Day 186,.."Jealousy over David...Jesus gives fishing tips"

David is an influential king and causes jealousy when he grieves his son Absalom and even absurd things were said..."you love those who hate you and hate those who love you." David was able to persuade..."And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, “Return, both you and all your servants.” So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan." Evidence is also seen of the intensification of the jealousy of Judah and Israel ..."But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel." A very historic statement is made about Jerusalem..."You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?” This statement by a one known as a wise woman. Ecclesiastes points out the vanity of being an Epicurean..."And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun." Jesus gave fishing tips and 153 fish were caught reversing the fortunes of the disciples. The 153 could be a symbolic number of nations known on the earth at the time. If so, this would be a great message of seeking all the world for Christ!