”But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.“
2 Samuel 14:25 KJV
This Absalom! There wasn’t a man in all Israel talked about so much for his handsome good looks—and not a blemish on him from head to toe! For all his beauty, Absalom brought curses upon himself. He dishonoured his father in spite of the law which said to honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. He had relations with his father's concubines which bring curses according to the law given to Moses which says ”Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed. And all the people shall say, Amen!” It did not go well with Absalom. Thank God that we live in the new covenant where Jesus was punished for our curses. Christ paid the full price to set us free from the curse of the law. He absorbed the curse completely as He became a curse in our place. For it is written: “Everyone who is hung upon a tree is cursed.” Jesus Christ dissolved the curse from our lives, so that in Him all the blessings be poured out upon all who believe. Now through faith we receive the promised Holy Spirit who lives in us. Our God is an awesome God! Amen!
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