DAVID AS A TYPE OF CHRIST: DAVID AND ABSALOM - TRAITOROUS SON WHO STOLE HIS FATHER’S THRONE

In this message from Rev. Dr. Samuel Gatukui Ndungu, "David as a type of Jesus Christ; Jesus wept," we find a number of striking similarities between David's weeping at the mount of Olives in 2 Samuel 15:30 and Jesus weeping over Jerusalem in Luke 19:14. Both events demonstrated the human experience of grief and the consequences of sin. Jesus is God's anointed king, and like David, Jesus was betrayed by those closest to Him. David was Israel's greatest king, and Israel became dissatisfied with him and let a wicked, immoral man, David's own son, Absalom, steal their hearts. Absalom committed treason under the guise of worship.