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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Tabernacle of David, #5
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: (I Chronicles 16:4)
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, (I Chronicles 16:39)
How did David administrate the divided house of God? David placed singers and priests at both locations. David appointed Asaph and his fellows to conduct Divine worship in Zion, and Zadok, a distinguished priest of Israel, to take charge of the worship being conducted at the high place in Gibeon (I Chronicles 16:5,39).
There is an important concept here. It is that the blessing of God remains on both aspects of His house.
There is a tendency among the Lord's victorious saints to despise the weaker believers, while the weaker believers look on the fervent saints as fanatics and filled with the devil. This attitude is not pleasing to the Lord. The victorious saints have been blessed with a double portion of a hunger and thirst for God's righteousness. It is their role, therefore, to strengthen the remainder of Israel and to serve God in the work of bringing the nations of the earth into submission to the will of Christ.
God did not bless Zion and despise Gibeon. God always is seeking ways of building up His elect, including the weakest of the elect. The calling out of the "Zion company" (for want of a better term) is for the purpose of delivering all Israel, and finally the nations of the earth, from the kingdom of Satan.
The story of Gideon's army is an excellent portrayal of the manner in which God will use the warrior-firstfruits to help the majority of Israel. God called out the 300. He did not condemn the remainder of Israel. The Lord called out the 300 of Gideon's army so His name would be glorified in victory.
As soon as the Midianites were thrown into confusion all Israel joined in the victory. Through the small number of warriors the entire nation was delivered (Judges 8:28).
So it is true that through the relatively small number of "Zion" warriors, those typified by David's Tabernacle, all Israel will be set free from Satan. The Deliverer will come out of Zion and save all Israel.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Romans 11:26)
There is an aspect of the division of God's house that must be made clear or else some will stumble. In speaking of the weaker believers we are not referring to the lukewarm, the careless, the lazy. There are passages of Scriptures, including the parable of the ten virgins and the parable of the talents, that warn us of the fate awaiting those who are lazy and careless in the things of the Kingdom.
Rather, we are speaking of those who through ignorance or because of their calling are not among the Lord's firstfruits.
To be continued.