Today is the sixth day of June. Welcome to the Daily Haudiot Vival. I am Brian and it is a joy to be here with you today.

A beautiful time here in the rolling hills of Tennessee. And I trust a beautiful time wherever you may be.

It's always a beautiful time here around the Global Campfire, really no matter what's going on.

In the weather or in our lives it's an oasis, a safe place for us.

And so it's wonderful to be here with you today as we gather and do what we do, which is to take the next step forward.

And our next step forward today leads us into some new territory.

We finished the book of Second Samuel yesterday and so we will begin today the book of First Kings.

And we'll notice, I mean Second Samuel kind of ends in a certain way sort of abruptly and we'll notice that we're kind of moving into Kings and continuing the story forward from Samuel with some differences as with some of the other books in the Bible.

First and second Kings, first and second Chronicles. These were one manuscript at a certain point of time and they were broken up into first and second for ease of finding things in the text.

First and second Kings and then first and second Chronicles, which follows, cover essentially the same point in history but its observations from two different vantage points.

So the books of Kings that we're going into now will deal with the Kings. More prominence will be given to the royalty and the way that they interact with the prophetic voices.

Whereas when we get into Chronicles, we look at the same point in history from more of a priestly or a common view and have different perspective on the same time period.

So as we move into First Kings, we will still be with King David but we will witness the end of his reign and some additional family drama as his son Solomon ascends to the throne.

And then Solomon will guide Israel into peace and prosperity and abundance as they worship the Lord.

Solomon will build the first temple to God. This is known as the first temple in Jerusalem.

And the worship and praise of God take an iconic place in the Hebrew culture as this society is being knit together as a nation under a king.

And so we will see an apex of finest hour. But it's not without problems. Solomon has problems of his own and we'll get to those soon enough and we'll watch things begin to unravel.

And then after King Solomon, things will get a little bit tricky and will lead to a division.

And so this kingdom of Israel, these 12 united tribes, they will divide. And the 10 tribes in the north will become the kingdom of Israel.

And then the southern kingdom will be called Judah and we'll get to know prophets, the prophetic voices in this time, Elijah and Elijah.

And then, then, then, then. And then we watch it all fall apart. And military overthrow comes to the land. And exile comes to the land and the people are carried away.

But all will not be lost. All is never lost. And that is the hope of the gospel.

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