"And Absalom answered Joab, 'Look, I sent to you, saying, "Come here, so that I may send you to the king, to say, 'Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.'" Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; but if there is iniquity in me, let him execute me.' So Joab went to the king and told him. And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom," 2 Samuel 14:32-33, NKJV. #DeathKiss
In contemporary societies, a kiss is usually interpreted as an act of endearment, of love, of joy and happiness; however, in the scriptures, it is often given with mixed and sometimes grievous emotions, or as in the case of Jesus Christ, who received a kiss from the disciple who betrayed Him, it can mean a final goodbye, seen as a kiss of death.
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