211 ай бұрын

    True

  • @mweiss505
    @mweiss50511 ай бұрын

    From reading the whole Nach you must say even in Pshat that he didn't sin, there are so many stories before showing David's self control and after this stories there are verses saying how righteous he was, so from reading the Bible itself you know that it's not as simple the story, but the reason why the prophets wrote it this way is because they wanted you to understand why God punished David for it and also to show that on his level this was a sin for him.

  • @kellygeorge8678
    @kellygeorge867811 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @danserrano100
    @danserrano10011 ай бұрын

    Thank you, at least I learn a little about King David most controversial biblical story.

  • @pl7929
    @pl792910 ай бұрын

    Loved ur teaching

  • @myJLI

    @myJLI

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that.

  • @kennorthunder2428
    @kennorthunder242811 ай бұрын

    As a Christian I found it plainly obvious that what made King David a man after God's own heart was his willingness to admit his guilty in humility. I'm puzzled as the technical divorce laws. Is there anything in the laws of Moses that allowed for such a thing, or was this an evolution of the law? I appreciate the insights regarding Uriah slighting the King. I had simply assumed that it would have been the common understanding of the time that all were equal before the law of God regardless of status; so Uriah could behave that way simply because Israel had a mandate from God to exterminate neighboring nations. Was I mistaken?

  • @keleniengaluafe2600
    @keleniengaluafe260011 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @asonyutonny7635
    @asonyutonny763511 ай бұрын

    Before God, the greatness of a leader is defined by his degree of humility.

  • @dovidpfeiff7386
    @dovidpfeiff738610 ай бұрын

  • @moseswamemah8646
    @moseswamemah864611 ай бұрын

    Very good teaching

  • @rajusabbithi1821
    @rajusabbithi182111 ай бұрын

    Baruch HASHEM shalom Yisrael 🙏🍄🌹🙏🌹🍄

  • @sofianjmekeru8525
    @sofianjmekeru852511 ай бұрын

    Amen! God bless Israel! Shalom!🙏👑🌈

  • @adaobisandra1959
    @adaobisandra195911 ай бұрын

    This is deep

  • @magicallife1734
    @magicallife173411 ай бұрын

    When we are in Love with someone, we do, say, and think everything to justify our Love. This sermon is a perfect example, how the Jewish have always loved God and king David unconditionally. 😂🎉😂🎉🎉😂. David committed crime God forgave him. And we don't understand it, period! Simple and clear.

  • @lettheriver
    @lettheriver11 ай бұрын

    Hallelujah by leonard cohen same story

  • @anthonyfriedman5311
    @anthonyfriedman531111 ай бұрын

    This is deep . Paradox story line?

  • @ManpreetIsrael
    @ManpreetIsrael11 ай бұрын

    Baruch HaShem

  • @brucegelber9379
    @brucegelber937910 ай бұрын

    5 stars

  • @jonasstalgys8972
    @jonasstalgys897211 ай бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊

  • @NazirBrohi-ht3fr
    @NazirBrohi-ht3fr11 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @selenalubell563
    @selenalubell56311 ай бұрын

    The wisdom of God.

  • @tumbamwelwamushikiti2870
    @tumbamwelwamushikiti287010 ай бұрын

    🎉

  • @SharonsRose13
    @SharonsRose1311 ай бұрын

    Divine timing would have brought her to him.

  • @jonasstalgys8972
    @jonasstalgys897211 ай бұрын

    👀👀👀👀👍👍🤝👼👼😅🌩️🕊️🕊️🌡️🌡️🌏🌏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @otuobioluchi8877
    @otuobioluchi887710 ай бұрын

    David the Hero of Israel, I like him but man cannot be righteous than God. God allows certain things.

  • @luniearelus2359
    @luniearelus235911 ай бұрын

    Repent 's all the matter.

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