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NASB | 2 Samuel 12:15 So Nathan went to his house. ¶ Then the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 12:15 Then Nathan went [back] to his home. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, and he was very sick. |
Bible Question: I thought God was LOVE. How do you explain that God strikes and later kills the child that was born to David and Batsheba? This seems very cruel to me! Anyone have an exlanation for this? |
Bible Answer: Greetings cevw: This is a very tough question. Why is a question which we often ponder and in some cases we may have to wait for eternity to understand. God is love and cares for each precious soul which comes into this world. God is also Holy and he will judge sin. An example of this is seen at Calvary. We could ask "Why did Jesus die?" And yet it has been said that in the death of Christ on the cross, that Calvary is where God's love and justice met. In the case of David's son we know from 2 Samuel 12:14 that it was the result of David's sin that the child died. Why did the Lord take this child away? We do not know the future and what this child may have been preserved from. In V.23 David states "...I shall go to him, but he will not return to me" David knew that the child was safe in God's care and that one day he too would die and be with the child again. Our breath is in God's hand. Sadly, even in our world today we see the results of sin on children born. Due to humankind's selfish greed, sinful lifestyle and evil power, thousands of children die each day through no fault of their own. Our heavenly Father who sees the sparrow fall cares for each one. Robert |
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Robert Nicholson | ||
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