Ministry needs the marriage of Excellence and Anointing. Work like it depends on you, pray like it depends on God.

(Mark Batterson)

Worship need the marriage of Purpose and Presence

* Carry His Presence

1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

* Carry His Presence

* Bless the People

Berakah - the transmittal or endowment of the power of God’s goodness and favor, usually through the spoken word and often with the accompanying act of laying on hands.

“The Hebrews believed that the spoken word carried great power for good or evil. Most ancient peoples were convinced, as the Hebrews were, that words once spoken take a life of their own. So when a word of blessing was given, the speaker could not retract it.”

(Rolf Garborg, The Family Blessing)

* Carry His Presence

* Bless the People

* Stand Before the Lord and Minister...Worship

1. Barak - to kneel, bow in worship, prostrate, and/or to fall down. Can also be translated bless.

“Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (Psalm 95:6)

2. Yadah - a thankful expression of praise with the hands [extended].

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14)

3. Towdah - Thanks and praise for what God is going to do. A sacrifice of praise. A procession of worshippers [choir].

“Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. (Psalm 68:4)

4. Zamar - to praise God with your instrument. Play your instrument as a language unto God.

“My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul. (Psalm 108:1)

5. Shabach - to command, triumph, and shout unashamedly!

“Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.” (Psalm 63:3)

6. Hallel - Shine, boast, celebrate, be clamorously foolish. Dancing like a fool.

“Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.” (Psalm 149:3)

7. Tehillah - Spontaneous song of the Lord. A new song. A Spiritual song.

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.” (Psalm 40:3)

The tabernacle is all about access…

Mishkan = Dwelling

“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you. (Exodus 25:8-9)

“We treat process with disdain in the church all the time - sometimes for the sake of convenience, sometimes for the sake of tradition, sometimes out of ignorance, foolishness or pride. God is gracious. He covers us. But a wise person learns from such situations and honors the gift of life by submitting to the ways of the savior.”

Neese, How to Worship a King, p.276

Mosaic Tabernacle - Outlined Christ’s Plan of Redemption…Full of Symbolism

Davidic Tabernacle - Began to use singing and instruments…Marked with rejoicing and celebration

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his[a]; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100:1-5)

Jesus is the gate...

They never came empty handed…

Psalm 51:17 - The sacrifice that is pleasing to Lord is a broken and humble heart.

“If the Cross proves how much we are worth to God, our worship proves how much God is worth to us.” - Zach Neese

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1)

The brazen laver represents the continual washing and cleansing that comes from the Word of God…

“make holy…by washing with water through the word” (Ephesians 5:26)

“...without holiness no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14)

Washing in the Word daily prepares our hands and heart to minister and hear from the Lord…

Table of Showbread = “Bread of Face”

Spiritual Hygiene comes before Spiritual Intimacy…

Where there is true intimacy…there is true worship

“I am the bread of life…” (John 6:35)

Only light in the holy place…

Direct correlation to Jesus…Light of the World

Communion = Join together or become one in unity

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:19-23)

Represents prayers rising to God…

Where God Speaks to His people…

“...you must put an altar for burning incense before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.” (Exodus 30:6)

Located in the “Most Holy Place” or “Holy of Holies”

Ark of the Covenant represents the (manifest) glory of God

Kabod (Glory) - implied weight or heaviness

God’s Presence - Holy Spirit works uniquely in individuals

God’s Glory - All flesh will see/experience it together

“And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” (Isaiah 40:5)