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BerianAardvark -> RE: dancing in the Lord (5/31/2008 10:09:25 AM)
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ORIGINAL: singLOUD
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I grew up Penecostal so yes have seen people Dancing for the Lord. I believe David danced and is in scripture of dancing
Yes, but David danced naked, not recommended today, even in pentecostal churches. [sm=dance.gif][sm=funny.gif]
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In many ways mention of this event is very apt in this thread...since Dancing in the Lord was viewed by the more staid churches looked upon the practice with disdain in much the same way as Michal viewed David's ecstatic gyrations. David was no more naked that those who were/are Dancing in the Lord.
The ephod was much more than sacerdotal BVDs according to Fausset's Bible Dictionary: The ephod was also used, but without the breast-plate, by the ordinary priests, as their characteristic robe (1Sa_2:28; 1Sa_14:3; 1Sa_22:18; Hos_3:4). David's ephod, in bringing the ark to Jerusalem, differed from the priests' in being of ordinary linen, whereas theirs was of fine linen.
That he was fully clothed is further clarified when we examine the parallel verses that describe the event:
And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. (2 Samuel 6:14 NASB)
Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen. (1 Chronicles 15:27 NASB)
What caused the confusion was Michal, David's wife's reaction to his dancing with such abandon:
Then it happened as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. (2 Samuel 6:16 NASB)
But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants' maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!" (2 Samuel 6:20 NASB)
and in the parallel verse:
It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. (1 Chronicles 15:29 NASB)
One commentary explains it this way (commenting on 2 Samuel 6:19 and 20):
Then, with dancing in the streets, the ark was brought to a temporary tent in the City of David. (It is likely that Psalm 68 was written at this time.) The king himself was so elated that he danced before the LORD with all his might. David was wearing a linen ephod instead of his customary royal clothes.
His wife, Michal, looked through a window and saw him dressed in an ephod, acting in a manner which she considered unworthy of a king. When he returned home, she falsely accused him of indecently dancing in public. ("Uncovering" in verse 20 must be understood in the light of verse 14.) He answered that his dancing was an expression of his joy in the Lord and intimated that he did not intend to stifle his enthusiasm for the things of God. He would let himself be even more despised by men and humble in his own sight, but he would be held in honor by the "slave girls" Michal had spoken of. Because of her critical attitude, Michal suffered the reproach of bearing no children to the day of her death. This is a needed reminder that a critical spirit stifles fruitfulness.
Tim
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