Chapter 10
Davidic Worship and
Intercession
Davidic worship is defined as worship that is Holy Spirit inspired worship. It is within the same style of King David’s music and worship. He wrote psalms and then set it to music. When he was king, he appointed worship teams of singers and musicians to worship around the Ark of the Covenant 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Almost every musical instrument in that day was played, including the drums, cymbals, horns, trumpets, stringed instruments, organs, and so forth. When the worshipers would sing and play their musical instruments, the place would be filled with the Shekinah Glory Cloud. The Shekinah Cloud is God’s Presence in a tangible manifestation.
Whenever
the Israelites went out to war, they carried the Ark of the Covenant with them
to signify that God’s Presence was with them and they had the victory.
Revelation
3:7 says, “These things says He who is holy, He who is true, ‘He who has the
key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens’”.
The
Key of David refers to access and governmental anointing. It refers to a kingly
anointing. Doors are open for you that no man can shut. Sometimes Jesus shuts
doors that no man can open for your deliverance or protection. The Key of David
is also praise and Davidic worship. David wrote most of the psalms.
God
did not promise to restore the Tabernacle of Moses, but He promised to restore
the Tabernacle of David. Acts 15:16 says, “After this I will return, and will
build again the Tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build
again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up” (xref Amos 9:11 and Isaiah
16:5).
There
are two Tabernacles in the Bible that are contrary to each other: Moses’
Tabernacle and David’s Tabernacle. Moses’ Tabernacle speaks of the law, judgment
and the First Covenant, whereas David’s Tabernacle speaks of the Cross, grace,
mercy and the Second Covenant which is a far better covenant than the first one.
Comparisons of David’s Tabernacle
and
Moses’ Tabernacle
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Tabernacle of David |
Tabernacle of Moses |
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Based on God’s grace and mercy. |
Based on appeasing the wrath and judgment of a holy God. |
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The Presence of God (a visitation of the Shekinah Glory through
worship). |
The Power of God (lightning, thunder, fire). |
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Foreshadowing of the finished work of Christ on the Cross and being
redeemed from the curse of sin. |
Foreshadowing of eternal wrath (Hell and the Lake of Fire) to those
who reject Jesus Christ, and the consequences of continually resisting the
Spirit of God from doing His work of holiness in our hearts which leads to
repentance from sin (for Revelation 21:8 and 22:15 lists those who cannot
enter into Heaven). |
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Located on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. Zion symbolizes the place of God’s
presence, favor, mercy, grace, glory, peace, prosperity, freedom, joy,
enjoying green pastures and milk and honey (blessings), a personal
relationship with the Lord, and knowing God’s ways. |
Located at the base of Mt. Sinai.
Sinai symbolizes God’s judgment and wrath of sin, living in fear and
bondage, legalism and rituals, striving very hard to keep the law (and there
were hundreds of laws), punishment or execution for breaking any law, living
in a wilderness, God seemed to them to be afar off (versus a personal God),
they knew God’s acts (miracles) but did not know God’s ways (His heart) —
with the exception of Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Miriam, Aaron, Hur and a few
others. |
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Based on spiritual sacrifices (such as praise, obedience, holiness,
lifting up holy hands). There were animal sacrifices performed, but it was
done outside the tent where the Ark was housed. There was a greater emphasis
on the condition of one’s heart than on offering sacrifices (“obedience is
better than sacrifice” – 1 Samuel 15:22). David’s Tabernacle speaks of the
finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross, when He shed His Blood for the
redemption of mankind. And through His
Blood, we can enter boldly into the Holy of Holies. |
Based on animal blood sacrifices. The blood was sprinkled on the Mercy
Seat in the Holy of Holies for propitiation of sin for the whole nation, as
well as the blood sprinkled on everything in the tabernacle, and blood
sprinkled on the priests. |
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No Veil guarding the Ark. The
priests could enter the Holy of Holies every day, day and night, and worship
the Lord and offer up prayers and intercession. |
A thick Veil guarded the entrance to the Ark, and only the High Priest
was authorized to go beyond the Veil into the Holy of Holies once a year. If
the High Priest was not properly anointed with the blood of an animal, or
improperly dressed, or was irreverent in any kind of way, he could be
immediately slain by God upon entering beyond the Veil. |
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Based on praise and worship that went on 24 hours a day, such as music
and the many forms of praise and worship (speaking, standing in God’s
Presence, singing, dancing, lifting up holy hands, clapping, shouting, use of
musical instruments, flags and banners, bowing and kneeling, and times of
silence), soaking in God’s Presence and waiting on the Lord. |
No singing, musical instruments or worship went on inside of the Holy
Place, although the Altar of Incense is representative of worship ascending
to God as a sweet-smelling perfume. |
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The emphasis was more on having a relationship with God, more than
with practicing rituals and sacraments (although there was a place for
sacraments as well). |
Based on the many rituals and sacraments. |
On January 28, 2011 I attended an all-night Harp & Bowl
meeting at my former church, New Destiny Church in Pittsburg, California. A
Harp & Bowl meeting is like an intercessory prayer meeting, combined with
worship music and singing, and the prophetic flow throughout the entire
meeting.
The symbols of the harp and bowl is taken from Revelation
5:8-10. The harp represents our worship. The golden bowls full of incense
represents our prayers ascending to God’s Throne as a fragrant aroma. I wanted
to share the highlights from notes I jotted down in my journal.
Revelation 5:8-10
(AMP)
8 And when He had taken the scroll, the four living
creatures and the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated
themselves before the Lamb. Each was holding a harp (lute or guitar), and they
had golden bowls full of incense (fragrant spices and gums for burning), which
are the prayers of God's people (the saints).
9 And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to
take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain
(sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe
and language and people and nation.
10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests
to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!
Two Scriptures Shared at the Beginning of the Meeting
Isaiah 22:22 AMP
Key of David
“And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his
shoulder; he shall open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall
open.”
The Key of David refers to authority in the Spirit. A key is
access to lock and unlock doors. The Key of David also speaks of the 3-fold
role of prophet, priest and king, especially in the ministry of intercession.
The Key of David involves worship (especially prophetic worship). Worship and
praise is the password for entering into God’s Throne Room.
Isaiah 2:2 KJV
Nations shall flow through us
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.”
We are entering into:
1. Health
2. Happiness
3. Holiness
Divine merger.
Fresh anointing. Fresh oil.
He (Jesus) is Baal-Perazim = Lord of the Breakthrough.
There were several prophetic words given by the leaders, but
I’m going to share two of those words.
His glory is filling the Temple. (The Divine Presence did
fill the sanctuary and it felt like we were dwelling under the Glory Cloud for
hours in worship and intercession.)
Come and rest. I know you are weary, but rest in Me. Cast
all your concerns on Me. I am your God and I care for you. In My Presence is
fullness of joy and at My right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Joy is being restored.
Come and be one with Me, that I may impregnate you and fill
you with My purposes.
Another Prophetic Word by one of the leaders:
God spoke prophetically through one of the leaders that
Bishop Christopher C. Smith is anointed to birth kings in the Spirit (the Bible
says we are kings and priests, a royal priesthood). These kings will take on
the seven mountains (7 worldly systems):
1. Family
2. Government
3. Business
4. Education
5. Religion
6. Media
7. Arts
and Entertainment
There is the spirit of momentum and escalation. You will get
more done in less time. There is a remnant who will arise and build by faith.
These kings will release God’s children from a poverty and
beggar’s mentality. God’s people will be infused with the spirit of dominion,
at which the oceans would obey at our mouth. (The oceans refer to the sea of
humanity.) Kings and Priests are being raised up.
Prophetic Song after the last
prophetic word given:
Come kings, be crowned tonight
Come kings, come kings
Come kings, be crowned tonight
Come kings, come kings
Davidic Intercession
Intercession is Davidic Authority (Kingdom authority) or
also known as the “Key of David” (Revelation 3:7).
The Key of David refers to intercession, kingly dominion,
praise and worship.
Davidic authority involves the roles of prophet, priest and
king.
An intercessor flows in the authority of prophet, priest and
king.
King David, and his way of operating in his kingdom rule,
was a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ and the kingdom authority of New Testament
believers.
In the Old Testament, priests, prophets and kings were
appointed (or at least a prophet was recognized and called a prophet after
having been tested and proven).
A priest could not be a king, and a king could not be a
priest. The priests were of the tribe of Levi and the kings came from the tribe
of Judah. Prophets came from all 12 tribes, but usually did not operate in the
role of priests or kings, although they were close associates with kings and
priests. The roles of prophets, kings and priests were kept separate.
King David was an exception. He didn’t fit the typical
protocol of his day. He was a king, priest and prophet simultaneously — just
like Jesus Christ who is the King (King of kings), Priest (Great High Priest)
and Prophet.
Melchizedek (mentioned in Genesis 14, Psalms 110, and
Hebrews 5-7) was also a type and shadow of Jesus Christ (and maybe Christ
pre-incarnate), as he was a king, high priest and prophet all in one.
Jesus' priesthood does not originate from the earthly
priesthood (the line of Aaron), but He is a priest forever after the order of
Melchizedek (an eternal and heavenly priesthood).
New Testament believers are called to walk in this same
priestly/kingly/prophetic anointing (1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6, 5:10).
The Greek mindset (which governs the Western world)
categorizes things into different areas of our lives — which causes us to be
fragmented. That means, that in one area we are a certain person, and in a
different area we are someone else, or that one area of our life is not
connected to or does not affect a different area of our life.
Or, the other way of looking at it is that some people are
priests, some are prophets and some operate in governmental authority. While
that is true, the roles of king, priest and prophet overlap and intertwine.
It’s hard to distinguish where one role ends and the other role starts. God has
called all believers to walk in governmental kingdom authority (which means
that we take on the role as king, prophet and priest simultaneously, as these
roles overlap and are connected and related to each other).
The Jewish mindset is that we are complete whole persons,
and that all “areas” or “roles” of our lives are connected and intertwined, and
related to each other. It all springs from our heart or deepest inner being.
The Bible is based on the Jewish mindset, not that of the Greek or Western
world.
An intercessor has a prophetic anointing, priestly
anointing, and kingly anointing. These roles overlap and are intertwined.
An intercessor does spiritual warfare, which is the kingly
anointing. An intercessor operates in governmental authority (especially
intercessors who impact nations and political or moral issues). That is a
kingly anointing.
An intercessor receives a prophetic word from the Lord or
receives a vision from God and prophesies it into existence. They declare and
decree. They call things that are not as though they were. That is the
prophetic anointing.
Intercession often involves fasting. The most common fast
among the Hebrews was a one-day fast. Other fasts mentioned in the Bible are a
3-day fast, 21-day fast, and three references to a 40-day fast.
Roles
of Priest, Prophet and King in Intercession
Priestly
Intercession — Lamb
To identify with the feelings and infirmities of the person
to whom you are standing in the gap for. To have compassion. To be the middle
person pleading and petitioning God’s Throne on behalf of someone else. To weep
tears of intercession for someone.
The priest also is the worshipper. Worship is a form of
intercession and spiritual warfare. The priest offers spiritual sacrifices:
praise, thanks, joy, lifting up holy hands, purity.
The priest is self-sacrificial, meaning he/she pours his/her
life out to help others and has died to self and is resurrected in Christ.
The priest is also self-sacrificial in the sense of taking
on the role as the lamb. Sin and guilt was conferred over to an innocent lamb.
The priest accepts the burden of guilt and repents before God for sins that
he/she may have never personally committed. An example of this are intercessors
who repent before God for the sins of this nation as if they are personally
guilty, even if they never had committed those sins themselves.
The priest is mature and seasoned, able to instruct the
babes in Christ. The priest is a role model to others. The priest brings
comfort to others. The priest lives his/her life separate from the world.
He/she goes all the way with God and does not have one foot in the world and
one foot in the Church. The sacred (Spirit-led life) and the secular
(carnality) don’t mix.
Prophetic
Intercession — Eagle
Forthtelling and foretelling; preacher; declares and decrees
the Word of the Lord. The prophet hears what the Spirit is saying to the Church
today and reveals the mind of the Lord to the Body of Christ.
The prophet is alert to the seasons, and announces to people
the upcoming season. The prophet helps to prepare and launch people into their
next season. The prophet helps to bring people into the new things of God. The
prophet helps to inspire people to take action where action is needed.
The prophet installs people into ministry offices and
conducts presbyteries. Presbyteries are ceremonies or services set aside for
the laying on of hands by prophetic and seasoned men and women of God. Certain
ones may be ordained into ministry.
In presbyteries, prophetic words are spoken over various
people. Those prophetic words may include personal words, but usually are
focused on ministry callings, purpose and destiny. Those prophetic words help
launch or propel people into the destiny God has prepared for them, as an
anointing and gifts are imparted through the laying on of hands.
1 Timothy 4:14 says, “Neglect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.” Other churches may have a different name for this type of
prophesying.
A prophet also receives personal words for people. Depending
on what the word is, an intercessor may share it with the person or may keep it
to themselves and pray about it. Intercessors must be found to be trustworthy
people who can keep some things confidential when it pertains to personal
matters.
The prophet calls those things that are not as though they
were. They operate in the word of knowledge and word of wisdom. They exhort,
edify, comfort, and forewarn.
Prophets are seers in the Spirit. God shows them things (in
their spirit, mental images, visions, dreams, words of knowledge, and also
rhema words through quickened Scriptures). God speaks to them through a variety
of other ways. The prophetic person often has supernatural encounters, such as
visions, angelic visitations, understand symbolism, etc.
In intercession, God reveals His will and destiny, and
intercessors prophesy it into existence. God may reveal the plots and schemes
of the devil, and intercessors are able to block it and foil it through
prophetic intercession.
The intercessor has learned to be the prophet over their own
life. While they receive true prophets of God, they have learned not to depend
on other people to hear God for them. They have learned to hear God for
themselves and get their own prophetic word, and then begin to decree, confess
and prophesy it into existence.
Kingly
Intercession — Lion
Taking your rightful place of authority that Jesus conferred
to New Testament believers. Royalty. Ruling and reigning. Decreeing and
declaring the will of God and the Word of God in a certain situation.
Mighty warriors in the Spirit. Using their authority to
tread over serpents and scorpions and all the power of the enemy, until their
enemies become their footstool.
They take authority over the devil and command him to get
his hands off their children, their health, their money, their ministry, their
family, etc. Then they declare what God promised in His Word, and they also
declare what they would like to see happen.
Kingly intercessors have the power to immobilize demonic
forces and put them in fetters and shut their mouths. They have the authority
to execute vengeance on the devil and works of darkness, as there is vengeance
in the Blood of Jesus on all wicked spirits and the Name of Jesus causes demons
to tremble and flee.
Kingly intercessors possess the keys (a symbol of authority)
that unlock or lock doors.
Kingly intercessors operate in governmental authority. They
impact and bring change to nations, countries, cities, to government, etc. They
bring the Kingdom of God into the earth realm.
Kingly intercessors are spiritual bulldog lawyers. They
stand in the high court of heaven pleading their case, and commanding the lower
court of this earth to come into conformity with the decree of Heaven. (A lower
court must always obey the decree of the higher court.) They are like that poor
widow woman who kept on returning to the unjust judge to avenge her of her
adversaries. These kind of intercessors will not stop pounding the court room
door of Heaven until they receive their breakthrough. They are persistent until
they receive each and every promise that God promised them and their loved
ones.
They demand their rights and privileges which were given to
us by Christ and will not put up with the devil stealing from them. They
especially have no tolerance or mercy for the Jezebel and Athaliah spirits, as
these spirits hate prophets and seek to take them out. Kingly intercessors
pronounce judgment on the evil works of the enemy.
The kingly intercessor knows who they are in Christ and
their confidence, security and validation is found in Him. They operate in the
revelation that they are seated in the Heavenly realms with Christ Jesus, and
they think and act like a king. A king doesn’t think in terms of being a
pauper, but of abundant supply. A king doesn’t think defeat, but victory.
The kingly intercessor plants and plucks up. They plow the
soil and they also plunder. They bind and loose.
Kingly intercessors don’t do this kind of intercession in
their own strength, as they know it would be foolishness. They act in wisdom,
and only do and say what God commands them to do. They have the revelation, and
personal experience, of God’s angelic forces working on their side.
Angels are sent to minister for us, and they hearken to the
word of the Lord. Angels are able to go places we can’t go, to do things we
can’t do, and they know more about the situation than we do. The angels do
spiritual warfare. The angels intervene on our behalf. These intercessors have
had angelic encounters, and have gone through experiences where they knew that
God dispatched angels to help them.
English
Definitions of Intercessor or Intercession:
1 Entreaty
in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God in behalf of
another.
To
stand between. To intervene.
Mediation
in a dispute. A legal term, i.e., lawyer, advocate, mediator.
To
plead the case of another.
Greek (New
Testament) definitions of Intercessor or Intercession:
There are two primary Greek words which are translated in
the New Testament as “intercession”.
1 entungchanoo
Scriptures containing this Greek word:
Romans 8:27, 34
Romans 11:2
Hebrews 7:25
2 huper-entungchanoo
Scripture containing this Greek word:
Romans 8:26
Definition of
entungchanoo:
Strong’s #: NT:1793 entungchanoo (from #1722 and #5177)
Definition of #1793 entungchanoo:
1 To
light upon a person or a thing, to fall in with, to hit upon, a person or a thing.
To
go to or meet a person, especially for the purpose of conversation,
consultation, or supplication.
The “from #1722 and #5177” is referring to the roots or
history of the word. In this case, the word entungchanoo has its roots in two
Greek words and meanings that were joined together to form one word reflecting
both of the root word meanings.
1 NT:1722
en; a primary preposition denoting a fixed position (in place, time or state),
and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a
relation of rest (intermediate between).
2 NT:5177
tugchano; to make ready or bring to pass; the idea of effecting; to affect; or
(specifically) to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached); to attain or
secure an object or end; to happen (as if meeting with).
3 Therefore, if you took the main
definition of the Greek word entungchanoo, plus the definitions of the roots of
this word, then intercession would be defined as:
· Supplication on behalf of another
· A mediator, a go-between
· To make an impact on someone or
something
· To hit (punch) hard as if to knock
out like in a boxing match ring (not socking people, but the evil spirits
behind their deeds)
· The intercessor is aggressive in
attaining or securing something
· The decrees and actions of the
intercessor makes things happen, makes things become ready, causes things to
come to pass
· The intercessor stands in a fixed
(unbending, unwavering) position. An intercessor must have rods of steel to
stand up to the enemy forces that are behind evil works.
· The intercessor acts as a lawyer
pleading the case of another or for nations in the high court of Heaven.
· The intercessor takes their place of
authority that Jesus granted to all believers. Jesus said that He has given us
power and authority to tread over serpents and scorpions and over all the works
of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means harm us.
According to this definition, intercession is more than
prayers and petitions. It is being militant in the Spirit.
The second Greek word that is translated as “intercession”
is huper-entungchanoo. This word is found in Romans 8:26. It means: “to
intercede on behalf of”.
This Greek word has the same definition as entungchanoo,
except the word “huper” is added.
Huper is defined as: exceeding; above and beyond; over and
abundant.
Romans 8:26 is talking about the Holy Spirit interceding for
us. Perhaps the Greek word “huper” was added to the word entungchanoo to
express the idea of the magnitude or enormity of how much the Holy Spirit
intercedes for us. Also, the Holy Spirit is the only One who prays the perfect
will and mind of God, because He is God and knows all things and knows the
Father’s thoughts and heart. He knows us better than we know ourselves, and He
knows the complete facts about other people and situations that we are interceding
for.
Intercession in the Bible not only speaks of praying on
behalf of someone else, but an intercessor is the same as an advocate. It is a
legal term, speaking of a lawyer representing his/her client in a court room.
Intercessors are like spiritual lawyers. They petition the
high court of Heaven on behalf of someone or something. They go to battle until
the victory is won. They clearly present their case. They demand their rights
and privileges. They have to be tough and fierce like the lion, showing no
mercy to wickedness. They go after the enemy like a bulldog. They put a
restraining order on the enemy. They demand restitution. They seek after
justice and righteousness.
Intercession
in the Old Testament
A few references to intercession in the Old Testament:
Isaiah 53:12 – Messianic prophecy speaking of Jesus as
Intercessor
Isaiah 59:16 – Messianic prophecy speaking of Jesus as
Intercessor
Ezekiel 22:30 – Standing in the gap for others, taking up
the hedge
2 Chronicles 7:14 – Intercession, repentance, turning from
wicked ways
Genesis 20:17 – Abraham prays for the healing for
Abimelech’s household
Numbers 21:7 – Moses intercedes to God to remove the
serpents from the camp
Nehemiah 1:4 – Nehemiah intercedes on behalf of the people
Jeremiah 27:8 – Intercession that vessels in the Temple not
be taken to Babylon
Hebrew
word for intercession: paga`
Definition of OT:6293 paga` — to encounter, to meet, to
reach, to entreat, to make intercession
1. to meet, to light
upon, to join
2. to meet (used of
kindness)
3. to encounter, to
fall upon (used of hostility)
4. to encounter, to
entreat (used of a request)
5. to strike, to touch
(used of boundary)
6. to cause to entreat
7. to make entreaty, to
interpose
8. to make attack
9. to reach the mark
Intercession of the Spirit
Easton’s
Bible Dictionary
(Romans 8:26,27;
John 14:26). “Christ is a royal Priest (Zechariah 6:13). From the same throne,
as King, he dispenses his Spirit to all the objects of his care, while as
Priest he intercedes for them. The Spirit acts for him, taking only of his
things. They both act with one consent, Christ as principal, the Spirit as his
agent. Christ intercedes for us, without us, as our advocate in heaven,
according to the provisions of the everlasting covenant. The Holy Spirit works
upon our minds and hearts, enlightening and quickening, and thus determining
our desires ‘according to the will of God,’ as our advocate within us. The work
of the one is complementary to that of the other, and together they form a
complete whole.”
