what was the purpose of the law?
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The priests' deaths didn't have anything to do with what David did apart from his presence in Nob (I think that's the right name). It had everything to do with Saul and his sin.
Jesus didn't condemn David. So it was OK what he did. The priests in the temple violated the sabbath and were blameless. Law doesn't have life in itself. It's like running a stop sign. It's not a problem as long as no one gets hurt and no damage is done and a cop doesn't see you. The law itself is not going come chasing after you. It takes an enforcer. If GOD doesn't enforce the law, and is just, then who are we to find fault?
Jesus didn't condemn David. So it was OK what he did. The priests in the temple violated the sabbath and were blameless. Law doesn't have life in itself. It's like running a stop sign. It's not a problem as long as no one gets hurt and no damage is done and a cop doesn't see you. The law itself is not going come chasing after you. It takes an enforcer. If GOD doesn't enforce the law, and is just, then who are we to find fault?
I see it a bit like this.
People who have a drug addiction wont really seek help until they understand that they have a drug addiction.
The law points out our sin thus our need of saving. The law itself does not and cannot save us. But Christ does. here is the crux.
The law points out our need, we are sinners thus our need is to no longer be sinners. Jesus answers the problem by giving us victory over sin by faith in His Grace and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means `ADONAI saves,'] because he will save his people from their sins."
People who have a drug addiction wont really seek help until they understand that they have a drug addiction.
The law points out our sin thus our need of saving. The law itself does not and cannot save us. But Christ does. here is the crux.
The law points out our need, we are sinners thus our need is to no longer be sinners. Jesus answers the problem by giving us victory over sin by faith in His Grace and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means `ADONAI saves,'] because he will save his people from their sins."
I think that logic falls apart when you examine how many times sin in the old testament goes un-rebuked by god yet He has else ware said not to do it. and every time bad results come from it. one can not make an argument from silence especially when there are clear commands from God. a clear command trumps silence every time.
no sin is ok with God, Yet God does not rebuke and intervene every time someone sins. does that make it ok?
no sin is ok with God, Yet God does not rebuke and intervene every time someone sins. does that make it ok?
We don't know why he went there. He obviously didn't go there with the intent of eating showbread. I think Nob was on the summit of the southermost peak of the Mount of Olives, called the Mount of Corruption, so from Gibeon that would have been on the way into the Judean wilderness down the Kidron Valley. It may have just been a convenient stop off point.
In the end the point is this, Jesus gives two illustrations.
The first David eating the bread which he says is Unlawful.
The second the priests who work on the Sabbath and are blameless.
David was not commanded to lie by God to get the bread.
The priests were commanded by God to do that work on the Sabbath.
See the difference. They pick on Jesus for doing things that are lawful as the law allows the picking of grain for the hungry but no more than is need at the time of the picking.
Jesus was working under the direction of God and in obedience to God. He was like the priests who worked on Sabbath but were blameless because they were obeying Gods direction Just as Jesus was with His disciples.
The first David eating the bread which he says is Unlawful.
The second the priests who work on the Sabbath and are blameless.
David was not commanded to lie by God to get the bread.
The priests were commanded by God to do that work on the Sabbath.
See the difference. They pick on Jesus for doing things that are lawful as the law allows the picking of grain for the hungry but no more than is need at the time of the picking.
Jesus was working under the direction of God and in obedience to God. He was like the priests who worked on Sabbath but were blameless because they were obeying Gods direction Just as Jesus was with His disciples.