1Ki 1:41-53 “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

[Study Aired July 1, 2021]

1Ki 1:41  And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
1Ki 1:42  And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 
1Ki 1:43  And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 
1Ki 1:44  And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule: 
1Ki 1:45  And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 
1Ki 1:46  And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 
1Ki 1:47  And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 
1Ki 1:48  And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
1Ki 1:49  And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 
1Ki 1:50  And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 
1Ki 1:51  And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 
1Ki 1:52  And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 
1Ki 1:53  So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 

King David’s utterance of these words in 1 Kings 1:48: “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it” is a type and shadow of Christ’s own words to God’s elect in Revelation 20:6: “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

Solomon’s reign as the son of king David typifies our blessed rule under Christ during the “thousand years” in which the stage will be set for the true conversion that will occur at the great white throne judgment. The riches of Solomon’s kingdom are described in part in 2 Chronicles 1:15. These riches represent the word of God which will come forth from Jerusalem above, the church, from where every good and perfect gift comes (Jas 1:17) and “the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Hab 2:14).

2Ch 1:15  And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

That being said, there will be no true conversion of heart, no Godly repentance, represented by silver, which is why “all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon” (2Ch 9:20)

2Ch 9:20  And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Drinking from a vessel of gold without true repentance truly represents the heart of mankind during the thousand-year reign as the world will drink the word of God from God’s elect who are those vessels of gold which have been made fit for the Master’s use. God’s use for us during that period will be to baptize the world with His word, just as the Israelites of old were (2Ti 2:21, 1Co 10:2-4).

2Ti 2:21  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 

1Co 10:2  And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 
1Co 10:3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 
1Co 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ [no conversion but they did drink].

Drinking from those vessels of gold during Solomon’s reign and living in a time when “the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” is how God seeks an occasion against all flesh. That word will not return void when the great white throne or lake of fire judgment begins, and every man in his appointed time must be baptized both with water and with fire (Isa 55:11, Mat 3:11, 1Jn 5:6, Joh 3:5, Rom 8:9, 1Jn 4:17).

Isa 55:11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Mat 3:11  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 

1Jn 5:6  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 

Joh 3:5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 

Rom 8:9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

1Jn 4:17  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. [1Pe 4:12, Rom 6:3]

In the verses we’ll look at in this study, we will see how God will accomplish what He has purposed from the foundation of the world (Eph 1:4, Joh 15:16) being typified by those who prophesied not unto themselves but unto us, upon whom the end of the ages have come (1Pe 1:12, 1Co 10:11). These prophecies should serve to encourage, exhort, enlighten and comfort those who are truly blessed to be going through this sanctification (Joh 17:17) process which is what this typical statement means: “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it,”

Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 

Joh 15:16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 

1Ki 1:41  And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

“Joab^H3097 heard the sound of the trumpet” and the answer to this entourage’s question posed by Joab “Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?” toward those who were surrounding Adonijah having just finished eating their own food while wearing their own apparel (Isa 4:1) is that this trumpet is summoning disaster for their kingdom, which represents another Jesus, while at the same time announcing the ordination of the true king by king David’s decree.

Isa 4:1  And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Joab, whose name means “Jehovah is Father”, is the one God uses to pose the question “Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?” reminding us that it is God the Father who puts these thoughts in our hearts of events that cannot be revealed by flesh-and-blood men (Mat 16:17). Joab represents a trumpet being blown by God that men in their flesh cannot interpret (1Co 14:8) but God’s prophets are the vessels through whom God will work to reveal what His judgments or trumpets mean (Amo 3:6-8) and are about to come on the scene to interpret what this trumpet means for everyone involved (2Co 4:15.

1Co 14:8  For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Amo 3:6  Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amo 3:7  Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amo 3:8  The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? 

2Co 4:15  For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 
2Co 4:16  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 

Adonijah and his guests represent our trust in princes and flesh (Psa 146:3), until the Lord brings to light, through the destruction of our old man, the new king, Jesus Christ, who is to rule and reign in our hearts as we learn to not be respecters of persons (Amo 3:6, Rev 8:6, Rom 2:11, Rev 22:8-9, 1Jn 4:17).

Psa 146:3  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Amo 3:6  Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 

Rev 8:6  And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 

Rom 2:11  For there is no respect of persons with God. 

Rev 22:8  And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 
Rev 22:9  Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

1Ki 1:42  And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

The fact that Joab is still speaking while “Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came” symbolically reminds us that God does a quick work in our lives upon our earth (Rom 9:28) and His judgments reveal the folly and delusional state of Adonijah whose flattering lips are soon going to be silenced by the message being brought by God’s servant “Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest” (Psa 12:3).

Rom 9:28  For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 

Psa 12:3  The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

“Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings“, Adonijah says not knowing that he is about to receive double from the hand of God in regard to judging his kingdom as being a hoax as opposed to Solomon’s that has been ordained by God (Rev 18:6-8). The lesson, as always, is for God’s elect, whose first man Adam is being judged by God today in our day of the Lord, and we are the first to be “utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her” meaning God’s elect as result of that ongoing judgment can now enter into the temple of God today and eat at His altar (Rev 15:8, Heb 13:10).

Rev 18:6  Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 

Rev 18:7  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 
Rev 18:8  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 

Rev 15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 

Heb 13:10  We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

1Ki 1:43  And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

Here comes Jonathan, whose name means “Jehovah has given”, and what he has given Jonathan to do as one of David’s mighty warriors is to be the vessel He uses to confirm God’s plans for Solomon which is a revelation to Adonijah that must feel like he is being “utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.” Adonijah is about to get an earful in regard to how God operates in the kingdoms of men, more specifically the lineage of David that represents the One elect seed, Jesus Christ, who the Father (Gal 3:16, Mat 22:14) “giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men” which represents the weak of the world who we are (Dan 4:17, 1Co 1:26).

Gal 3:16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen. 

Dan 4:17  This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. 

1Co 1:26  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

God’s judgments are going to reveal to our first man Adam that He is not a respector of persons and does what He wants with what is His, to do with as He pleases and tells us, “Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive” (Mat 20:4-16).

These are not the plans of men. Jonathan reminds us of this by saying, “Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king” seeing David represents Christ, the vine, who is directed by the husbandman God our Father (Joh 15:1).

Mat 20:4  And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 
Mat 20:5  Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 
Mat 20:6  And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 
Mat 20:7  They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
Mat 20:8  So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 
Mat 20:9  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 

Mat 20:10  But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 
Mat 20:11  And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 
Mat 20:12  Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 
Mat 20:13  But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 
Mat 20:14  Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 
Mat 20:15  Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 
Mat 20:16  So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

1Ki 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:

The certainty of what God has started in the life of His elect is being discussed here in this verse “because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1Jn 4:4). We discussed what these names mean with our last study, but two we did not mention that tie in nicely now are “the Cherethites, and the Pelethites“. These groups represent the muscle of king David’s government, and they caused Solomon “to ride upon the king’s mule“, symbolically telling us no one has resisted his will as we go toward Jerusalem above as the beasts that we are. Christ is far higher than the powers and principalities to which this beast is subject in this vain life (Eph 1:21). We are given victory through the power of the holy spirit symbolized by the anointing of Solomon whose burdens are born in this life “upon the king’s mule“. We bear each other’s burdens best and so fulfill the will of God when the Lord directs our life in His service for each other, all typical of this event of the anointed king Solomon of which it was written “they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule” (Rom 9:19, Php 2:12-13, Heb 12:2, Eph 2:8, 1Jn 5:4).

The meaning of these two groups who were king David’s executioners and couriers, or guardsman of the king, makes it very clear how our old man will die if God has determined it to be so in this life, and he will send couriers and guardsman to accomplish what has been ordained from the foundation of the world to do so (Joh 12:24, Joh 15:16). Therefore we are not to give any anxious thought, for God has thought it all through already for us in regard to what we must go through in order to be in that blessed and holy first resurrection. These two groups, the “Cherethites” and the “Pelethites“, demonstrate that if we are that sacrifice which is bound to the altar (Psa 118:27), then God will send the encouragement we need and the strength to overcome in this life, and nothing shall separate us from the love of God (Mat 6:34, Rom 8:36-39).

Joh 12:24  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

Joh 15:16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 

Cherethites, H3774
kerêthı̂y
ker-ay-thee’

Probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; a Kerethite or life guardsman (compare H3876), (only collectively in the singular as plural): – Cherethims, Cherethites.

Pelethites, H6432
pelêthı̂y
pel-ay-thee’ 

From the same form as H6431; a courier (collectively) or official messenger: – Pelethites.

1Ki 1:45  And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

As was discussed last week, David who typifies Christ, has made this decree to anoint Solomon, and this anointing took place in “Gihon^H1521“.  That ordination of Solomon was known by all the kingdom of his time and is symbolic of the breaking forth or bursting forth of the manchild or nation of God’s children who will be born in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye. They will be that river of Paradise that will bring healing to the nations (1Co 15:52, Isa 66:8, Rev 22:2)

Gihon H1521gı̂ychôn  gichôn
ghee-khone’, ghee-khone’

From H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem: – Gihon.

H1518gı̂yach  gôach ghee’-akh, go’-akh

A primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally to issue: – break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.

1Co 15:52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 

Isa 66:8  Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Rev 22:2  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

1Ki 1:46  And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 
1Ki 1:47  And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 
1Ki 1:48  And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

These verses (1Ki 1:46-47), as was discussed last week, are confirmation that we will do greater works than what Christ did (Joh 14:12) which sounds blasphemous to a carnal mind, but not if we understand that Christ is the one who has always been doing all the work within this flesh which cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These verses confirm that truth (Php 2:12-13, Rom 14:8, Joh 15:5). 

The greater works cannot be accomplished unless we are blessed to have eyes to see and ears to hear so we can be sent forth as He was, to bring healing to the nations (Joh 20:21). Christ never converted anyone in the flesh, but now, if our names are written in heaven (Luk 10:20), we rejoice greatly because we know He has not only separated us to be more than conquerors through Christ, but also saviours who will come up on mount Zion to do those greater works of bringing spiritual healing to the nations in the lake of fire or great white throne judgment (Oba 1:21).

We will see him as He is if we are in that blessed and holy first resurrection simply because the King, typified by king David, has decreed these words “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.“(1Co 13:12-13).

1Co 13:12  For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 
1Co 13:13  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 

1Ki 1:49  And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 

The sheep are being scattered with the news that their supposed king is not a king after all, and with no head to lead, fear overtakes the people who “rose up, and went every man his way“, not unlike what happened to Christ’s disciples when He died, except Jesus Christ our King was being smitten for righteousness’ sake and was reconciling us unto God through that sacrifice of His life so we could then be saved by the gift of His life within us (Mat 26:31, Rom 5:10, Col 1:27).

Mat 26:31  Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 

Rom 5:10  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

When God’s government breaks forth on this world it will be earth shattering news just as it was for Adonijah and his Babylonian entourage: “all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid“. These verses in  Revelation 11:10-13 really parallel this moment right down to the feasting and rejoicing that was taking place with Adonijah, just as it will be in this world prior to the first resurrection (Mat 24:38).

Rev 11:10  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 
Rev 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 
Rev 11:12  And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Rev 11:13  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 

Mat 24:38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

1Ki 1:50  And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 
1Ki 1:51  And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 

This cry of Adonijah will be the knee-jerk reaction of the yet unconverted world when God’s government is established and “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever”.

The world will lay hold of “the horns of the altar” in what will look like godly sorrow that is working “salvation not to be repented of” (2Co 7:10), but what is really happening is the unconverted soul is crying out like Esau producing “the sorrow of the world worketh death” because they can’t open the seals just yet that will deliver them from this body of death (Rev 5:4). We don’t mourn as others means our mourning is working  “salvation not to be repented of” as we are granted to enter into the house of mourning (Ecc 7:2), whereas the world’s mourning is “the sorrow of the world worketh death” where there is no hope in that death process that brings forth groaning and travail, not yet being baptized into Christ’s death that leads to life (1Th 4:13, Rom 6:3, Rom 8:22-23). That time is reserved for the lake of fire. These actions then of holding “the horns of the altar” are the negative example of how the flesh can be truly fearful and broken up and appear outwardly to be seeking repentance as Esau did (Heb 12:17), but in reality it is all just a fleshly show of repentance with no possibility of bringing forth fruit meet unto repentance (Mat 3:8).

2Co 7:10  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death

Rom 8:22  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 
Rom 8:23  And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 

Heb 12:17  For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 

Mat 3:8  Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 

“It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword” reminds us that the old man in us does not want to be slain with the sword of the king, but with Christ in us as our hope of glory, the seals can be opened that bring about the much needed judgment in our lives as God does not let the sword depart from the house of His elect (2Sa 12:10). The oath is not going to be made from Christ to preserve our flesh. Just the contrary is true (Rom 8:36), although in our flesh we want to bargain with God as Adonijah is doing here with Solomon. Solomon goes on to show him, to show our old man, that there are terms and conditions that must be met, and that we know they cannot be obtained without Christ as the vine in our lives making that possible (Joh 15:5).

2Sa 12:10  Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 

Rom 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

1Ki 1:52  And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 

Here are those conditions that God requires of us, typified by these words of Solomon to Adonijah:

“And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die”

Again, there is none righteous so there no chance that Adonijah or anyone of us is going to change the spots of the leopard beast we are (Jer 13:23, Rev 13:4) without a miracle from God. The new man, God’s elect being the bride of Christ, are the ones of whom it can be said “there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth“, a promise which is the same as saying the gates of hell won’t prevail against the church (Luk 21:18-19, Mat 16:18).

Jer 13:23  Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 

Rev 13:4  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 

Luk 21:18  But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 
Luk 21:19  In your patience possess ye your souls. 

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The encouragement for those whose names are written in heaven is being expressed with these words of king David: “there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth“. The admonition for us is to look well to ourselves and to the flock of God so that we repent when we see any root of bitterness, any envy, lust, or jealousy in our hearts, otherwise “wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die” telling us that God’s elect must die daily in order to prevent these roots of bitterness from forming and taking root in our heavens (Heb 12:15-16).

Heb 12:15  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Heb 12:16  Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 

1Ki 1:53  So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 

King Solomon sent and they brought him down from the altar “And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house“, reminds us how the world will initially be compliant to the commands of God when His government is established, but as time progresses, the sacrifices and obedience will become less and less and will be a witness against the unconverted masses who, at God’s appointed time, will demonstrate that they were always enemies of the cross (Zec 14:17, Rev 20:7-9).

Paul warning the church for three years with tears tells us while in this flesh it’s easy to be naive and not discerning of spirits around us, of which we are to constantly be trying within and ouwardly whether or not they are of the Lord (Php 3:18, 1Jn 4:1).

The rebellion that happens at the end of the symbolic thousand years has three tens, and the multiple of those numbers is significant, as it tells us evil men always wax worse and worse when they’re told “go to thine house” but go there forgetting where they came from (Joh 7:38-53, Zec 14:17, Jdg 21:25).

Joh 7:43  So there was a division among the people because of him. [Mat 10:34 God’s elect are that sword of (Mat 10:34) during the 1000 year reign unbeknownst to the world 1Jn 4:17]

Zec 14:17  And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 

Joh 7:52  They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 
Joh 7:53  And every man went unto his own house. 

Jdg 21:25  In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

If we are blessed to have eyes to see today, this verse will apply to us now: “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it“, and we will understand how blessed we are to be drawn to His house where it is better to dwell for one day, than a thousand days without. The one day in Psalm 84:10 represents the day of the Lord upon our first man Adam who is being judged now (1Pe 4:17) as opposed to having to be ruled over for a thousand symbolic years, to then be judged in the lake of fire (Heb 10:25, Mal 3:16, Psa 84:10). It is the same fire that must judge all men, each man in his appointed time (Heb 9:27, 1Co 15:22-23).

Heb 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

Mal 3:16  Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

Psa 84:10  For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

Heb 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 
1Co 15:23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.