East Ridge Pres

1 Kings 1:1 Now King David was old and advanced in years… 24 And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’? 25 For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ Adonijah had made himself king and challenged the true king. We have made ourselves king and obeyed our own laws and followed our own authority. We have lived as open rebels against the Christ. We have celebrated openly our own authority and own glory. And we have rejected our King, our Christ. 33 And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long