King David and Saul's Daughter Michal

Would any of you preachers care to comment on why Michal despised David in her heart? What about David's reply to her when she condemned him? This has always bothered me and I just read it again last night. She never had any children either.

 

But do you think she was correct in what she said? Was David in the wrong I mean? This is a hard subject for me. I have always thought David was arrogant in his reply to her yet God blessed him and left her childless. What does this mean Pinoy?

Since you replied to this question, I want to tell you I wish you would explain the meaning of salvation more as the Primitives see it. I understood what you wrote of regeneration I believe. I really enjoyed what you wrote. There is just too little time for all the studying I wish I could do. God's peace to you.

 

Thanks everyone for all your replies. You have certainly given me some directional thoughts and it amazing to see how each has his or her own interpretation of this story! I am thinking along these lines though, as I said earlier, I haven't fully been given a sincerely truthful interpretation from the Lord for just me, but I am dwelling along the lines that dancing naked, as David did before man, is not in the Spirit of worshipping God. It wouldn't have been then and it is not today. I am inclined to believe that in that moment David was saying what a lot of people today do; "Look what I have done." I believe this is why the Ark slid and that man was killed and then David was afraid to take the Ark to his house because he knew he had shamed God openly. I believe David did not sleep with Michal because of his guilt towards her and because he knew she was right. I am not sure, but ever time I think of David I am reminded of how man has a craving for taking the church for his own lusts and pleasure, as David took so many women in his lifetime, just like man(kind) is always trying to take God's Woman, the Church and this is what I believe David's like means to me. He wanted to build a house for God, just like a lot of people today think they build the House, but it is God's House and His Wife, not man's. So I believe that every time we attempt to say, "Look what I've done," we are but dancing naked not only before God who sees the wickedness of our hearts, but in disgrace before His people and the world even.

 

Let me ask you this. Why did David spend so much of his life running in fear from Saul after he had slain the giant? Is this what kept him so close to God? What did he do when he had security as king?

I believe Michal loved her God, the God of Israel, more than she loved or worshipped David or man. I believe she saw and knew David's weakness which came out in the end as all people's do eventually and this is why she chose not to bear him children even though she was legally bound to him by the law.

I believe God always has a real church somewhere in the midst of human lusts and pride and those who revel in human spirits in the name of God as David was doing spite Her.

The Jews later on tried to claim David as their ticket to Heaven, but Jesus set them straight on who David was - just a man. I believe it was Jesus' Spirit who revealed what was going on to Michal and she could see the final outcome, even when it was the great David doing wrong.

The Bible says a wife is the hidden man of the heart. Well in this case I believe Michal was truly being the hidden man - Jesus - of David's heart though he was belittling her and Christ with his actions but he suffered for it. The Lord is grieved when His children act in pride and lust as David was doing so if they are truly saved they will suffer the cost in this life. The fact that Michal had no natural children with David, I believe, was a foreshadowing from God that he would not build the natural temple also. He was, however, one of the lesser stones in the Spiritual House of God - Jesus being the chief corner Stone - just as we are if we have truly been saved.

I have heard many say that if David were living today that some would not let him preach because of his womanizing as though these types of men should be allowed to preach. Well, to this I would say that God forbade the great David from building His natural, visible house though David was still a man after God's own heart such as a man today can be though he cannot build, or work, in the visible house in the capacity of a leader. God bless you all for your thoughts and comments. They were a help to me.

 

Oh, and the Bible doesn't say Saul lost the kingdom because David was to be king. It was because Saul disobeyed God in not seeking Him instead of seeking out that woman with familiar spirits.

 

The Bible says David was wearing "an ephod of linen." 1 Chronicles 15:27. Does anyone know how much material this is? I'm not sure Aaron. But I have never thought St. Peter was completely "naked" either when he was out on the boat with the other fishermen though a lot say this. I believe he was barely covered for anyone to see him just as some are today in the buildings. But we know God sees us at all time right down to the depths or our hearts. Just my thoughts.

 

I am not sure about this. The Bible also says a robe of fine linen. He was drinking and dancing and there was reason for Michal's comments about the maidens seeing him in such a condition. We know that even if a man or woman is wearing a robe if they are drunk it is untelling what they might do. I believe this is the point of the scene here but different people see it different ways.

 

You are entitled to your belief, Aaron. But the truth is that the Ark slipped and David was afraid. In other words, he lost his standing with God and he knew it. I believe it too. He lost his standing more than once with God too. He was just a man and not the root of God's house. Jesus is the root and all are naked before him. And Michal was a woman of God.