Bureaucratic Terrorism | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 24

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🗓️ 30 December 2019

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"One scholar calls this https://www.jstor.org/stable/43717700?seq=1 (bureaucratic terrorism). [...] They're not just ideas. No, these future possibilities represent human lives. As the king goes, so the people go. " Some people call this the Age of Terror. And some people distrust their leaders and the threat of an internal enemy even more than the threat of an external enemy. Leaders don't only shape the future; they impact its viability. They can create the future, and they can destroy it. Hear how David violates Israel and then saves it as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) closes out our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/david-in-22-stories/ (David in 22). In this episode, we discuss how David's life fits in with God's story. Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/whats-the-story-and-whos-the-hero-david-in-22-2-samuel-22-23/ (What's the Story and Who's the Hero?) for more context. To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook), https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Outline 0:15 - Last episode of https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/david-in-22-stories/ (David in 22) and what comes next! 1:00 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24): a bizarre ending 1:30 - Harry Potter epilogue illustration 3:05 - Two endings 4:25 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A1&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24.1) 5:10 - Main character of story (EP 34) 5:50 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A2&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24.2) 6:20 - https://www.jstor.org/stable/43717700?seq=1 (bureaucratic terrorism) 7:55 - Future possibility for us 8:40 - Is this it? 8:50 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A10&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24.10) 9:20 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A15&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24.15) 10:15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A16-17&version=NIV (2 Samuel 24.16-17) 11:05 - David intercedes 12:00 - Final section of 2 Samuel 24 13:00 - Theology at its finest 13:55 - Question of 2 Samuel 24 15:00 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Passages 2 Samuel 24: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24&version=NIV) 2 Samuel 24.1: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A1&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A1&version=NIV) 2 Samuel 24.2: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A2&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A2&version=NIV) 2 Samuel 24.10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A10&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A10&version=NIV) 2 Samuel 24.15: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A15&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A15&version=NIV) 2 Samuel 24.16-17: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A16-17&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+24%3A16-17&version=NIV) References Bureaucratic Terrorism ("2 Samuel 21-24: An Appendix of Deconstruction?" by Walter Brueggemann): https://www.jstor.org/stable/43717700?seq=1 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43717700?seq=1) Related What's the... Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.5	I'm Patrick Miller. And I'm Keith Simon. Right now we're working through the story of David's life found in first and second Samuel.
0:18.0	Today is our last episode in season two. David's life and 22 stories.
0:24.1	Now I really hope that you've enjoyed this and I'm also excited to announce what we will
0:28.5	be doing next on our next season.
0:30.7	We are going to be focusing on Solomon, David's son. So really it's kind of a
0:35.1	continuation of the story that we are already in. Now since we're wrapping up
0:39.4	season two today, this episode is going to be a little bit longer than usual, so I hope you can forgive us.
0:45.2	This is not technically a 10 minute Bible talk, but here's a podcast pro tip.
0:50.0	Just speed up the episode to 1.5 and it'll be right around 10 minutes.
0:55.2	So let's hop in and we're going to look at the final chapter in 2nd Samuel, 2nd Samuel 24.
1:01.0	Believe it or not, I still remember reading this chapter for the first time, and the reason why was
1:06.6	because it struck me as a really bizarre way to end David's story.
1:11.2	It's not at all what I would have expected for a conclusion to, you know, an epic
1:15.2	saga. It doesn't tell us how David died, doesn't even tell us what happened after he died. Instead,
1:22.1	we get these kind of two miscellaneous stories from earlier in David's
1:27.8	reign. To compare it to maybe a modern example, imagine for a second that you read through all of the Harry Potter books.
1:34.8	It doesn't matter if you've actually read them, but just imagine you've read all seven of these
1:38.0	epic books and you get to the epilogue and you read a chapter, as you read it you begin to realize this
1:44.0	chapter doesn't belong in the last book it belongs in the third book there's no big
1:48.8	reveals it reads kind of like a B-side chapter that JK Rolling cut out and then she got lazy I guess and just
1:55.7	popped it there at the end.
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