HF167 - The Fallen Booth of David
To: Hebraic-Foundations@YahooGroups.com
From: "Pastor Buddy Martin" <Bro.Buddy@ChristianChallenge.org>
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2007
Subject: Bible Study HF167 - The Fallen Booth of David
Hebraics,
Many Christian are unaware of the prophecy that Christianity would center itself on the tabernacle of David and not on the tabernacle of Moses. Not familiar with this? It is a wonderful area of study. Let's look at it.
This is Bible Study HF167 - The Fallen Booth of David.
For this study I want to begin with Nehemiah 12:46,47. It says:
"For they [priests and Levites] performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon. For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God." (nasb.)
For you students of the New Testament, this portion is going to sound very familiar. What many may not realize is that Christianity is based on a concept of the restoration of the 'fallen booth' of David and not on the tabernacle of Moses. (Although the tabernacle of Moses does have its prophetic intent.)
I'll share more on the booth of David in a moment. The reason our Hezekiah portion sounds so familiar is because the apostle Paul references Davidic worship in his letter to the Ephesian Church. Listen and you will hear similar language as found in Nehemiah.
"And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another is psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thinks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father." (Ephesians 5:18-20 nasb.)
Let me just share briefly on this wonderful mystery of the fallen booth of David. David set the stage in many ways for the new covenant. When the tabernacle of Moses was at Shiloh, David put another tabernacle in up Jerusalem. He provided a new feature of worship, with singers, musicians, and so forth.
It was also in the tabernacle (often called 'booth') of David, that David had visions and encounters with the Lord Jesus. Actually David had what can be called 'prophetic perfects.' A prophetic perfect is when the prophet becomes a party to the vision as though he were actually there.
So the tabernacle of David was where this Psalmist-Prophet saw and possibly wrote even some of his Psalms. At least there was where he received his inspired writings by the Holy Spirit.
Keep in mind that Peter quoted extensively from David on the day of Pentecost. Consider just a snippet of what David wrote:
"My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?..." (Psalm 22:1 nasb.)
"The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want..." (Psalm 23 - Directed to Jesus.)
"The Lord [Father] says to my Lord [Jesus], 'Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet..." (Psalm 110)
"Thus I have seen You [Jesus] in the sanctuary [tabernacle of David], to see Your power and Your glory." (Psalm 63:2)
There are myriads of prophecies that David gives concerning Christ and the new people of God. This is why I place such a strong stress on the reading of Psalms. This book will teach you how to think.
Now, what about the fallen booth? The prophet Amos gave a prophecy concerning the 'booth of David' that belongs in line with the Isaiah prophecies concerning the Lord Jesus. In the council of Jerusalem, where the apostles met to determine how to work with all the Gentiles who were coming to know the Lord, James, the brother of Jesus, referenced the Amos prophecy:
All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
After they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Brethren, listen to me. Simeon [Peter] has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from the Gentiles a people for His name. With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,
'After these things I will return, and I will rebuilt the tabernacle of David which has fallen, and I will rebuilt its ruins, and I will restore it, so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,' says the Lord, who makes these things know from long ago." (Acts 15:12-18 nasb.)
There is much to be said about this area, but the thing I wanted to point out is that Christianity is built on the pattern of the tabernacle of David, and not on the tabernacle of Moses. The covenant of Christ is pure grace. This is what we hear coming from David's writings.
So, if you really want to know the heart of the new covenant, be sure to spend time in the Psalms. Both David and Asaph were anointed Psalmist-Prophets. The Psalms will teach you not only how to think, but how to worship the Lord, what to believe, how to go about your faith walk, and much, much more.
Let me leave the study off at this point. It is a great area for discussion. Feel free to ask questions or provide additional insights.
Blessings,
Buddy
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Lawrence "Buddy" Martin
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