The Tabernacle of David, the New Testament way of worship as many have taught, has always been something of much interest to me. Understanding somewhat about it and probably understanding less than I should, I guess I had always approached it, looking for some concealed message that no one else would find but me and enlighten the whole world with my great theological understanding. And so I continued to look as Paul told Timothy, "Every learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth". Ouch!  Is our cry for holiness only so that we can show others how much better we are than they? Ouch again! OK, I'll move on.
  If there's anything that impresses me most about this whole story is David's desire the have the presence of God in his city. Let that be our main focus as worship leaders and we will turn our cities on fire for the living God. He wanted to bring the ark to Jerusalem, the city of God. I think that's what seperated David from all others. It's what made him a 'man after God's heart'. Although the Bible does say that David turned not aside from any thing the Lord commanded him all the days of his life, save only the matter of Uriah the Hittite, 1 Kings 15:5. Did you ever have one of those 'save only' moments in your life? I would regret to say I've had a few…last week.(smiley face intended)
  So what is so amazing about David's tabernacle that we all long to peer into it's deep spiritual meanings for us today? Fist of all, I have read, at least once, all of the strict, scrupulous guidlines for the priesthood concerning the tabernacle of Moses. There were so many ceremonial cleansings needed just to enter into the holy place and dare we even think of entering the holy of holies except once a year. Entering into that place seemed to bring more chances of death than it did life. So it blows my mind, (excuse my Cajun dialect) as to how in the world did David take the ark of the covenant, (the very presence of God), carry it into Jerusalem and set it up in a tent, with no veil and no one dies! Here we see sinful men; men with bad thoughts, short tempers and many other 'save onlys' in their lives, worshipping God without any fear of dieing! And they're NOT dieing! How did they tap into that? That's grace friends. I know it was not the timeline for the Dispensation of grace to take place but I do see it taking place anyhow. This is the tabernacle that Micah prophesied about, that God would raise up. Now I know there are many other things I could talk about today concerning the tabernacle of David, but to prevent you from not finishing my little blog, I'll keep it to just this one point… Men and women today now have the opportunity to come and worship before this holy God, solely because this God has chosen to not remember our sins and our inquities anymore thereby providing for us a new and living way to enter boldy to this holy throne and worsip Him without a sin conscious, being still with some sin or maybe just a 'save only' in our lives. Heb. 10:16-20… More to come on this I'm sure.
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