An interesting and, at first glance, paradoxical situation: "we are strangers and sojourners on the earth," says the one who, to strengthen the people on the land given them by God, had to do perhaps more than anyone else, the victor over the Philistines, the true founder of the Jewish state, the great religious reformer, in short, King David, about whom one could speak endlessly. But while being a remarkable ruler, a great warrior, and a great reformer, David still remained first of all a prophet, a man of God. And like every true prophet, he did not so much understand well as feel perfectly the spiritual and, so to speak, metaphysical lightness of human deeds, plans, and creations. This does not mean that what he did was useless or weightless; not at all. He did so much that was truly necessary, including as ruler, that very few before or after him did as much. But he apparently sensed what only a person who truly knows God and senses His presence in his life senses: the more significant something done by a person is from the point of view of our world, the lighter and more weightless it is in God's eyes. What appears most significant to us in our life and history is, in God's view, lighter than a feather: it disappears from the slightest breath, whether the breath of nature or of history. But what seems secondary and not at all important to us takes root in God's eternity and remains in it. And David, as a prophet, as a man of God, understands this perfectly. He knows who he is, what he is doing, and whose will he is carrying out. He is not mistaken either about himself or about his successes. And he becomes a great ruler who founded a state for the people of God.
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Interesting, and the same time at first sight paradoxical situation: " We are foreigners and sojourners on earth" - says the one, whom for the consolidation of the people on the earth that was given to him by God, came to do, perhaps, more that anyone, the winner of the Philistines, the real founder of the Jewish government, the great religious reformer - in one word, king David, about whom we could speak infinitely, although there is no special necessity in it: one will hardly find in the world a person today, who did not hear of him. But, being a remarkable ruler, a great warrior and a great reformer, David remained all the same first of all a prophet, a man of God. And, probably, as every genuine prophet, it is not that he did not indeed understand- he felt rather perfectly the spiritual and, so to speak, the metaphysical ease of human deeds, plans and creations. Not that what he did was useless or ease; not at all, he indeed did so many useful things, including as ruler, which very few did before and after him. But he apparently felt only what feels somebody who really knows God and feels His presence in his life: the more what a man has done is important from the point of view of our world, the more it is easy and light in the eyes of God. What is more important in our opinion in our life and our history is in God’s sight light than downs: they disappear in the slightest breath, whether it is the breath of nature or of history. And what seems to us secondary and not at all important, takes root in the eternity of God and stays there. And David, as prophet, as man of God, understands that perfectly. He knows who he is, what he does and whose will he executes. He does not make a mistake either on his account, or at the account of his successes. And he becomes a great ruler, who established a government for the people of God. |
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