Separation
Furthermore, David’s pattern totally circumvented the veil of separation and God granted them access into the Most Holy Place. David’s appointments and commands for a continual celebration of singing and dancing allowed the Levites to minister to God, and experience His manifested presence. Today, our worship is based upon this same continual foundation of living a life of worship and ministering to God. As we understand this concept, we will rise, ready to worship, and choose to break free from a dutiful, religious lifestyle of waiting for our leaders to go behind the veil. This introduction of worship as a personal, intimate relationship with God is what God has always desired. He waits for us to come behind the veil.
The Most Holy Place
In this Most Holy Place David experienced the greatest joy he had ever known. In Psalms 16:11 David says, “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” David understood that the pleasures forevermore begins right now, he didn’t believe we should wait for heaven to experience this fullness of joy. I personally believe David experienced the magnitude of the Lord’s presence by these two following scriptures, “The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel” (Psalms 68:8). “The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth” (Psalms 97:5). His joy must have been running over in the presence of the Lord!
The presence of God inside David shifted worship from duty to the heart. Moses’ pattern was still the pattern, only better. What was liturgical was now joyful; what was solemn was now jubilant; and what was a task was now a celebration of God’s presence. The pattern given to Moses was perfected in motion; but the pattern of David was perfected in the heart. In Matthew 21:16 Jesus refers to David’s writing saying, “… Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” God longs for us to step into that perfected praise like suckling babes.
Once again, David was before his time because the worship he instituted ushered in the grace dispensation. Even though there was a mercy seat upon the Ark of the Covenant, there had formerly been no grace extended to anyone, including the high priest, if they violated the pattern of entering into the Most Holy Place to experience the tangible present God. But because of the true worship, God extended grace to the worshipers, granting them unmerited favor and access into His Most Holy Place to experience His glory. This grace still applies today. We see many people coming in to worship God that have not repented of their sins, but God gives grace and waits for their time of repentance.
David’s pattern was the shadow of things to come because it defied the laws of sin and death to worship around the Ark of the Covenant. Although this pattern of worship is eternal and cannot be contained in an era of time, the fullness of time changes its dimensions. We have now received that fullness of God’s grace through Jesus Christ. That principle alone changes the dynamics of everything concerning how worship manifests. Therefore, we can expect to see God’s glory manifesting in inexplicable ways that exceed our former experiences.
As great as the glory was in the Old Mosaic Tabernacle, it could not be compared to the experiences of David and his Levitical priesthood. Greater still, how much more glory is for our day than for all the days of David? God is waiting to meet with us today, and forever to manifest Himself in our worship! O how gracious is God to make us His tabernacles to fill us with the glory of His presence!
Three Dimensions of Worship
A Three Dimensional Worship
All things concerning David’s pattern of worship has three tiers, levels, or dimensions depending on the category, thus you will see a progression of three eras concerning the priestly role. There is a noticeable increase with each successive period of time.
Priestly Function: 1) Mosaic era, only the high priest ministered to God, 2) Davidic era, the Levites were included with the high priest, and 3) Today all of us are priests.
Tabernacles: 1) One Mosaic Tabernacle, 2) Two Davidic Tabernacles, and 3) Today, all of us have a Tabernacle within.
The Manifested Presence and Glory of God: 1) Mosaic era, at the Tabernacle, 2) Davidic era, inside the tent and the Old Mosaic Tabernacle, and 3) Today, the glory is inside us with outward manifestations.
Davidic Pattern Operates: 1) In our lifestyle: internally – how we think; externally – our personal devotional time, 2) In our songs: personal devotional time and collectively, and 3) In the physical activations of a Davidic Worship setting.
In January 2014 God gave me a sequel dream to the priestly office and the blood. Following are the details of this dream.
A Dream of Three Levels of Davidic Worship
A pastor invited Bobby and I for a tour of his church facility. The floor plan of this church was very unusual with the ceiling, floor, and walls in pristine white. As we waited for the service to begin on this main floor, the pastor was talking to us about worship when music began playing and the people began worshiping, yet I saw no band or worship team. Music just seemed to come from nowhere to permeate the atmosphere. As worship continued, some of the people began walking up a huge staircase that was built against the wall and curved around the sanctuary. I had not noticed this staircase until now, but it too was pristine white decorated with iron hand rails. I stood there amazed and wondered why we couldn’t see the second floor from here because everything was so open. The pastor went on to explain that the people were going up to the second floor where worship would intensify. Although we did not go up, I just knew by the Spirit that the worship there was different from the first floor. He further explained that as worship continued, the people could choose to ascend to the third floor where it would climax. He said that after worship ended at this third level, there was a staircase that took them outside and they never returned to the first floor to leave the facilities. Strangely though, I could not actually see the exiting staircase, yet by the Spirit I saw it going down the right side of the building.
It was not said, but there was a knowing in my spirit, that some people did not desire to ascend to the second level, and those that did, did not necessarily go to the third level. Each one had the choice of how high they chose to go, but those that went to the third floor never left the same way they came. No one was criticized for the level of worship they chose to do.
We remained on this first floor as the pastor continued to explain the layout and as the others were ascending in worship. On this first floor, the height of the ceiling was about as tall as a two-story building. There were no chairs, no musical instruments, or any other tangible items; without the people, there would be nothing in this room. Yet the room did not seem empty, it was filled with a tangible life, like the room itself breathed, and we could feel the physical presence of God. As the pastor continued to talk, I started walking around the room worshiping for a little while, then the Holy Ghost came upon me and I began dancing. As I have done so many times before in my dreams, I felt my feet leave the floor and I ascended in worship far above Bobby and the pastor, dancing and twirling before the Lord. I could clearly hear the pastor talking about this worship even though I was at the top of this room. I was not the only one worshiping, yet I was too caught up in twirling, dancing, and rejoicing before the Lord to notice what they were doing. In the spirit, I knew this was Davidic Worship and I was so happy knowing that they were ministering to God, but mostly I was ecstatic about dancing before the Lord!
Explanation of the Dream of the Three Levels of Davidic Worship
After I was awake, I knew that this pastor was none other than Jesus
