Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Session 7 God is a god of Generations. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel.
The God of Generations Important statements: 1. Each generation is crucial and strategic in God’s plan. Elijah got the Mandate, Elisha nurtured it, Jehu got the power to execute it. Each generation must receive their own specific revelation for with this revelation each must then run their race in order to fulfil destiny. 2. Each generation rises out of a spiritual vacuum which proves God is real in their day. Each has their own challenges. They will fight it, rise up and shine brightly. Never make children feel they cannot do it. Do not play them down. Allow them to look up to you and be their hero, their model, their leader. Somebody they can always look up to. They need to be shown what they become when they have grown up. Teach them values and leave them with the possibility to choose. You must trust them. They must know you believe them. You must raise them up to be trustworthy, not to be controlled by you. They must know that they can and will make a difference. Remember: in the midst of all perversity we do not have to be afraid. We can trust God. We follow Him, laying down our life, having received everything we have from Him. Fathers must lay the inheritance for their children’s children because of the future that will come. The system will be too much of a demand for too little of resources. The pressure will be impossible to stand without being prepared well. 3. Each generation is marked by perversions of the reigning culture and the dominant thought pattern of that day. The reigning culture of today is perverted relationship. ‘ I will go where I am used and needed’ The only way to destroy this is building differently. Having relationship with honour and covenant. People in church are not related, just contributing. Being ready to leave any day. We need to live by a different code of ethics. Show and live a model that is based on righteousness and truth. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa 4. Each generation must prepare the way for the next generation to receive new truth. Abel was destroyed by Cain. Seth was given to replace him. Then Enoch came, and men started calling on the name of the Lord. We must move others higher paving the way of God for them. If a generation is selfish thinking about themselves then a whole generations can be lost. 5. Each generation must secure the next generation’s destiny by their obedience. By you being faithful the next generation is set on course. If you are inaccurate in your day the next generation will suffer. 6. Each generation can give birth to a stronger generation of overcomers. 7. Each generation must be held together by a sense of divine continuity and destiny. Generations are interconnected serving the same God and the same purpose. Being intertwined, being partners in destiny, serving a corporate destiny.
The power to continue in the legacy of our fathers is established through seven very important things: a. The power to continue in what we have received. Learning it, seeing it modelled, doing it! You must practise what you have received. b. The power to maintain and multiply the needed resources for our journey. Legacy cannot be taken on by lacy people. You must finance yourself on the journey towards destiny. Find a way how to go and study the notes, add more scriptures, deepen it. Be diligent and work towards the place towards destiny. c. The power to stay the course in endurance. Character formation without being sidetracked, distracted, discouraged, disillusioned, demoralized, intimidated. Taking the fight to the gates of the enemy, pushing back the satanic forces. d. The power to prevail over limitations and restrictions. You must design your own strategy to win. Use your head. Think strategy. Break your limitations. Climb over. e. The power to gather others to synergize movements and gather strength along the journey. Find those having the same frequency, encourage them, strengthen them, build them up. f.
The power to fulfil the purpose of our assignment.
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa g. The power to finish strong in our destiny. Let nothing turn you away. Not every father carries a legacy. Fathers with a legacy carry some very distinctive features: 1. They have received clear convictions from above. They carry a very clear passionate conviction within their heart for it is this conviction that creates within them key core absolutes and core that shape their lives. This is a heavenly deposit which drives them beyond culture and circumstances. This heavenly deposit is what causes them to take courage to hold on till the end of their course has been run. Convictions become bedrock for a life. Their whole nature of life is formed by God driven absolutes. Values and principles are lived daily as they have become convictions of steel. Unchangeable absolutes and are not only being imparted but more importantly are being modeled to another generation. Their strong valued system is brought to a corporate standard for the whole family. 2. They have a prevailing mindset and clear set thinking pattern. They break every obstacle and limitation. Nothing can prevent them from fulfilling what God has spoken to their lives for within them lies a tenacity and determination. They press for it whatever is happening for their minds are fortified and cannot be penetrated by intimidation. They will not allow themselves to be excused for rising. They will not allow anything to hold them back. Their beginning is always insignificant for they work and focus on the future. They do not believe the world owes them anything. Legacy does not only belong to ministers or pastors for we are talking about fathers, father’s who laid foundations for the next generation. Fathers are people who allow the next generation to stand on their shoulders modeling away way to think, perform not to mention show a way to carry convictions within ones heart despite inner frustrations. 3. They develop a corporate culture. The corporate culture of fathers is enhanced by collective strength. Fathers find and develop key people in order to form and create formidable teams. They display amazing ingenuity in creating partners to get the job done faster. They are not loaners; for they engineer ways for partnership to go to higher levels for there is no individualistic thread within them. They never waste time or energy or on selfish agendas but instead time is a commodity they spend on raising children. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa 4. They depend on the grace of God and His enablement. Grace is given when God is allowed to work deep in your heart. Grace makes you a minister. God works in your heart to form within you a deer level of grace. 5. They understand structure and government. They are not lawless people, they follow rules, and are not careless. They teach you to honor those above. 6. The assignment. They know they have an assignment from above. Clarity of purpose is embedded into their hearts and minds; for this allows them to charter their course not only for their lives but for the lives of those connected to them in destiny. The finality is not marriage. The finality is taking marriage towards destiny. Every relationship is to go somewhere. Courtship should be used to discuss higher issues. Raising children is only one issue but what about talking and agreeing on other things. When you enter into an agreement you should have discussed all manner of issues. You as a pastor should not allow them to marry if the couple hasn’t discussed all issues. 7. They are strong in covenant. Their marriage is intact. They are honorable to contracts. They will stay true to agreements. Honor your father and your mother – and longevity to anything that happens in your life will be present. With spiritual fathers you can add: 8. The release of truth. The word in season. The proceeding word is provided in every season, provided to all sons and daughters. 9. The impartation of the spirit. What they carry they deposit into the lives of the people. 10. They provide relationships established in covenant. No mistakes are used against each other. You cannot be picky. 11. There must be an exemplary holy life. A life in prayer, without vulgarity, dirty jokes, . . .no spending going callous, no weak prayer life, no excusing away of wrong things, the pressure of helping people and carrying them through, . . . 12. You must continually grow and break new grounds so that there is an open field for others meaning your sons and daughters to labor in. The Church Unusual
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Pastors: Your house is not a public highway. Separate the church from your house. Allow only those people to come close to you people who will not take what you are as a person and make it public turning it against you in a wrong way. Everyone walking close to you MUST protect you at all cost!
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Session 8 Mum Helen: There is a change in the nation. Coming back after just 16 months a great change is already visible. God has pushed this nations several levels up. It is amazing. God has done this by the power of the Holy Spirit. The time for South Africa is now. God has already initiated the Alliance of Honorable men and women in this nation. They may be hidden, but they are already there. Being transformed by God. Allow Him to finish the work He wants to do. God will cause these men and women to be identified. When the time is up, God will lift up His hand and make visible whom He has chosen and formed. He will identify those who are His. You will be connected immediately with those people. The Alliance of honorable men and women will suddenly be created. A divine connection will form this alliance. The second word that came to me for this nation is ‘ city of the living God’. A city is more than one person, one house, one church, one ministry. Suddenly there will be a divine connection between those churches that God has raised, forming the city of God. This city will be the voice of God in this nation. Dr. Jonathan: We need to pull together our strength. We need to join hands to finish the course. Let us provide help for each other so everybody can become strong.
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The Legacy of Faith The faith that was once delivered to our father’s. Jesus said ‘ have the faith of God’. We can have the God kind of faith. Mar 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Mar 11:23 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Before you pray you must believe. You must believe that you have received it inside your heart, then heaven will grant it. Remember: When you have a problem you do not pray. You go to God and find out what He says about it. He speaks and makes things happen. Before you can make things happen He must speak to you. You must embrace before you ever see results, believe it in your heart that you have received it. Then pray. Have the faith of God. The faith that once was delivered to the apostles. How you believe is more important than what you believe. The process will clean up what is wrong. Let faith rise in your heart. Log onto this kind of faith the faith of God. This faith cannot fail. Nobody can stop this. Stop listening to people who are confused, who doubt, The process of the faith of God. 1. God said it. This must come first. Do not pray what he hasn’t said. Not said in the bible. But spoken to you. What He has spoken is your ground, your material to work with, your reality in every aspect of your life. Not your prayer, fasting, or any other performance will make things happen. Do never allow wrong voices to come to you. Shut them down immediately. God\s word is final. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa 2. God said it, I believe it. Never stop believing. Never allow anything to intimidate your faith. 3. The Holy Spirit will confirm it. He will saturate your heart. The fastest way to attract the Holy Ghost is to get the word.. Mary said: Be it done to me according to your word! And the Holy Spirit overshadowed her. He will remain in the Word. You keeping His word in your heart will attract the Holy Spirit! 4. Satan fears it! 5. Your mouth must declare it! The word must have volume for it must have feeling and authority. Give life to it with your words. 6. Earth will yield to it. Mountains will begin to back off. Circumstances will adjust according to His purpose. Your enemies will be at peace for you. 7. God will fulfil it. He will come down and it will happen exactly as He said. He doesn’t expect you to do what He said. Just believe inside your heart. The day you take the word and honour it things will start to happen.
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Session 10
Because I am the loved of the Lord No spiritual father, wife, husband can give this portion of love to you. No one but Him can love you the complete right way. Show us the Father – then we will be satisfied! (Papa talking of God speaking to him personally) He spoke to me before I left my room: Tell my people not to become emotionally dependent on anybody because it is I who must fulfill this role as father. This bondage will make us parasites in that all our expectations come from other people. Do not turn to people when you should turn to God for you will get hurt bitter and offended, You must be able to love somebody dearly without putting yourself in the ongoing position of being hurt. Relationships are for work, and not for social wellbeing. Adam was not lonely but alone in a job. Using relationships for social wellbeing puts undue pressure on others. Just love the people for the sake of doing the work together. It is not a personal not being loved, hurt etc. Learn to relate and go forward in the work together.
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Joh 14:7 If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father? Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Discovering that God is your father makes you moving from slavery to sonship. Then you are free! We need to stop the increasing hurting the more we get to know each other. God must be your lifeline and the primary supply line for your life. Learn in the desert that He is there. If not you will make wrong connections. God’s loves satisfies us! Prayer: Father, I thank you that you are my father . Above every human person you are my mail supply line. I am addicted to you. I want to draw from you and become satisfied in you, so I do not put pressure on others. Thank you that you have blessed me today by giving yourself to me as my father.
The Transfer of Legacy Clear is a foundations to see that God is interested in continuity. He wants to start with one and then goes from one to many 1. There is a way to tell. You and I must find that way. Education, preaching, parables, dreams, visions. 2. It must be told accurately without error. Making error in the interpretation will make it worse in the next generation. 3. They were told. Somebody informed them. There is a generation who is being told. 4. Our fathers told us. It is the work and responsibility of fathers to lay down a pattern of truth. Gen 18:17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; Gen 18:18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Gen 18:19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐
God chose Abraham because Abraham was commanding His children to walk after Him Children are commanded by their father You keep the way of God by doing ! The father sees all of us who are connected as one – one being blessed means everyone being blessed.
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Once you realise what is right you can then talk about it. Do not talk about what is wrong, because there will be no end to it. (Papa) I do not want you to do what I am not doing. I will not teach you anything I cannot model. Church is not by theory but by practise. 5. We told the next generation. The standard to the fathers is the standard to the children. No different teaching in the Sunday school. Do not reduce truth given to children. Children must hear the truth at a level so they can rise up! 6. It is continually told. We do not stop telling. Every next generation is being told accurately without error and failing. The more often told the better it is understood and revealed. 7. The content of what is told. God has the strength to do what he said. If God said it He can do it then he can do it. Every generation must know that he has strength to do wondrous works and He will do exactly what He has said. 8. Fathers teach -‐
what he has established as s testimony of himself. God has years and years of credibility! He has history! His Story!
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what He has commended them. (that which He commend our fathers. ) Everybody coming in must hear the same command.
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what Children need to know the God they have and serve.
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to rise to the occasion in their day and time. Teach them to not be sluggish but to take on challenges.
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their children to put their faith in God. Encourage them, show them to pray, to turn to God with their problems, worries and mistakes.
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Their children by reminding them of the works of God so that they will fear Him.
People representing you need to have your spirit. They must honour you! The entrance attitude of thanksgiving: How do people come to church? They are supposed to come with thanksgiving in their heart. Without it no entry! The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Careless people who are reckless with their lives, with their behaviour, with their words – damage and destroy other lives every day. Be careful with what you do and speak.
Ps. Tunde Bakare: No one has ever encountered God and remained the same. If you have then what you encountered wasn’t God. Have you way Spirit of God. Communicate directly from the heart of God into the hearts of men tonight. Fill those open hearts with your truth. Often we emphasize the very things that are not necessary. And we forget the things that are very essential. How can we be the church of the future if we have no understanding about the future of the church? What was supposed to be a movement became a monument. It has been institutionalized. Is that church? No. Jesus said I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH. And neither hell nor men will prevail against it. Peter had a mother in law. The pope has no wife. How can the Pope be the successor of Peter? We need to find out exactly what Jesus started the church for if we want to fulfill the mandate properly. In the midst of confusion and all the problems in today’s world and society you will have answers as you understand the direction of the journey through this apostolic summit.
Distinguishing the Tabernacles
1Chronicles 15:25-‐29 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to
bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-‐edom with joy. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen. Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps. And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart. 1Chronicles 16:1-25 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-‐offerings and peace-‐offerings before God. And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-‐offering and the peace-‐offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins. And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-‐edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God. Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples. Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works. Glory ye in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth. Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it; And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
1Chronicles 16:37-‐40 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his
brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; and Obed-‐edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-‐edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa the high place that was at Gibeon, to offer burnt-‐offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-‐ offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel; We are here for God to show us any error that is in our heart, so we could be of the truth. We are not here to show what we know or to make ourselves shine. Let God show Himself. Why declare His glory among the nations? What is the reason for David delivering this song?
Psalm 78:56-‐60 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his
testimonies; But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. When God heard this, he was Wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel; So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
The tabernacle of Shiloh is not different from the Tabernacle of Moses. Shiloh was kept by the sons of Eli, who didn’t know the Lord. It is about getting it right so the present generation can fulfil purpose!
Psalm 78:67 Moreover he refused the tent (tabernacle ) of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim, When Joseph brought his children before His father, Israel crossed his hands when blessing them, knowing what he did. Everything that God accomplished in Joseph became a tabernacle, and He is looking for a generation that He can put this things into! You can never borrow ideas from the world to run the church. It does not matter who the author is – the moment you are using books of the world and try to justify their principles out of the bible you raise something in the church that will not serve the purpose of God.
( you cannot use a philistine technology to carry the ark !!! ) 1Chronicles 15:1-3 And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa to minister unto him forever. And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
1Chronicles 15:12-13 and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' house of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. You cannot borrow ideas from the world and call it God. You cannot use marketing principles from the world to run your business and call it kingdom business. YOU cannot discern nor judge your church or conference by numerical growth or size of offering instead of number of lives being changed. Good ideas are not necessarily God ideas. The road to hell is paved with good ideas and intentions. If the intention is to make profit on the expense of people you are not running a kingdom business. Concerning having children: What do you really need a child for? Children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. You want a child because everyone else has one – then you are following the sin of Israel who wanted a king like every other nation has? God knows exactly the time and the season He wants to give you a child in. A child needs to be trained according to the assignment God has given to him. Train up a child according to GOD. Concerning marriage: Do you know what you will become later? Do you know what the man will become later? Don’t you think you need to ask God? If what He becomes is different from what God wants to do with you there will be a destiny clash. Two cannot walk together except they agree!
Why are there numberless conflicts and casualties? LACK OF ORDER! The moment we are out of order we are out of alignment. Building a throne out of God’s order will always be building a throne for Satan. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa Church is not your idea. It is and was His idea. It can only be built according to His order. ******************************************************************************* Shut yourself in and find out – are you in order and aligned with God? A sick church cannot bring healing to the world. Are we doing church because church is what He ahs given us to do? Or are there alternative motives in us?
1. We need to come to the point of truth, know for sure what we are doing is in line with God’s order – if business or church, family or relationship. David did not do anything to undermine the tabernacle of Moses. David just moved worship to another level. The tabernacle that was at Gibeon was the tabernacle David erected. They continued what God had ordained through Moses. ( 1. Chr. 16:37)
2. There is no true worship without sacrifice! Today we have moved to worship without sacrifice. There is no true worship without sacrifice. If you sacrifice truly ultimately you produce worship. There must be a sacrifice of consecration, a deeper level of commitment, Before we understand and can declare His glory to the nations we must know that God has accomplished certain things through our fathers to build a platform we can stand upon. Pride and hardness of heart will not let you go to the harvest others have laboured for. It will not let you receive any inheritance. You may reach what you labour for yet nothing else. And you will labour hard.
1Chronicles 21:25-3- So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-‐offerings and peace-‐ offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-‐offering. And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-‐ floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-‐offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa We cannot remove ancient landmarks and become contemporary, trying to undo what God has done. We must keep his order.
1Kings 3:4-5 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. God met Solomon at the place of sacrifice!! A place David didn’t go to out of fear.
1Kings 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. Solomon experienced everything in a dream. (he woke up ). We have minored in majors and majored in minors. Let us understand in the spirit and in that spirit of understanding do what He has called us to without fighting each other. God gave types and shadows so that through the consolation of scripture we may find hope. Until the real things appears. Jeremiah 3:14-‐16 Return, O backsliding children, Saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. When Jesus said ‘it is finished’ and the curtain in the temple broke there was no ark any more behind it. People had become the ark of the Lord on the earth. If you do not know what tabernacle God is building today you will build wrongly. We have no business fighting useless battles. We cannot meddle with issues that are totally irrelevant. Stay with what is important and relevant. The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa It may be difficult for you trying to convert people because you are trying to do it. If the conviction comes from the Holy Spirit people are converted. Everything works into His hands. GODS SAID ‘ In the last days I will raise up again the tabernacle of David. ‘ . He is doing this.
2Chronicles 35:1-‐3 And Josiah kept a Passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah. And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders: now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel.
They were not supposed to carry that ark any longer. They were used to it. It gave them prominence and purpose. What are we doing today, doing many things that belong to former times? We show off. God said: I am breaking everything down. The tabernacle of David is not about the ark any longer. God’s emphasis is now character. Except we understand Gods purpose for the church we continue to be frustrated by the people in the church. Neither for us or you and me, but for the benefit of every person and family under heaven.
Acts 15:13-‐19 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken
unto me: Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up: That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old. Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;
God is not building the tabernacle of David because he wants to put the ark there. It is not about that. There is something about David that made Him a man after God’s heart. This must be both in you and me if we are ever going to bring the nations to the feet of Jesus Christ. We must locate who and are the people who will proclaim his glory.
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa This is the issue – finding the proclaimers of that glory! Who will qualify to become a proclaimer of His glory? Today ministry is all about ‘let us build a city, let us build a tower that reaches to heaven! ‘ The tabernacle that God is building now is not made of wood, it is you and I . A type of David, a man after His heart, who will be God’s elect. Everyone in our homes and ministry must be considered important so that he can carry this very glory of God. If we are ever going to be proclaimers of His glory we are going to live such a live of release! Where do you dwell? Come and se, I am going to dwell in you! I will build my church! The Holy Spirit will come upon you and dwell in you! That is the issue! Raising the proclaimers! Every manmade idea that has generated a lot of heat will be exposed. There is a sifting going on:
Amos 9:1-4,9 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them. Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Amos 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth. It doesn’t matter where you hide, God will find you. Confidence in our flesh and our own agendas will be found out. If you follow the way of righteousness things will be going slow. You are already a son of God without turning stones into bread. You better know who you are, or you will dig your hand into iniquity! The only reason God gives us sheep is to see if we would be faithful so that He could call us to shepherd a nation! The Church Unusual
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Transferring the Legacy & Distinguishing of 2010 Tabernacles– South Africa God is looking for a David. David had a heart that kept on seeking God. God testified about Him: I have found David, a man after my heart, who will do what I command him! It was David who said: God, I want to be gatekeeper in your house! Who are the proclaimers of HIS glory? Who will walk like David did?
Psalm 78:67-‐72 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim, But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever. He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds: From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Do you know what God wants to do through this summit? To change city pastors into city elders. Those bringing about change set in order things that are lacking. I will tell you what it means to proclaim: To become a messenger with a message built in.
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