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From shepherd boy to a throne, David was woven into a promise that stretched back to Abraham — a future Messianic kingdom through which blessing would reach the nations. And yet, in the midst of divine blessing, David unravels, mistake after mistake.

From his rooftop he saw Bathsheba bathing. Desire became action, and Bathsheba became pregnant. Action became deception, and in a panic to cover up his affair and her pregnancy, David has his most valuable soldier, Uriah, whom is also Bathshibas husband, sent to the the front lines in battle to be assassinated.

When the prophet Nathan confronted him, David immediately confessed and repents.

God forgave him, but forgiveness would not erase consequences. The second half of David’s life would be a tragic one. 

David's son, Amnon sexually assulted his daughter, Tamar. Absalom, burning with pride and vengeance, murdered his brother and then conspired against his father. Absalom launches an underground rebellion that would eventually force King David flee into the wilderness, for the second in his life, though this time not as an innocent man. 

The rebellion ended in Absalom’s death. And the warrior who once faced giants wept like a father hallowed by grief and regret. He returned to his throne a broken man, depressed, and alone.

At the center bottom of the illustration sits the symbol of humility, opposed to the proud look that Absalom had for his father, the king.

The fish and the sun symbolize truth and light, opposed to a lying tongue, like David in the darkness of his affair.

The open palms symbolize love and care. And the plants, the fruit of a nurturing hand, opposed to the hand that shed innocent blood when Uriah was betrayed.

The Sacred Heart burns at the center, symbolizing christ's pure love and divine mercy in opposition to a heart that devises wicked plans, like Amnon against his own sister.

Above, the eyes sit between the Hebrew script meaning “the eyes of witness,” confronting false witness like David bearing false witness in an attempt to conceal the true father of Bathsheba’s child.

The "common cup" has much symbolism, but here, its symbol of unity amongst believers is highlighted, in opposition to divisiveness like that that marked Absalom so deeply that even now, a divisiveness person is often described as carrying an “Absalom spirit.”

When it would seem understandable for a father to abandon a promise of great blessings to his children, after such a mess of their own creation. Our Father did not abandon His promise, because His mercy is greater than our mess.

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