The Davidic Mantle

The Davidic Company consist of seasoned warriors that display extraordinary courage. The Davidic Company, like King David and his army, consist of men of valor that are passionate lovers of God. These worshipping warriors fight in the strength of the Lord who trains our hands for battle and gives us supernatural weapons against the enemy. Theses champions of God are anointed for war with an unyielding perseverance to destroy the works of the enemy in the authority of Christ their King.
When David was fleeing from Saul, men of valor joined him that became his army of mighty men. These men were not your finest citizens, refined or the crème of the crop. They were fugitives in distress, in debt or that were discontented. (1 S. 22:1-3) But these men were swift as a deer, clever as a fox and strong as an ox.
These men were loyal to David. They were mighty in deed such as Adino that slew eight hundred men with a spear at one time. Dodo was a warrior who smote a multitude of Philistines for so long that his hand froze to his sword. (I might be tempted to be fighting mad with a name like Dodo?) Men of courage such as Abishai slew three hundred men at one time with just a spear.  Benaiah was a valiant man who slew two lion like men of Moab. On one snowy day just for entertainment, he slew a lion that was in a pit. He also plucked with a staff the spear out of an Egyptian’s hand and slew him with his own spear. (See 2 S. 23:8-21).  These were the men that formed the army of David that went forth to battle, expert in war that could keep rank that were not of double heart. (1 Chronicles 12:33).

Who Are They Today?
The Davidic Company are freedom fighters that wage war with the heart of the Father. This Kingdom Force consists of tactical warriors skilled in the use of divine weapons of warfare that are mighty in God to the pulling down of strongholds. (2 Cor. 10:5) Their strength, power and authority are in the life and divine nature of God. The mantle they wear is the cloak of humility and their armor is the light of Christ. Their spear is that of worship and their bow the Holy Spirit and their arrows the Word of God.
These spiritual warriors work as a team to do exploit as they are led by the Spirit. Working outside the boundaries of the traditional church, they are trained to execute high-risk operations under cover as secretive operatives. Standing between the forces of hell and the Kingdom of God, they work undercover as God’s secret service to observe and gather intelligence for strategic operations and counter attacks.
Their duties include performing hostage rescue operations to open prison doors and set the captives free. At the risk of their own lives, they are often called to subdue suspects and engage in warfare with heavily- armed bandits. There armor is the full armor of God made of refined silver that reflects the redemptive love of God. Their shields of faith are made of gold forged by the grace of God that has the power to quench the fiery darts of the wicked as they stand as one in the authority of Christ.
Their spiritual weapons include the gifts of the Spirit such as the word of knowledge that enable them to see with advanced night vision optics. Their wisdom and counsel is of God that empowers them with the right timing and strategies. They utilize the gift of discerning of spirits for covertly determining the position of angels, hostages or where the enemy is hiding within an enclosed structure. The most powerful weapon of all from the arsenal of heaven is the Father’s love.
With a high degree of effectiveness, they quickly mobilize as “minutemen” to go into any home, building or office, and do a clean sweep clearing the area of enemy mines and nasty critters. But most of all, they are known for the ability to usher in the glory of God. Their mission is not only to take territory, but to possess it in the power of the Spirit knowing that a true victory is not won until it is occupied by the Church.
They push back the tide of evil refusing to yield one inch of ground to the enemy. You will never see a white flag in the hands of these warriors conceding before their enemies. These are fiery spiritual warriors that run to the sound of battle with a passion for justice and righteousness. Together as one they form an elite force unwavering in their love for God and their resolve to follow Christ as the Captain of the host.

The Tabernacle of David
David was the first to incorporate the ministry of worship before the Ark of the Covenant where the priest served in their daily administration in the temple. As a prophetic ministerial, David established a worship center in Israel known as the Tabernacle of David. Using psalteries, cymbals and trumpets with all manner of instruments and with singing, David ensured that worship continued 24/7.
David well understood the power of worship opens the gates for the King of glory to come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of Host, He is the King of glory (Ps. 24:10). The Lord of host means Lord of armies. As a military general David understood how to obtain the Lords counsel and together with the armies of heaven, prevail over their enemies.  As King he understood how to obtain at the gates of heaven God’s wisdom and counsel to rule at the gates on earth.
David was the first to combine the ministry of worship with the ministry of the Priest that served the Lord and His people. It was this fusion of worship with ministry service that ushered in the glory of God. Such an event took place when the Levites, which were worshippers, gathered with the Priest to make one sound unto the Lord,
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voices with the trumpets and cymbals’ and instruments of music, and they praised the Lord saying, For He is good, for His mercy endures forever, that the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord. So that the priest could not stand to minster by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God (2 Chronicles 5:13-14).


The Tabernacle of David Today
The Lord is now restoring the tabernacle of David, a building that is fitly framed together for a habitation for the Spirit of God (Eph. 2:22) that will attract men to the light of His glory “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 (Acts 15:16).
And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising (Is. 60:3)
The Tabernacle of David consists of worshipping warriors. Some of these are prophetic minstrels that are singers skilled in instruments of worship that release declarations on earth uttered from the heart of the Father in heaven. With the heart of the Father, they release rivers of life that impact the region with the Father’s love.
With the restoration of the tabernacle of David, the power of worship with the release of God’s glory will cause the dry bones of Ezekiel’s graveyard to rise up and stand upon their feet with the breath of God as a living army. The Lord is mobilizing an army and He will lead it as the Lord of host, the King of Glory that is mighty in battle.  Some of these centers will become fortress of truth and healing. Others will become military training camps where armies will be equipped for warfare and sent out to the region while others as a Special Tactical Force will go the nations.
This army of believers will march to the sound of victory being joyful in their King as they ascribe to God all the glory and honor. As David declared, “Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the tumbrel and the harp” (See Ps.149:1-3).
Just as the Lord ambushed Israel’s enemies when they went out singing and praising the Lord in the beauty of holiness, the Lord will ambush our enemies as we go into the secret place to abide in the Lord. In doing so the Lord will go out on our behalf to punish our enemies with His great and strong sword (See Is. 27:1).
The Lord will go forth like a warrior; He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout; yes He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His enemies (Is. 42:13).
Recently I was in a trance where I was marching in the Lord’s army. The Lord of host was enthroned in our midst as we marched in cadence to a new song that we sang. We marched forth not to obtain the victory for the advance was being made from the place of victory.  There was a sense that we had already defeated our enemy because of the presence of the Lord’s authority that permeated the ranks of the army.
Being led by the Lord of host the atmosphere was charged with overcoming faith. It was the victory accomplished by Christ on the cross that established the cadence that we marched too in perfect rank as one. Because Christ is the conquering King, the victory was won even before the battle had begun. The joy was not in the slaughter of the enemy but in seeing the prisoners set free from spiritual slavery and the bondages that held them in captivity.
The prophet Daniel foresaw these coming champions of the Lord when he declared, “But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits (Dan. 11:32).
We are living in extraordinary times and the best is yet to come!
Psalms 105:7-15

He is the Lord our God: His judgments are in all the earth.

God in Jewish history, working for His people
I. His absolute sovereignty (verse 9). The selection of Abraham to distinguished privileges is only an example of what has been going on in the history of men in all times. All men are not alike endowed, nor alike distinguished in privilege. Some have more health, more beauty, more talent, more enjoyments, than others. Shall any find fault with this? “Who art thou that repliest against God?” We should, however, always remember that God’s sovereignty is not arbitrary power, not capricious impulse, but is evermore the free expression of His heart, and that heart is love.
II. His inviolable faithfulness (verse 8). Men fail to fulfil their promises from one of three reasons—either because they were insincere when they made the promise, or because they subsequently changed their minds, or because difficulties occurred which they never anticipated. None of these reasons can be ascribed to God.
III. His territorial proprietorship (verse 11). Let all landowners remember that the acres they call their own are only borrowed property, they are only tenants at will, or rather stewards, responsible for the use they make of every foot of ground.
IV. His compassionate superintendence. He watched over them.
1. When they were few (verse 12). How He watched over Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, only three! We lose individuals in the mass. To Him the individual is the object of interest, the individual is His offspring, representative, fountain of immeasurable influence. “Unto that man will I look.”
2. When they were wandering strangers (verse 13). Though unknown, ignored, it may be despised, the few wandered amongst ten thousand strangers, His eye was upon them, and His sympathies were with them.
3. When they were threatened (verses 14, 15). (Homilist.)


Psalms 105:15

Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm.

The inviolable Messiahs and prophets
I. Every Christian is a Messiah. Jesus was the Christ, the Messias, because that Divine Spirit dwelt in Him without measure. And if we are Christians in the real sense of the word, then, however imperfectly, yet really, and by God’s grace increasingly, there is such a union between us and our Saviour as that into us there does flow the anointing of His Spirit. And, there being a community of life derived from the Source of Life, it is no presumption to say that every Christian man is a Christ.
II. Every Christian is a prophet. The word is connected with a root which means “to boil, or bubble, like a fountain.” It expresses, not so much the theme of the utterance as its nature. The welling up, from a full heart, of God’s thoughts and God’s truth, that is prophecy. The patriarchs were prophets, in the sense of being bearers of a Divine Word, breathed into them by that anointing Spirit, that it may be uttered forth by them. That sort of prophetic inspiration belongs to all Christians. Every one who has been anointed will be thus gifted. A silent Christian is an anomaly, a contradiction in terms, as much as black light, or dark stars. If Christ is in you He will come out of you. If your hearts are full the crystal treasure will flow over the brim.
III. Every Christian, in his double capacity of anointed and prophet, is watched over by God. There is no real harm in so-called evil. That is the interpretation that Christianity gives to such words as this of my text, not because it is forced to weaken them by the obstinate facts of life, but because it has learnt to strengthen them by the understanding of what is harm and what is good; what is gain and what is loss. (A. Maclaren, D.D.)

Psalms 105:5-15

The Psalmist, to awaken in his own heart a proper sense of God’s goodness, and to stir up suitable and corresponding affections in himself and the Church towards the Lord, for such love, in these verses leads back the subject of meditation as far as the first call of God to Abraham; and in a beautiful, though brief manner, carries it on from that period to the patriarchs being led down into Egypt. Remember these things, saith he, ye that are the seed of Abraham, and mark down in these memorandums the loving-kindness and covenant faithfulness of God. Reader! do not forget what Paul saith to the church concerning Abraham’s seed: it is blessed to know this, and to live in the enjoyment of it; Gal_3:29. But at the same time do not also fail to connect with this view of the Church’s history the gospel history in it. This everlasting covenant of God the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Zacharias, in the temple, it is expressly said, was confirmed in Christ. Nay, it was to perform the mercy promised, and to remember his holy covenant, for which Christ came. Luk_1:72. And hence, as the Church thus began from small and inconsiderable beginnings, when the Patriarchs were but a few of them, and they strangers upon earth; so now, the day of small things is the same: the redeemed are frequently unknown, unnoticed; disregarded, and passed by of men. And though the Lord still protects his anointed, and hides them from the malice of the world, yet are they the same as ever, pilgrims and sojourners here below, looking for a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God; Heb_11:10. Reader! you and I shall do well, as we read these things, to inquire under these particulars, as in the former, whether we bear such a correspondence of character?