When the ark was brought up from the house of Oved-Edom into the City of David…“David danced and spun around with abandon before Adonai, wearing a linen ritual vest. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Adonai with shouting and the sound of the shofar.”
When confronted by his embarrassed wife, he answered: “In the presence of Adonai who chose me over your father and over everyone in his family to make me the chief over Adonai’s people, over Israel, I will celebrate in the presence of Adonai! I will make myself still more contemptible than that, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes but those slave girls you mentioned will honor me!” 2 Samuel 6:12-23
- Biblical evidence reveals that sacred dance was an integral part of Israel’s worship throughout history. The continuity of dance throughout the Bible leads us to explore dance today as a form of worship and praise, that the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) is restoring to the Body of Messiah.
- The Messianic movement is in the forefront of this restoration of dance, but it is not for Messianic believers only; many Christian congregations are developing dance within their own congregations. After centuries, the spiritual ministry of dance is being restored to the whole body of believers by the Spirit of G-d.
- We are currently reviewing basic dance steps and we are also practicing for Passover 2010. Everyone is welcomed.
“Today, like David, through the Atoning Blood of the Final Sacrifice, Yeshua, the Messiah, we are able to offer a pleasing and acceptable sacrifice to G-d. When we find joy in HaShem’s Word, and are abandoned to His Torah (now not only written but written on our hearts) we have the same avenue to praise and worship Adonai that David had. The key is to worship with the kind of abandon that leaves you humiliated in your own eyes – maybe even undignified in someone else’s. Just as David’s sacrifice was real and spirit-filled, so must our worship and praise be. Abandonment is not a super-spiritual trait or a state of mind, it is accompanied by and identified with a physical manifestation; it’s called a sacrifice of praise. Praise and worship is not an intellectual pursuit. It requires our total, complete exposure, vulnerability and nakedness.” (Kevin Geoffrey – Messiahnet Ministries) …and we at Beit Lechem say AMEN!!