Who Are You Betting On?

740 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ki 1:41-48, “Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, "Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?" 42 While he was still speaking, there came Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said to him, "Come in, for you are a prominent man, and bring good news." 43 Then Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44 "The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. 45 "So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. 46 "Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom. 47 "And moreover the king's servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.' Then the king bowed himself on the bed. 48 "Also the king said thus, 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see it!'" (1 Kings 1:41-48) Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Adonijah and his retinue are just finishing their self-coronation meal, when they hear all the noise going on in the city. Come to find out, this was not a good thing for them. Solomon has been proclaimed king and is seated on the throne. The deal is done. Adonijah's victory is short-lived. This whole scenario is a picture of what is shown in the Book of Revelation as it concerns the Last Days. You can read about it in Re 11:8-19. But the jist of the matter is, the devil and all his followers, (and if you are not a follower of Jesus, you are a follower of the devil for it is as Jesus said in Lu 11:23 "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.”) are all celebrating the demise of the two witnesses, the silencing of the church, but the celebration is short-lived as the seventh angel blows the trumpet (isn't that what Joab heard) and it is game over. The true King Jesus returns, His church is raptured, and the time of the dead has come that they should be judged (Rev 11:18) It's going to happen folks. Jesus will return, and the Bible is full of warnings about that day, including this picture painted for us in 1 Kings of the rebellion and defeat of Adonijah. Who are you betting on Adonijah or Solomon? The devil or Jesus? Your ETERNITY is at stake!