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A new spiritual form of worship came forth from the commandment of David from God. Note that all of these forms of worship are in the Word of God and may be freely used during liturgical services or worship unto God. The dance in Davidic worship was joyful and done in praise, as a part of worship and all unto the Lord.

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It was usually associated with festivals, but can also be observed being used during prophecy, travail and celebration. Ministry if Musicians with Instruments — 1 Chronicles Ministry of the Levites before the Ark — 1Chronicles Ministry of Recording — 1 Chronicles A scribe is someone who writes and records stories or events.

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Ministry of Praise — 1 Chronicles Ministry of Psalms — 1 Chronicles The majority of the Psalms were written by David. Ministry of Rejoicing and Joy — 1 Chronicles Rejoicing was very evident the Davidic order. Ministry of Clapping hands — Psalms Slap the hands together Clapping is one of the most human responses of all to joy and in rejoicing. During the end time period, the seventh trumpet will sound and Messiah will return and do battle against His enemies The Day of Trumpets and break the yoke of Gentile oppression from the neck of Israel Ps.

Isaiah prophesied that spiritually the nation would be born in a day Is. For us as believers, the atoning duty of the high priest in the Old Testament foreshadowed the perfect atonement of Jesus when He died on the cross and entered the throne room of God the Father in heaven to present His blood and the veil of the Temple was miraculously rent from top to bottom Matthew This supernatural event signified that the way into God's presence was now open to all who believe in God through Christ.

Believers can now come to God through the veil of Christ's flesh and blood Hebrews Like the first goat who died as sin offering and whose blood was sprinkled within the veil on the Mercy Seat, so Jesus, our Sin-offering died to reconcile us to God as His blood was brought into the heavenly Sanctuary, within the veil Heb.

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The scapegoat, after the laying on of hands, was sent by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness bearing away the sins, transgressions, iniquities and uncleanness of Israel. Likewise, Jesus was crucified outside the city walls Heb. The seventh and final feast given by the Lord is known as Sukkoth or the Feast of Tabernacles. It is the most joyful and festive of all the feasts. The feast of Tabernacles is spoken of as the Feast of Ingathering , which took place at the end of the year. During this harvest all the fruits of the land were gathered together with the wine and oil Lev.

The Feast of Tabernacles falls in the autumn of the year northern hemisphere , on the 15th day of Tishri, which is the seventh month on the Biblical calendar usually late September to mid-October and only five days after the solemn Day of Atonement. Future fulfilment When Jesus returns to earth to occupy the throne of David Mat.

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Isaiah described this event as the harvesting of olives Is. Anyone who has ever been engaged in any earnest discussion about liturgy with persons of the progressive camp or sometimes with charismatics has probably come across the story of David dancing in front of the Ark of the Covenant being cited as a precedent for liturgical dance and other such exuberant manifestations of piety.

The argument as it is usually put forward is that since King David danced before the Ark of the Covenant, there can be no objections to dance being incorporated into modern liturgies. This argument is an interesting one - on the one hand, I don't know a single person against liturgical dance who has been convinced by this argument; on the other hand, I have yet to hear anyone give a real cogent response, either.

Any such response to this argument must both affirm David's antics in front of the Ark as the Bible seems to while at the same time explaining why such behavior is not appropriate for the liturgy.


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Such a response I will attempt to give in this post. The account of David dancing before the Ark comes from 2 Samuel 6. In this chapter David is bringing the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem from Kiriath Jearim, where it had sat in the house of Abinadab for the past twenty years 1 Sam. The bringing of the Ark up to Jerusalem was a highly festive occasion, for it was the first time in over a generation that the Ark was being returned to the holy tabernacle, its proper dwelling place.

According to Scripture, this translation occurred in the context of a great procession.


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  6. It was in this festive procession that David danced before the Lord:. And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed and ox and a ram: And David danced with all his might before the Lord: And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet. And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: In the first place, those who use this verse as a precedent in support of liturgical dancing do so in a very arbitrary, selective manner.

    David danced before the Lord, true enough; he also did so immodestly dressed, yet none of the proponents of liturgical exuberance would suggest we imitate the King of Israel in this regard. Note that Michal, daughter of Saul "despised" David for his dancing. A few verses later we see the reason for this contempt:. And David returned to bless his own house: Apparently, though David was "girded" with a linen ephod, this ephod did not in any way constitute a complete outfit, for David is accused of immodesty and indecency for wearing only the ephod; clearly this ephod didn't leave much to the imagination if he can be described as " naked " while wearing it.

    Do all of those who use this verse to support the use of dance in the liturgy because of King David's example also propose that we should follow David in doing it while half-naked? More importantly, however, is the oft forgotten fact that David, besides being a king, was a prophet.


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    The New Testament even declares him so in Acts 2: Anyone who has read the prophets knows that, besides delivering oral prophecies, the Lord sometimes has them actually "act out" the prophecies to get the point across. Thomas says that this is one of four ways in which prophecy may occur, which he calls "outward presentation of sensible images" II-II, Q.

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    A few examples of this sort of prophecy:. The prophet Isaiah is told to prophecy naked for three years time "as a sign and portent against Egypt and Ethiopia", signifying that the Assyrians will lead their captives away naked and barefoot. To prophecy to coming captivity of the Israelites, the Lord tells the prophet Jeremiah to actually construct a heavy yoke and walk around with it on his shoulders as a sign of the coming bondage to Babylon.

    This passage offers us one of the most radical examples of the prophets acting out a prophecy. As for you, son of man, take a clay tablet; lay it in front of you, and draw on it a city [Jerusalem].

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    Raise a siege against it: Then take an iron griddle and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Fix your gaze on it: This shall be a sign for the house of Israel. Then you shall lie on your left side, while I place the sins of the house of Israel upon you. As many days as you lie thus, you shall bear their sins. For the years of their sins I allot you the same number of days, three hundred and ninety, during which you will bear the sins of the house of Israel.

    When you finish this, you are to lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the sins of the house of Judah forty days; one day for each year I have allotted you. Fixing your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, with bared arm you shall prophesy against it. See, I will bind you with cords so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege Ezk. This is a total of days that Ezekiel spends laying down to signify the coming siege! To signify the infidelity of Israel, God commands the prophet Hosea to marry a harlot.

    The anguish the prophet goes through witnessing his wife's infidelities give him insight into the offense that Israel's idolatry gives to God.