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BACKGROUND
DAVID - Easton's Bible Dictionary
DAVID, CITY OF - Easton's Bible Dictionary
DAVID - The new Bible Dictionary
JERUSALEM - Easton's Bible Dictionary
JERUSALEM. - The new Bible Dictionary
The
full background to this teaching is available online at this link
Full Background Information on David's Tabernacle here
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Online links to scriptures (New International Version [NIV] unless otherwise stated) are shown in blue
| A TENT OF SIMPLICITY |
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 17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, (2 Samuel 6:17a)
David pitched a tent, perhaps near his palace, or on the site of the future Solomon's temple. No mention is made of the structure. No doubt because it was relatively simple and not worth commenting on. Unlike the Tabernacle of Moses that preceded it, or the future Solomon's Temple.
Being a simple tent, it was but a temporary structure, one designed only to house the Ark until the Temple was built. In the event, the Ark remained there for 40 years. David had hoped to build the Temple earlier, but God told him that his son, Solomon, was to do it instead.
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 In Scripture, the glory of Solomon's Temple symbolizes the even greater glory of the Millennial Reign of Jesus yet to come. In the Temple:
2 Chronicles 5:13b-14
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 In sequence then, the tent symbolizes the short period immediately prior to the return of Jesus, when the end time church will arise and minister to the world.
Joel 2:28-32
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 This will be done through the end time church, symbolized by David's Tabernacle or tent.
Amos 11:9-13
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| THE PROBLEM |
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 Since the early church age ended, man has sought to build 'edifices' to glorify God. These 'cathedrals', whether they be stone or crystal, are built in the Old Testament image of the Temple, not upon the New Testament church principle of oneness of heart with Jesus.
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| THE LESSON |
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 Jesus came to bring a 'new way', moving away from the edifices and formality of religion under the Law, to one based not on wealth, but on love of God, and of our fellow believers, as Jesus did.
1 John 3:16-20
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 Sadly, an ongoing emphasis on tradition and edifices has continued to plague the church, enveloping traditionalists and pentecostals, conformists and non-conformists alike. We all quickly establish traditions and build structures, supposedly to the glory of God, but in reality, as monuments to man.
Yet God's heart has always been for people's hearts! In the Old Testament:
Jeremiah 24:7
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 While we easily criticize Simon, in reality, he is little different to us!
Seeking contributions from a congregation for money to build a building is far easier than gathering funds for working amongst people. Yet we persist in building our 'tabernacles', even though they are no longer required. Our 'tabernacle' is Jesus himself - in heaven!
Hebrews 8:1-6
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 In the 96 mentions of the 'church' in the New Testament, not one refers to a dedicated church building. The church is people! Of His body, not an earthly temple!
Ephesians 5:29-30
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 This 'marriage is indeed a mystery, one most of us do not understand.
(Photo of Jewish Bride)
Ephesians 5:32
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| END TIME CHURCH TRAIT 9: A people being as Christ to the community. |
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| <i>NEXT WEEK</i> A REVELATION OF... THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID - Part 10 - DAVID - A TYPE OF THE FUTURE |
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 David was way ahead of his time! He broke the rules of the Old Covenant and in doing so, provides a picture of what we have available to us today - if only we will take advantage of it.
Let's find out!
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| A NOTE FROM DAVID |
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 One of my great sadness', both here in New Zealand and in travelling elsewhere, is the store people put on church buildings. Most, consciously or subconsciously, relate the church and God as being one and the same. Reverence is given to a building, but it truly belongs to God.
No, I am not being extreme. You listen to yourself and others closely and you will soon see what I mean. I have to stop doing it myself, for it is the natural thing to do. To put God in a building that we can see, touch and feel.
But the church is people! And people are found in the community. If we wish the church to grow, we must take the true, caring, servant church into the community, for that is where the people are.
Let's never forget that Jesus related to people, not buildings.
New Testament Whitewashed Tomb
Jesus said that the hypocritical Pharisees were like whitewashed tombs which were beautiful on the outside but full of dead men's bones on the inside.
Source: http://www.ebibleteacher.com
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So until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD!
His servant and yours
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A DAVID'S DOODLING
1055. The cost of God's kingdom is obedience, religion's, money. Most of us take the easy option!
David Tait
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Check
out the WWJ website for….
More David's Doodlings: www.wwj.org.nz/dd.php
Waxing Lyrical: http://www.wwj.org.nz/waxing.php
If Only I'd Thought of it: http://www.wwj.org.nz/thought.php
Laughing at Ourselves: http://www.wwj.org.nz/laugh.php
A look at some of lifes curious questions: http://www.wwj.org.nz/why.php
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In the Millennium: 
And Israel will be restored. 
And the New, as Simon the Sorcerer found out!