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    The Tabernacle of David
     
    By Mike Bickle
     

    Last month I wrote about how important it is to discover keys to enjoyable prayer--and how dreadful it is to despise praying. I know much about boring, unanointed prayer through personal experience. But I believe I have found the secret to a vital prayer life.

    I came across this secret when I was studying the tabernacle of David (see Acts 15:16-17), the perfect model of a 24-hour-a-day prayer and worship ministry. King David assigned musicians and singers, whom he had trained in the prophetic spirit (see 1 Chr. 25:1-3), to worship God continuously before the ark.

    In Moses' time, the glory on the ark was hidden in the holy of holies behind a thick veil. But in David's tent (tabernacle), there was no veil to keep the people from seeing the glory of God. It was unprecedented: David set the ark of the covenant in open view!

    Instead of the thick veil Moses used, David made musicians and singers into a human veil around the ark. He organized 4,000 musicians and 288 singers to minister to God in shifts that rotated 24 hours a day (see 1 Chr. 6:31-33; 15:16-22; 23:4-6; 25:7). In fact, David released these worshipers from other duties so that they could make prayer and worship their full-time occupation (see 1 Chr. 9:33).

    I believe God will fully restore the tabernacle of David--which is the very embodiment of intercessory worship before the beauty, holiness and glory of God--in the generation in which the Lord returns (see Acts 15:16-17). I believe it will be the means of releasing the fullness of salvation and revival for all the nations. Through this model of intercessory worship, the Great Commission will be fulfilled so that every tribe, tongue and nation will be present on the last day (see Rev. 5:9; 7: 9-10; 14:6; 15:4; Matt. 24:14).

    God has already begun His work of restoration.  In May 1983, our church hosted a citywide effort that involved 21 days of prayer and fasting for revival.  In the midst of our intercession, the Lord spoke to us in a dramatic way.  he told us that one day He would establish among us a 24-hour-a-day prayer ministry in the spirit of the tabernacle of David.

    At the time, we were not at all sure what God meant.  But 16 years later we took a giant step in our journey to see this long-term vision fulfilled.   Last year, I resigned as the senior pastor of Metro Christian Fellowship in Kansas City, Missouri, in order to give myself full time to a citywide prayer ministry.

    On May 7, 1999, we signed a lease on a 200 seat prayer building about one mile from our church.  We began with 13 hours a day of intercession led by worship teams.  Then on Sept. 19 we began to worship and pray 24 hours a day.

    We are clearly in the embryonic stages of development.  The pattern we have established thus far is that we sing and pray the New Testament apostolic prayers, the hymns of Revelation, the Song of Solomon and the Psalms in a corporate, antiphonal way.  We do this in the form of 84 prayer meetings a week, each one lasting two hours and folding seamlessly into the next.  Each two hour segment is led by a worship team.  We also engage in spiritual warfare for revival in the cities of the earth.

    We have raised several hundred thousand dollars toward an annual budget to supplement some of the singers and pay for the building.  We believe it is essential for a core of musicians and singers to be involved full time and to receive financial support (as commanded by God through King David in 1 Chronicles).  This frees them to go deeper in God and learn to flow in the Spirit as a team.  The benefits these worshipers provide the church are well worth what it costs to release them for full-time service.

    Perhaps God is calling you to be a part of His end-time purposes to restore 24-hour-a-day worship and intercession to the church.  If so, I encourage you to press in to Him and follow His direction for establishing a local "prayer furnace."  Jesus is not coming back to a prayerless people but to a bride who is on fire with passion for Him 



     

    Copywrite Mike Bickle October, 2000 Charisma Magazine

    Mike Bickle is the director of the International Hosue of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, a 24-hour-a-day prayer ministry.  He also is the author of Passion for Jesus and Growing in the Prophetic (Creation House). Visit his ministry on the Web at  www.fotb.com
     


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    The Restoration of David's Tabernacle...What is it?

    By David Orton

    Part 1 of 2

    Every outpouring of the Spirit signals a transition from an old order to the new. And it usually creates conflict.

    In obedience to a vision, Peter's ground-breaking visit to Cornelius shook the status quo, taking the gospel and the outpouring of the Spirit beyond its original Jewish confines. But some Judaizers demanded that the new Gentile believers submit to circumcision, and, therefore, to ritual law for salvation. In effect they were saying, "The old way of doing it is God's way!" How was this "new thing" (Isa 43:19) to be understood? It was totally outside their frame of reference, it flew in the face of religious protocol - in fact, from where they sat, you could not come to God outside of their revelation. To put it colloquially, it was either their way or the highway!

    To resolve the issue the apostles and elders gathered in Jerusalem. After hearing Peter's testimony of the outpouring of the Spirit on the Gentiles, and after much heated debate, James stood up, resolving the problem by reading from the prophet Amos:

    "The words of the prophets are in agreement with this (ie with Peter's experience of the Gentile outpouring), as it is written, "After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name...!" (Acts 15:15-17 NIV).

    James interpreted the new thing that God was doing (the outpouring of the Spirit on the Gentiles) as the restoration of David's tabernacle.

    But what does the restoration of David's tabernacle actually mean?

    Transition to a new order - a time for change!

    First, David's tabernacle signifies a transition to a new order. The ark of God's presence, which had been lost, was not restored to Moses' but to David's tabernacle. The restoration of God's presence represents a new order of things. The old order of Moses' tabernacle had forfeited the ark under the spiritually delinquent leadership of Eli (1 Sam 2). And so, when the time for its restoration arrived, the ark did not return to the old structure, but to a new one, to David's tabernacle. New wine requires new wineskins. The Holy Spirit inevitably breaks out despite our best attempts to domesticate him through personal or denominational agendas. He cannot be contained or tamed by our religious cultures - he is the omnipotent God and is the creative power behind the universe! Renewal always creates revolution, moving us on from old ways and old structures.

    Despite this, the old structure of Moses' tabernacle stood for another thirty-five to forty years until the building of Solomon's Temple. There was an overlap between the old and the new - a period of transition. In fact, David appointed priests and worship leaders from the new order of David's tabernacle to minister in the old (1 Chr 16:37-43; 21:28-30; 2 Chr 1:1-6). God always provides a window of transition as the old decreases and the new increases - a lead-time, before the old is superseded by the new. Moses' tabernacle, whose worship was previously silent, enjoyed the renewal of its worship under David's new priesthood. God has been visiting the old order of the institutional church for the last thirty-five to forty years through the Charismatic Renewal, the Third Wave, and Toronto Blessing, bringing renewal and giving lead-time. However, the complete reformation of the church is now upon us - the final restoration of apostolic Christianity, when the whole earth will be filled with the glory of God.

    Now is the time for change. There is a shifting in the heavenlies. The lead-time is rapidly expiring as the church steps into an acceleration of God?s purposes. Within every window of transition there is a kairos moment - a moment of intersection, as the new order eclipses the old - a point of no return. We cannot stay with the old order forever. Although it has enjoyed the benefits of renewed worship the ark has moved on. While we need to learn from what God did in the past, like the scribe of the kingdom who brings out things both new and old (Mtt 13:52), we must commit to following the ark of God's presence, no matter where it leads.

    David did not become the curator of a religious museum - of Moses' tabernacle. The only thing that transferred from Moses' to David's tabernacle was the Ark of the Covenant, nothing else. All the familiar patterns were gone - all the old securities and structures were finished with. But the one thing that did not change was the ark of God's presence and his covenant character. He is the one who declared, "I am the Lord and I change not". All else is shifting sand. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken - everything temporal - even structures that were raised up under the design of God for a previous generation. We have no choice but to leave the security of the past and pursue the ark of his manifest presence.

    While the old order has been enjoying a season of renewal God has been preparing the new order - an underground church. Hidden from the eye of the old institutions those with the heart of David, have been trained in their caves of Adullam, in places of anonymity and suffering, ready for a day of promotion in the Spirit. He holds them under wraps until a chosen moment in history. They are those who are in distress and in debt - those who have been marginalised by the old order of human power - those viewed as dissenters and discontents, but who in the timing of God emerge as David's mighty men - as the leaders of the new kingdom-order: "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him" (1 Cor 1:27-29 NIV).


    In the next five to ten years we will see alternative forms of church and of worship, after the heart of David, filled with an uncontrolled spiritual passion that will be used of God to reach a new generation. It won't be new methods in church growth, but a new spirit of radical holiness, of worship - and a passion for the presence of God. As a kingdom counter-culture, house churches, underground youth churches, and alternative forms of ministry will restore true spirituality - and, like a vine go over the wall, transcending every man-made boundary into previously un-reached people groups - to the poor and the disenfranchised of this world. They will break the patterns and protocols of the religious system to touch God and reach their generation.

    Restoration of God's manifest presence - the defeat of the program idol!

    Second, David's tabernacle signifies the restoration of God's manifest presence. As already mentioned, the ark of God's presence had been lost under Eli's priesthood, captured in battle by the Philistines. The news killed Eli. His daughter-in-law immediately gave birth, naming her son Ichabod, meaning, "the glory has departed". From then, throughout Samuel's ministry and Saul's kingship, Israel was without the ark - the manifest presence of God. It was not until David's reign that it was restored.

    Tragically, David's first attempt to bring back the ark failed. Loading it on the back of a "new cart", he presumed to restore the presence of God in his own strength and with his own methods. The oxen stumbled and Uzza, who was assisting, instinctively reached out to steady it. But in a flash, he was struck down! Confused, David fled, leaving the ark in the care of Obed-Edom, and did not return for another three months. In that time he sought the Lord, coming to the realisation that, "We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way" (1 Chr 15:13 NIV). Evidently, God is very particular about how we do his work. God's work is to be done God's way - not ours. Our good intentions and good ideas are not good enough. We feel that if we are sincere or creative God will be happy, but unfortunately, we can be sincerely and creatively wrong. We build our "new carts" - our new programs and strategies, and think, all we need to do is get the wheels turning - get the programs going and the wheels of religious activity moving, and God will be pleased. But no - he was angered (1 Chr 13:10). Why? Because we are trusting in the machinery of ministry, in our own plans and programs, rather than in him.

    So, how was the ark to be restored? On the shoulders of the priests (1 Chr 15:11-15). God uses men (and women) not methods. He puts his treasure in earthen vessels - in people. But only a particular kind of person - the Levites and the priests - those who have been separated by the anointing to minister to him. The only way the ark of his presence will be restored is on the shoulders of those who stand before him in their priestly ministry, offering the spiritual sacrifices of a consecrated life - and of intercessory prayer, and worship. Those, who with a heart of worship separate themselves to spend time alone with him - who refuse to be distracted by the madding crowd of pressing things and will not be content until they soak in his presence and even then still hunger for more. Who with a pure heart and clean hands wait on him for who he is, not for what he does. They will achieve things in the spirit realm, and, therefore, on earth that those using human methods never can.

    To be continued: in Part 2 we will look at the restoration of True Spiritual Authority, True Worship, & the Great Commission.


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    THE RESTORATION OF DAVID’S TABERNACLE:


    WHAT IS IT?
    By David Orton

    Part 2 of 2


    In Part 1 we saw that the outpouring of the Spirit on the Gentiles created a conflict with the old patterns and ways, and was only resolved when James, quoting the prophet Amos, interpreted the new move of God as the "restoration of David’s tabernacle" (Acts 15).

    We therefore discovered that David’s Tabernacle signifies Transition to a New Order, and Restoration of God’s Presence.


    In Part 2 we will now discover that it additionally signifies the restoration of True Spiritual Authority, True Worship, and the Completion of the Great Commission.

    Restoration of true spiritual authority – the defeat of the ministry idol!


    Third, David’s tabernacle typifies the restoration of true spiritual authority. Jesus, as the son of David, is the fulfillment of the type.


    His authority did not come from the religious system, but from the incarnation of truth: "And the Word…became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled – fixed His tent of flesh, lived a while among us; and we actually saw His glory – His honor, His majesty; such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace…and truth" Jn 1:14 Amp, emphasis mine). The living out of brokenness in heart-relationship with the Father gave him his authority (see Jn 5:19, 30; 8:42). It was therefore a spiritual authority, not dependent on the structures or systems of men.


    Likewise, David‘s authority emanated from his heart-communion with God. He spoke out of this when, as newly anointed king, he announced to the people, "Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul" (1 Chr 13:3 NIV). But Saul, by contrast, when he had the same opportunity, neglected to promote the presence of God. The reason? It was not a consideration in his personal life. As a leader, private passion usually determines public policy. His soul was not toward the Lord, which became evident as his reign unfolded. On the other hand, David’s first concern as king was to prepare a place for the presence of God. Because he had already developed a heart of worship in private, it was the most natural thing to promote the presence of God in public. What I would describe as the trembling heart of worship became for him his exclusive source of authority.


    By contrast Saul’s authority was fixed in human strength. He typifies the human government of the old order. He was "an impressive young man without equal" (1 Sam 9:2a NIV) and "from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people" (v 2b NASB). The religious system is impressed by appearances – by worldly values – by human stature and strength. Saul was a head and shoulders man who used his natural reasoning (head) and natural strength (shoulders) to do the work of God.


    Space doesn’t permit a full study of Saul’s life and leadership. However, the root cause for his loss of the kingdom was an unbroken self-life. Even when Saul was "eyeballed" by the prophet Samuel for his blatant disobedience in sacrificing the best of the flock, he persistently defended himself, deflecting truth by blame-shifting. Samuel responded with a frightening pronouncement: "’Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king" (1 Sam 15:22-23 NIV emphasis mine).


    Saul offered a sacrifice to God from self-will. This seemingly spiritual act was done in stubbornness (NKJV) or rebellion, which Samuel explained, in fact, as idolatry and witchcraft. What is Samuel saying? Ministry (our service to God) can become idolatry and witchcraft! Self-will, is a satanic principle, whether it is exercised in gross sin, or in the service of God. "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. " Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ "And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness’" (Mt 7:21-23 NASB, emphasis mine).

    It is possible to prophesy, cast out demons, and move in the miraculous in disobedience to the Father – it is possible to "practice lawlessness" in the things of the Spirit, and to be without restraint in the work of God! To habitually do ministry out of self-will and rebellion!


    How can this be? The gifts of God are irrevocable (see Rom 11:29). They are not given or retained because of our good works or behavior. They are a grace gift – a charisma, freely bestowed on the same ground as salvation, independently of character, by grace through faith (see Eph 2:8). Consequently, the work of God can be led by those who lead out of charisma at the expense of character – those who may pay lip service to the lordship of Christ, but do their own thing – who, in fact, operate in a spirit of rebellion and witchcraft.


    Witchcraft and idolatry are, according to Paul, both "works of the flesh" (Gal 6:20). However, exercising leadership in the flesh, in human strength, as in the case of Saul, eventually gives ground to demonic oppression and ultimately kingdom dispossession – Saul was overtaken by an evil spirit and the kingdom passed to David (see 1 Sam 16:14, 15, 16, 23; 18:10). Eventually the government of God lifts from "Saul leadership", and rests on another. It is eclipsed by a new order.


    However, before David, the new order leadership, could emerge he served the old order (see 1 Sam 16:21), honoring Saul (see 1 Sam 24:5-6), but trusting in the Lord for promotion (see 2 Sam 5:12; 1 Chr 14:2). Even so, the anointing transferred to David, despite Saul’s continuing, but temporary, position as king (see 1 Sam 16:13-14). This transitionary time between the old and the new tested David’s walk with God. The anointing lifted from Saul’s life, an evil spirit tormented him, and he was moved to jealousy and fear at David’s evident favor with God (see 1 Sam 18:10-14). Now, demonically driven, it was not long before he attempted to take David’s life (see 1 Sam 19:9-10), leading to David’s fugitive existence and wilderness years. His patron and mentor, the man who had the power to lift him to the throne, driven by a murderous jealousy, was now his enemy. Despite the lie of his current circumstances, David, as a seventeen year-old youth, had been anointed for the kingship. Now he had to trust the Lord to bring it to pass.


    True spiritual authority does not come from a position – it comes from God’s presence through times of pressure – from the crucible of wilderness testings. Jesus, the son of David, having learned obedience emerged from the wilderness in the power of the Spirit – with true spiritual authority (see Lk 4:14). The prince of this world, Satan, could find nothing in him (see Jn 14:30). There was nothing in Jesus that answered to the spirit of the world. So too, David. God used the isolation and injustice of his straitened circumstances to purify his inner life – to humble him, and draw him further into himself.

    In contrast to Saul’s unbroken self-life David embraced the dealings of God that caused him to inherit the kingdom, producing the one sacrifice that God will not despise – that of "a broken and contrite heart" (Ps 51:17 NIV). Brokenness is the only ground of true spiritual authority. The kingdom belongs to the poor in spirit (see Mt 5:3).

    Restoration of true worship – the defeat of the worship idol!


    Fourth, David’s tabernacle typifies the restoration of true worship.

    God is stirring the heart of this generation to pursue a passion for him after the spirit and structure of David’s Tabernacle.

    All over the world we are beginning to see a resurgence of 24/7 intercessory worship. >From a 6th Century Bangor, Ireland monastery to the 18th Century Herrnhut ("the Lord’s Watch"), in Saxony with the Moravians and now to this generation God has raised up the sound of 24/7 worship. Again worshippers, musicians, and singers are being called to minister to the Lord around the clock just as it was in David's Tabernacle (see 1 Chr 9:33; 15:16-22; 25:1-31, Psa 134:1).


    But, it is one thing to restore the structure, it is another to restore the spirit of David’s Tabernacle. Amos prophesied its restoration during a time marked by prosperity and spiritual decline. While, on the one hand, their military and economic strength had increased, on the other, their spiritual life had diminished. Seduced by the surrounding idolatry they worshiped both God and Baal, superficially maintaining their ritual worship, but secretly having deeply defected.

    Prosperity had lulled them into a false sense of security until they were rudely awakened by the word of the Lord: "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. Although you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" (Amos 5:21-24 NIV).


    As it was then, our services, seminars, concerts, and conferences, the noise of our chorus singing and music can offend the heart of God. We are mistaken to think that worship consists of our creativity and professionalism, our presentation of music or preaching. Worship has little to do with public performance, but everything to do with private purity. It emanates from the private pain of surrender – it is the fragrance of a life abandoned to God. A life lived for his pleasure. It is what the Father is searching for, and the only thing that will satisfy him (see Jn 4:21-24). It has nothing to do with our musical expertise, album sales, or artistic success, but everything to do with the private pleasure of being abandoned to the Father’s love.


    I recently visited the website of a major Christian publisher. They were conducting a survey of churches with the question emblazoned across the top of the page: "Are the seats in your church comfortable?" I was taken-aback. "Honestly", I thought, "who cares!" But obviously someone does – why else would they be asking. Anaesthetized by our post-war affluence and the afterglow of a bygone Christian era we are unaware of how far we have fallen. Apart from God giving us a revelation of his own holy nature, we have no yardstick to measure the church, or the culture. Fortunately, though, this is exactly what is happening.

    God is bringing back the plumbline of worship "as it used to be" (Amos 9:11; from the passage quoted by James in Acts 15). Worship not according to our traditional patterns or even our contemporary culture, but according to the Tabernacle of David.


    So, what does this mean? To have worship restored as it was under David’s Tabernacle for Amos’s generation and ours, was to be cleansed of idolatry – to have our heart fixed on the Lord (see Psa 57:7 KJV) – to worship only him. As David so poignantly asked – "Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false" (Ps 24:3-4 NIV). Every false allegiance and affection – every false god was thrown to the ground in his passion and pursuit of the true and living God. It means laying down every priority, agenda, and value system that is contrary to the heart and character of God.


    As the "anointed…sweet psalmist of Israel"(2 Sam 23:1) David, above all else, was a true worshipper. Expressed in worship he possessed a thirst for the living God. He learned in his youth to commune with God in the solitariness of his father’s sheep fields. Before moving the hearts of men as the great warrior-king, he learned to be moved by the heart of God in the secret place. He desired only one thing – to be in his presence, near to the heart of God. He knew how to "waste" time with the Lord – to seek his face and to gaze on his beauty. It became the secret of his power. And he learned, therefore, to trust in the Lord who through life’s troubles proved himself a true stronghold. The Lord, through experience, became his refuge and strength. Even in his youth David had become so attuned to God’s heart as a worshipper that the Lord could say of him, "I have found David…a man after my own heart…" (Acts 13:22).


    But, David was not only a worshipper – he was a warrior-king. To have worship restored as it was under David suggests there are heights of praise and worship – of being near to the heart of God that will be a weapon of warfare to cast down demonic powers over whole cities and nations (see Psa 149).

    True worship after the heart of David, I believe, will release the presence of God into the nations displacing every demonic power until history finally declares, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ…" (Rev 11:15) – until the completion of the Great Commission.


    Completion of the Great Commission – winning back planet earth!


    Lastly, the restoration of David’s tabernacle signals the completion of the Great Commission: "I will…rebuild David’s fallen tent… and I will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name."


    Through the restoration of David’s tabernacle, God’s redemptive purpose for the earth will be accomplished. David prophesied that, "All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations" (Ps 22:27-28 NIV, emphasis mine). As a prophet, David saw down through the ages to the time when Jesus, as the son of David, would harvest the nations in power of the Spirit. There is no room in David’s prophetic reach for the defeat of the gospel or of Christ’s body on earth.


    Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great 19th Century London preacher, was of the same mind:


    "David was not a believer in the theory that the world will grow worse and worse, and that the dispensation will wind up with general darkness, and idolatry. Earth’s sun is to go down amid tenfold night if some of our prophetic brethren are to be believed. Not so do we expect, but we look for a day when the dwellers in all lands shall learn righteousness, shall trust in the savior, shall worship thee alone… The modern notion has greatly damped the zeal of the church… and the sooner it is to be shown unscriptural the better for the cause of God. It neither consorts with prophecy, honors God, nor inspires the church with ardour. Far hence be it driven." (Quoted by Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope – Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy, p xiv)


    Any prophetic scheme that robs the church of her revival destiny, the gospel of its power, or Christ of his victory in this present age must be seen for what it is – a delusion of demonic design, sent to disrupt the advance of the kingdom of God on earth.


    Let us be assured that Christ is returning for a worshipping Bride – a perfect and mature church, moving in the restoration of David’s Tabernacle, and experiencing the full realization of all he purchased at the Cross (see Eph 4:13; 5:27). At this glorious climax she will offer to him a world renewed in the power of the kingdom (see Mt 13:33; 1 Cor 15:24, 25).


    Adapted from David's forthcoming book, "Snakes in the Temple: Exposing Idolatry in Today's Church".

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