David's Fierce Joy: The Warrior's Triumph Before Perfect Love
Maclaren forces us to see what we often sanitize: David's exultant delight in his enemies' destruction was *literal* and *visceral*. 'I did beat them small...
This is historical examples on spiritual maturation and old covenant vs. new covenant, drawing on 2 Samuel 22:40-51.
Maclaren forces us to see what we often sanitize: David's exultant delight in his enemies' destruction was literal and visceral. 'I did beat them small as the dust of the earth'—the psalmist describes himself as a pestle crushing substance in a mortar, trampling fugitives into the mire of streets. He revels in knowing their desperate cries to God go unheard.…
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