Pentecost Last - Year B
Can one rule over another justly? I expect you know that is an extended oxymoron.
A larger question is how we can assist one another to live justly. This takes the best of each of us, even from those who model simply ruling over others.
If you are looking for an everlasting covenant that orders and secures all things, you’ve mistaken David and Pilate for Jesus. Order and security are ultimately unjust. Just note the ending that those the orderly and security-minded consider to be thorns in their side are summarily thrown aside. Order and security demand G*D to be on their side. No rising up of the youngest or most unexpected will be allowed.
On this culmination of a year’s work toward being a bit more whole, we have a passage that warns rather than congratulates us. David is putting the best spin he can on his short time as king, but it can’t cover-up the disaster to come or the difficulties so easily forgotten. This spin doesn’t bring a webbed marvel, but only dizziness for being so out of touch with our realties.
May you imagine a much better covenant than order and security even if it breaks your heart at being so distant.
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