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==The Tabernacle of David, #14==
<em>. . . and to the spirits of just [righteous] men made perfect, (Hebrews 12:23) </em><br><br>The righteous made perfect are before the Throne of God. They are the Lord's rulers, His princes, His royal priesthood. They will reign in righteousness with Him.<br><br>Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isaiah 32:1)<br><br>We have seen that the house of God will be divided into two parts. The one part, represented by the Tabernacle of the Congregation (minus the Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat) continues to participate in all of the blessings, gifts, and graces to which Christians have become accustomed; and the other part, represented by the Ark of God in its tent in Zion, is being prepared to exercise judgment, to destroy Satan out of the earth, to build up all Israel, and to bring the nations of the saved into obedience to Christ.<br><br>It is a temporary separation. The warrior-firstfruits will receive a double portion of God's Presence and Spirit, not so they may vaunt themselves but so they may perform the will of God in the heavens and on the earth.<br><br>The warrior-firstfruits are the victorious saints, the conquerors. They are the firstfruits of Israel, being princes with God (Genesis 32:28). They will inherit all things. God will be their God and they will be God's sons. They will sit in the throne with Christ, being bone of His bones and flesh of His flesh.<br><br>The Ark and the Tabernacle Are Brought Together in Solomon's Temple<br><br>And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. (II Chronicles 5:4,5)<br><br>As we have stated, the rule of David speaks of the thousand-year Kingdom Age, the age of conquest, while the rule of Solomon portrays the new heaven and earth reign of peace and glory.<br><br>During the rule of David the Ark was separated from the remainder of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. At the beginning of the reign of King Solomon, the Ark and the remainder of the Tabernacle were swallowed up in the great Temple.<br><br>Thus it will be when the new Jerusalem descends from Heaven and is positioned forever on the new earth. The warrior-firstfruits and the remainder of the elect, both groups having come to perfection during the thousand-year Kingdom Age, will be made one in the holy city. All the elect will be one in God and Christ.<br><br>There will be no temple in the holy city. God and the Lamb will be there in unconcealed splendor. Every member of Israel, from the least to the greatest, will know the Lord. In fact, the entire city is the temple of God<br><br>No doubt it is true that the ruling strength that had been developed in the warrior-firstfruits will be their portion forever. Their closeness to the Lord will not be taken away from them.<br><br>In the Kingdom of God, as in any kingdom, there is a multitude of levels of responsibility and service. Each person fits into the place created for him. Each individual is satisfied and joyous because he has found the meaning and purpose of his existence. He is at peace with God and with himself.<br><br>Let us in closing emphasize once again that God is not dividing His house into two parts because He loves the one part and hates the other. Rather, God is calling out to Himself a warrior-firstfruits whose responsibility it is to accomplish the perfect will of God in all Israel and in the nations of the earth as well.<br><br>God is not desirous that any individual, whether of the elect or not, be lost to God for eternity. There will be some who will choose Satan over God and in so doing cut themselves off from their Creator forever. But God works in love, seeking to save and to build up in righteousness each person who has been born on the earth.<br><br>Let each of us present his body a living sacrifice to God and prove God's will for his or her life. If we hear in our heart the trumpet of God sounding, let us rise up and seek the Lord with all the strength we possess. The conflict of the ages is at hand. It is time for the Kingdom of God to come to the earth, for Christ to sit on the Throne of David in Jerusalem, for Christ's enemies to be made His footstool. Let us not neglect the call to battle, thus depriving Jesus and mankind of the glorious redemption God has provided.<br><br>Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; (Joel 2:1)<br><br>It is the day of preparation for a large and powerful army. (from The Tabernacle of David)