In den letzten Wochen wurden wir immer wieder gefragt, was eigentlich ein Gebetshaus sein soll und was die Vision davon ist. In den nächsten Tagen und Wochen möchten wir euch gerne auf eine kleine Reise mit nehmen, hinein in die Geschichte der 24/7 Gebetsbewegung.
The Tabernacle of David
King David was a man of “one thing” (
Ps. 27:4).
Around 1000 BC, as an outflow of his heart, he commanded that the Ark
of the Covenant be brought up on the shoulders of the Levites amidst the
sound of songs and musical instruments to his new capital, Jerusalem.
There he had it placed in a tent and appointed 288 prophetic singers and
4,000 musicians to minister before the Lord, “to make petition, to give
thanks and to praise the Lord” day and night (
1 Chr. 15:1–17:27). This was unlike anything that had been done in Israel’s history, but it was God’s plan for Israel.
The Davidic Order of Worship
Although the tabernacle was replaced by a temple, the Davidic order of worship was embraced
and reinstituted by seven subsequent leaders in the history of Israel
and Judah. Each time this order of worship was reintroduced, spiritual
breakthrough, deliverance and military victory followed.
- Solomon instructed that worship in the temple should be in accordance with the Davidic order (2 Chr. 8:14–15).
- Jehoshaphat defeated Moab and Ammon by setting singers up in
accordance with the Davidic order: singers at the front of the army
singing the Great Hallel. Jehoshaphat reinstituted Davidic worship in
the temple (2 Chr. 20:20–22, 28).
- Hezekiah cleansed and reconsecrated the temple, and reinstituted the Davidic order of worship (2 Chr. 29:1–36; 30:21).
Historians have also speculated that around the time of Jesus, in
their search to find communion with God, the Essenes of the Judean
wilderness reinstituted Davidic worship as part of their life of prayer
and fasting.
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