ZADOK THE PRIEST - KING SOLOMON’S FIRST CORONATION PREVENTED A ROYAL COUP

Today in the United States of America we see an attempted coup taking place before our eyes. Those who hate President Trump are doing everything they can to remove him from office. They are changing the rules and holding secret hearings that prevent the President from defending himself.

The Democrats in control of the hearing won’t even allow true cross examine of witnesses and can decide who testifies and who doesn’t.

If you were accused of a crime would you consider this fair treatment? I think not.

What is happening in our country today is treason. There is a story in the Bible about Adonijah attempting to overthrow King Solomon. He was not successful.

The lawlessness now occurring in the USA is going to affect this country in a negative way in the coming years. Those who are lawless are leading the entire country into lawlessness. We are heading to a place where we will forfeit the freedoms we now enjoy. Beware what you wish for!

In previous studies we have reviewed the loyalty of Zadok the Priest and how we are to be loyal to King Yeshua. Zadok and his sons were loyal to King David and served him faithfully. They have been honored throughout Bible history for their loyalty to the King and we are exhorted to be as the sons of Zadok.

Zadok’s moment of testing came when Adonijah, King David’s son, attempted a political coup to take the throne at David’s death. Our country is now facing a serious test.

Adonijah was a rebellious son that David had no control over (1 Kings 1.6). Through Nathan the prophet God promised David, "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before you forever. Your throne shall be established forever" (2 Samuel 7:12-16)

Adonijah is a type of the lawless self-interest of politicians and citizens of America. Our freedoms and rights are being carelessly discarded.

When Adonijah decided on his own that he would become king he set about to attempt his coup. He conferred with Abiathar the priest and Joab the army general to assist him. They agreed and began taking steps to bring it about.

Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and others who were loyal to David heard about the coup and took action to inform David (1 Kings 1.5-53). Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon and convinced her to go to King David to warn him and have him proclaim Solomon king before the rebellion gained steam:

Then King David answered and said, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.  And the king took an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,  just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so I certainly will do this day.” 1 Kings 1:28-30

Adonijah had held the word of the Lord in contempt and acted in his own self-interest. He was holding his own coronation party! King David knew he had to act swiftly to confirm that Solomon was his choice:

 And King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. The king also said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon. There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the horn, and say ‘Long live King Solomon!’ Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 1 Kings 1:32-35

 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”  And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound. 1 Kings 1:38-41

Many today in America hold the law and God contempt just as Adonijah did in his time.

When Adonijah and his party heard the noise they were afraid for their lives. They were caught committing and act of TREASON a cause for the death penalty. Solomon decides to be merciful to Adonijah if he promises to leave the political scene.  1 Kings 1.50-53

Later after King David dies Adonijah decides to put himself into position to steal the throne again. He asks Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba, to take Abishag, who was a young girl who had served as David’s nurse in old age. She would have had intimate knowledge of how things worked in the King’s Palace.

Adonijah was looking for a way to get close to Solomon in order to possibly overthrow him. When he asked Bathsheba for this he even admitted “The Lord gave Solomon the Kingdom” in 1 Kings 2:15. Once again Adonijah was thinking TREASON.

When Solomon heard the news he had Adonijah executed that same day. The penalty for TREASON even today in the USA is death by hanging!

Adonijah had no intention of keeping his word. He was constantly plotting to overthrow Solomon. Just as the Trump haters are constantly looking for any excuse to remove him from office. In the meantime the business our politicians were elected to do is not done.

Border security, health care, infrastructure, and many more important concerns are left unattended. What do you think they will do after removing President Trump? Our individual freedoms will be attacked. If they can do it to a sitting lawfully elected President they will do it to us!

America, just as Solomon, is facing very serious threats to our Constitutional government. It is time to wake up America. Your future is at state. There is treason in high places. Our government has become a SWAMP indeed!