THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID (part 3)

We will finish off this series on this topic by quoting from an article written back in the 70's by an old friend of ours who used to stay with us when he would visit the churches in Saint John. His name was Walter Day, and he was the representative for Martyrs For Christ Mission. He wrote an article on the Restoration of the Tabernacle of David, from which I got the idea for this series, and I would like to finish by quoting directly from Walter.

"So we can summarise the purposes of the restoration in our day of the Tabernacle of David foretold by Amos and partly fulfilled by the early church, as claimed by James.

1/ To restore worship in Spirit and in truth; spontaneous, joyful, sincere, uninhibited: "man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever."

2/ To prepare a people to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to the uttermost parts of the earth; supernaturally, miraculously, with signs and wonders, "the works that I do ye will do also,and greater works than these shall you do." They will be protected from the dangers of the tribulation, and miraculously provided for whenever necessary. Psalm 91will have its greatest fulfillment in the believers of that day.

3/ To cast down Satan and his angels from heaven, by prayer in the Spirit, by realising and employing their authority in Christ, through the word of their testimony.

4/ To demonstrate to principalities and powers in the heavenly places "the manifold wisdom of God" Eph 3:10. (note that it should read "through" the church, not "by", it makes all the difference).

Seeing that the promise of the restoration of the Tabernacle of David is being fulfilled today, we should search our hearts to see where we stand. Are you among those who worship God in the Spirit and in truth around the restored Tabernacle of David? Or are you still bound by formalism and tradition? Are you prepared for persecution and calamity, yet convinced that in God there is deliverance through faith? Are you living in the secret place of the Most High? Do you belong to Zion or Babylon? To the Spotless Bride or the Great Harlot? It is appropriate to end this theme of the restoration of the Tabernacle of David with a remarkable quote from Psalm 102:16 "When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His Glory"

May God bless the memory of Walter to our hearts for this great article, that he wrote several years before going to be eternally with his Lord!

Sincerely submitted.

Gramp