2 Samuel 15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
King David had to flee Jerusalem, for Absalom was coming with a large force to take over the kingdom. To escape Jerusalem he and his contingent had to go up the Mount of Olives east of the city. He and all his people were weeping as they went up the slope. They were weeping and mourning the loss of the kingdom to Absalom’s rebellion, the loss of the city, and the loss of the kingship.
David in this instance was like a type of Christ, weeping on the way up the Mount of Olives. On this slope was the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus would one day weep, pray, and sweat blood. Evil had taken over in Jesus’ experience as well, causing him to feel great anguish and agony. He desperately wanted the Father to remove the cup of suffering, but resigned to the will of God. There was no other way to pay for our sins than to suffer and die. Jesus looked upon you and I with the love that compelled him to lose his life for us on the cross.
It felt to both David and Jesus that Evil had won and usurped the Kingdom that was prepared for us. Thus the weeping and mourning and praying. But both of them kept the faith and believed the promise of the Father that He would turn things around and give the Kingdom to His beloved people. And so He did.
We also experience hard times because of Sin and Evil. We weep. Then we remember that our Savior has walked this way before us, trusted God, and won the victory to give us life and a kingdom. “This too shall pass.” Evil will not win. We wait in hope, though meanwhile we weep.