'Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?"'
How many people prophesy naked in the Bible? Saul does. Isaiah. Ezekiel. Amos? Jesus from the cross. Why does Saul strip naked when the Spirit of God comes upon Him? What is God trying to teach him? Humility, vulnerability, trust, honesty? Saul dealt in deceit and secret plots. Ultimately he excluded even his own son from his schemes. Saul was open and accountable to no one. He covered himself.
Jonathan by contrast was transparent before David, a true Israelite in whom there was no guile. Saul saw the cost of such a friendship. Jonathan enjoyed the reward.
All of us stand exposed before God who reads our hearts. And yet we are clothed in white garments because He was stripped naked.
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