Two Tabernacles with Two Outcomes

The Tabernacle of David was singularly focused on the glory and the presence of the Lord. The focus was not a day now and then, but a consistency of daily responding to God. An invitation for all to participate freely and openly. Placed on a hill for all to see! David knew that without His glory, there would be no change. Without His presence, there is no light and no life! What is a Tabernacle without the glory and presence of the Lord? What is a Church when the Lord's presence is not there? What is a Christian who does not bear the evidence of the presence of the Lord in their life? The presence of the Lord is dependent on our devotion and relationship with Him. The psalmist David, a man after God's own heart, pleaded with God, "Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me" (Psalm 51:11). Because of David’s heart, God says that He will sit on the throne of David forever. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

Is the modern church to mimic David’s example? Do our hearts cry out, “Create in me a clean heart oh, God,” or do we find ourselves satisfied with ritual, personal preferences, over the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit, which brings us into all truth. John 4:23 says Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth. It is my opinion that the two tabernacles co-existed so that an individual would have the freedom to choose, as God always gives us the option of choice. The term “tabernacle of David” appears prophetically in Amos 9:11, where God promises to “raise the fallen tent of David” and restore its ruins. This imagery speaks of both the restoration of David’s kingdom and the expansion of God’s people to include the Gentiles. In the New Testament, James quotes (Amos 9:11) in (Acts 15:16-17), linking the restoration of David’s tabernacle to the inclusion of Gentiles in the faith, showing that God’s house would be open to all who seek Him.

David danced before the Lord with all his might as an expression of worship and joy when bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. According to 2 Samuel 6:14-22, David wore a linen ephod, a priestly garment, and danced with all his strength before the Lord while the Ark was brought into the City of David. The people of Israel accompanied him with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams’ horns, celebrating the Ark’s arrival, which symbolized God’s presence among His people (2 Samuel 6:14-15). But David’s wife, Michal, daughter of Saul, despised him for what she saw as undignified behavior, criticizing him for exposing himself before the people (2 Samuel 6:16, 20). David responded that his dance was before the Lord, and that he would be “even more undignified” celebrating God’s choice of him as king, and he was willing to appear foolish in human eyes to honor God (2 Samuel 6:21-22). Because of Michal questioning Davids’s open response and motives before the people, God made her barren with no children till her death. This highlights the principle that true worship prioritizes devotion to God over human opinion (the fear of man).

“DAY AND NIGHT, NIGHT AND DAY, LET INCENSE ARISE”