Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
One of the most reprehensible campaign tactics is a false accusation of sexual impropriety. Sometimes the "event" is so far in the past that there is no way of proving or disproving it. Sometimes the accusation is true, sometimes it is blown way out of proportion, and sometimes it is utterly false.
Both sides engage in this tactic, but it became most notable in 1991 with the hearings to confirm Justice Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. While thousands of people sat glued to their TVs, we witnessed a dignified, conservative, elder Black man fend off crazy accusations of things that were not even illegal, but just rude. (Telling dirty jokes at work or asking a fellow employee for a date, etc).
Even though our beloved Constitution forbids Ex Post Facto (a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law...Wikipedia), Statute of Limitations Laws, and, of course "Innocent Until Proven Guilty", there seems to be a disconnect when certain types of accusations are leveled at a politician (usually a conservative!)
This tactic continues unabated, was recently used against a perfectly decent Supreme Court nominee. Both Justice Thomas and Justice Kavanaugh triumphed over these false accusations, but the toll on them, their families, and our entire nation was enormous.
So here we have Abner, a loyal warrior devoted to his king, being accused of sleeping with that very king's concubine! One can easily see that this is a power-play from Ish-Bosheth, one of Saul's sons, and there is no indication of where, when, or even how this alleged impropriety took place.
Was Ish-Bosheth trying to discredit Abner? Was he trying to slyly gain Abner's slavish devotion to keep from getting punished? We have no idea what the motivation was, but I think that Ish-Bosheth was AFRAID of Abner and did this to get him under control.
In any case, Abner turns the tables on Ish-Bosheth and goes over to King David.
David secures Abner's loyalty by assigning him the job of getting David's wife Michal back, even though BOTH have remarried.
It is easy to see why Michal "despised David in her heart" which will have MORE consequences later on.
Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 NIV)
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Hallelujah and Amen
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