Some passages of Scripture are painful to examine. David’s family life would never be the same after the scandal of David’s sin with Bathsheba and the subsequent murder of her husband. Nathan prophesied that there would be permanent trouble in David’s family after David’s sin was exposed. This prophetic word did not take long to manifest as David's firstborn son did the unimaginable to his own half-sister. Christians cannot avoid the parts of Scripture which make us cringe. The Bible is raw, and if it played out in an unedited script on a movie screen, it would be rated NC-17. Yet, David’s family trouble was no entertaining piece of fiction. It was devastating reality which involved, rape, murder, and rebellion. It is very sad but also very true: this is where the unravelling of David’s family begins.