The Tabernacle of David
by Mike Bickle
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) Continue reading….
Julia,
I thought you might find my post on the Tabernacle of David of interest. Were you aware that the IHOP website corrects some of the errors in this article?
http://kimolsen.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/confusion-on-the-davidic-tabernacle/
No I did not, I will have to check it out. Thanks Lee! Can you clue me in to where on IHOP’s website this is?
P.S. – I missed you!
Julia,
Yes, it’s here as a sub-tab under “Core Beliefs”
http://www.ihop.org/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=1000010501
Thanks, I found it and popped over to Kim’s for coffee and a chat.
Julia,
You have a commenter – Lily – who left a message for you over on the ToD thread on Kim’s site. I thought you might want to check it out.
Oh, and I left you a few comments as well.
Hey, why don’t you send me an email — if you would be comfortable with that kind of thing? If not, no problemo. I thought that may be perhaps a better, if not different, way of communicating.