What is the Tabernacle of David?
What is The Tabernacle of David? (Booth of Daud)
ACTS 15:16 “After this I shall return and rebuild the Booth of Daud which has fallen down. And I shall rebuild its ruins, and I shall set it up”.
The Hebrew word for “tabernacle” means a tent, a booth, a covering, (dwelling place). There are three main references to the tabernacle (or booth) of David:
Isaiah 16:5, Amos 9:11, and Acts 15:16.
What is the connection?
Think back to the first Tabernacle that Yahuah instructed Moses (Mushah) to build. How much LABOR was involved? Even after the structure was built, the maintenance was phenomenal; slaughtering animals, dealing with gallons of blood, keeping the menorah lit, the water lavas clean, the shewbread baked, the incense burning - WHY? So that the presence of Yahuah would dwell among them. It was a total lifestyle of hard LABOR and work for a lot of people to keep Yahuah’s spirit, protection and victory with the nation.
Yahuah was teaching His people about worship and the way they were to approach Him and the way they were to BEHAVE and He did it through the symbolism of animal slaughtering and blood covering (because remember He had not died yet and rent the veil).
How would the priests have felt not being allowed to go into the `holy of holies (most set-apart place)? All their work and service - day in and day out and only some top-dog in a fancy breastplate with funky stones on it (the high-priest) could go in once a year and just hope and pray he was good enough to come out alive? Would you like this lifestyle of worship servitude? (Many still choose it . . .)
The next Tabernacle was very different and you can read about it in 1st Chronicles. David (Daud) was a flawed man but his heart burnt for Yahusha’s love and all he wanted was to please Him. For this reason the Ark of the Covenant was brought back to the Hebrew nation under David’s watch; there was great rejoicing and celebration and Yahuah did something truly amazing. He got David to set up a new Tabernacle (booth) with no walls or veils to hide His presence - yes, His essence, His Spirit, His Ruach was literally shining and beaming from the Ark for all the nation to look upon.
What would that have felt like for His people? To be restored to Yahuah’s favour once again and not have to go through the priests to know the Master. The veil had been taken away and each individual had access to relationship with the Creator and His love.
That is what has been promised to us Brothers and Sisters. James speaks of this in Acts 15 (quoting the prophet Amos). JUST AS THERE WAS A SHIFT AND A SEASON-CHANGE IN THE WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT HEBREWS, THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID SPEAKS TODAY OF THE BRIDE AND THE REFRESHING THAT WILL COME FROM THE MASTER IN THESE LAST DAYS. THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER SHIFT AND REALISATION AMONG THE BRIDE -
WORSHIP IS ALL ABOUT OUR BEHAVIOUR
. . . . not hard labouring servitude and hand-raising.
THE BEHAVIOUR REVOLUTION IS CARRYING THIS TORCH AND PROCLAIMING THAT TRUE WORSHIP TODAY IS IN OUR BEHAVIOUR and Yahusha is rebuilding the Tabernacle of Daud amongst His chosen Bride. No longer is she required to laborious slavery to earn His love - He has died and forgiven her, washed her clean and set her on a pathway of deliverance - a path of redemptive instructions, feasts and three rules to aid in her deliverance.
Many want to stay in the `Tabernacle of Mushah’ mindset, slaughtering animals (even if only figuratively) trying to earn their deliverance through harsh labor and RELIGIOUS HABITS. They may even call themselves Natsarim (as the first followers were called), but have they tasted His love? Are they part of the Bride or are they still in religion? ARE THEY RUNNING THE RACE TO OVERCOME AND PUT ON THEIR WEDDING GARMENTS (CORRECT BEHAVIOUR)?
Once again Yahusha is crying out for us to COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM. Come out of the whore, the beast, the slavery of religion and come into true Yisharal the Bride, who has been:
* washed in the blood of the Lamb (brazen altar)
* cleansed through immersion (brazen lava)
* betrothed in Marriage Covenant (ten commandments) and is
* practising her deliverance to gain her wedding garments
(inner sanctum services of Moses Tabernacle) and is now
* using the three amazing behavioural rules to be perfected and
matured in BEHAVIOUR granting her direct access to the presence of
Yahusha Himself (David’s Tabernacle).
Today the Tabernacle (Booth) is not made with hands, but our fleshly vessels. Forget what you choose to label yourself; Messianic, Natsarim etc etc - Is your Tabernacle dedicated to Religious Beastly/Worldly Behaviour or is your BEHAVIOUR being trained to that of Yahusha’s who practically lived these three rules below:
1. LET EVERYONE HAVE IT
(Yahusha accepted everyone and loved them more than Himself)
2. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
(Yahusha loved unconditionally despite what came at Him, understanding
what was controlling everyone)
3. DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES
(Yahusha spoke the truth (often loudly and directly) in love.)
There’s Two Tabernacles - a religious tabernacle of routines and ceremony and there’s a new non-religious tabernacle of Behavioural Understanding . . .
The Rebuilding of the Tabernacle of David has been prophesied and it’s a Behaviour Revolution .
David was the first King and High-Priest shadowing what Yahusha Himself would become for us all. Those in the Bride are now Kings and Priests to the nations but we must be trained first (Heb12) and put on Behaviour fitting for our status in Messiah, understanding that Yahusha does everything and we just need to be listening and obedient.
By Mark Davidson
