Day 183..."Rape, murder, estrangement...Ecclesiastes key to happiness...Nicodemus appears again"

These chapters in II Samuel have Amnon raping his sister Tamar and Absalom killing his brother Amnon. This action leads to Absalom's estrangement from David for two years. They are renunited after a period in which Absalom is not to look at the King face to face. Eccesiates says about the love of money..."Whoever loves money never has money enough;whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless." The key to happiness is also revealed..."Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him—for this is his lot. Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God. He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart." In John's Gospel, we read of Jesus' death. Nicodemus appears for the third time and helps with Jesus' burial. The reader gets the impression that Nicodemus not only grasped the "new birth" concept but was devoted enough to Jesus to love Him in death.