Moving in the Apostolic

A Blueprint for Apostolic Living 129

Solomon's Temple David left a pattern for future generations, a pattern of worship that would fall into ruin and be restored by kings such as Hezekiah and Josiah. David also left to his son Solomon the pattern to build the Temple. He received this pattern by the Spirit: Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; and the plans [pattern] for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things; "All this," said David, "the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans [pattern]" (1 Chron. 28:11,12,19). The house of God was built according to pattern. When local churches are not built according to heavenly pattern, they will not contain the glory that is released when built correctly. When Solomon finished building, the Lord confirmed the building with His manifest presence (see 2 Chron. 5:14). Apostolic churches will have the manifest presence of God because they are built with apostolic wisdom, according to a heavenly pattern. Hezekiah Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped (2 Chron. 29:30). Hezekiah was a type of apostolic ministry in that he restored davidic worship to Israel. The Tabernacle of David was central to Israel's worship, and the apostolic dimension causes a rebuilding of this Tabernacle. Restoration is resident within the apostolic dimension.