Day 189..."David succession by Solomon...Matthias succeeds Judas"

I Kings begins with the aging David and the need of a successor. Adonijah sets himself up to be the next King but his plans are intercepted. The closest people to David...Bathsheba, Nathan, and others call for Solomon. David gives his blessings and calls for Solomon's kingdom to exceed his own. Solomon begins his reign by confronting and later killing those who have disobeyed. The second chapter concludes by saying Solomon's Kingdom is firmly established. Ecclesiastes speaks about youth and aging as vanity..."for youth and the dawn of life are vanity." Aging gracefully is not easy! The Book of Acts is written by Luke and some refer to these 28 chapters as "the gospel of the Church." Others have referred to Acts as the "the gospel of the Holy Spirit." In the first chapter Jesus ascends, after forty days following the resurrection. The power of the Holy Spirit is promised by Jesus and is recorded in Acts 1:8..."But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” In a matter of restoring the twelve disciples, Mathias is elected by casting lots to follow Judas.