II Samuel 1-4

King David is a courageous and faithfully righteous leader filled with the Spirit of God, his strong sense of righteousness is a recurring theme through his life and especially his psalms. After King Saul was reported dead and after ongoing conflict with his son Ishbosheth, David's men took matters into their own hands and killed Abner - Saul's primary commander. David's humanity and heart is on full display in his mourning over the death of Abner, the king did not rejoice in the destruction or death of his enemy. 

II Samuel 3:39 (NKJV) "The LORD shall repay the evildoer according to his wickedness."

This is a theme that is observed all throughout scripture, God does not destroy the righteous along with the wicked - and wickedness is punished by the righteous wrath of the LORD in accordance with His word and His holiness. God does not take pleasure in the destruction of the wicked, it is His desire that all men repent and be restored in relationship. For the righteous, we must not rejoice in evil or violence, when our human enemies are struck down it does not please the LORD for His holy people to praise the death of the wicked. It breaks the heart of the father when His people are eternally separated from Him. Sin ruins man. Repentance, faith, obedience and trust in the Savior king Jesus is our only hope - it tears the heart of the Father that His creation abandon intimate relationship with Him. 

Ezekiel 18:30-32 (NKJV) "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the LORD God. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the LORD God. "Therefore turn and live!"

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