The Birth of Worshiping Warrior    Only God and the devil knew that
the Philistine giant was going to be
By Dr. Francis Myles the devil’s special guest that day in
One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons
the portals of hell. Hell beneath was
from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that getting ready to accommodate the
—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good menacing giant. The giant had seen
judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the his last day on earth. He had
LORD is with him.” 1 Samuel 16:18
arrogantly challenged a man who
   When the servants of King Saul were belonged to the “highest Order of
going through David’s resume, they told the priesthood” known to mankind.
king that besides being a very gifted Goliath had picked a fight with a
minstrel, David was also a brave warrior and man whose life was patterned after
a man of war. Somehow, David had found a the Order of Melchizedek.
way during his journey of desire to merge
   David let go of the “stone of
his activities as a prophetic psalmist with his
destiny” using his sling shot. The
activities on the battlefield. Said simply,
stone energized by God entered the
David was a “prophetic prototype” of a new
skull of the stunned giant, who fell to
kind of “worshipping warrior”. Under the
the ground like a flying dragon that
Levitical priestly Order, members of the
has lost the favor of gravity. To the
priesthood were not allowed to enlist in the
amazement of the armies of Philistia,
military. Such an act would have
David cut the head of the fallen giant
disqualified them from leading worship in
using its own sword. Panic spread
the temple of God. But God was using the
like a malignant cancer throughout
canvas of David’s life to showcase a “new
the armies of Philistia, who fled for
Order of priesthood” where it is possible to
their lives. God gave the armies of
be a “man of war as well as lead worship”
Israel a great victory that day
in the temple of God.
through his worshipping warrior.
As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out
   Looking at the life of King David
to meet him. 49 Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and
we quickly come to terms with the
taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the
Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath
Order of ministry under the kingly-
stumbled and fell face down on the ground. 50 So David
priestly Order of Melchizedek. The
triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a
Order of ministry is “driven by a
stone, for he had no sword. 51 Then David ran over and
pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to
prophetic process” and “very
kill him and cut off his head. 1 Samuel 17:48-50
governmental and passionately
   David’s “hybrid matrix” as a militant” in its corporate expression.
worshipping-warrior came to the forefront The closer we get to the “millennial
when the armies of Israel were faced with reign of Christ” we are going to see
their biggest nemesis in the name of Goliath, an abundance of kingdom-minded
the Philistine giant. For forty-days Goliath Churches that are patterned after the
tormented the armies of Israel with a Order of Melchizedek. These
challenge that they were afraid to answer. Davidic-type-of-governing Churches
Goliath challenged the armies of Israel to will be very governmental and
send one of their “men of war” to fight militant in their approach to the
against him in a “fight-to-the-death-winner- subject of advancing the kingdom of
takes-all.” God here on earth. These churches
will rise in governmental authority
David happened to stroll into the camping to challenge and dethrone the
grounds of the armies of Israel, when he “strongman of their City.”
overheard the menacing giant, shout out his
unmet challenge. Unkown to the taunting     Like King David of old these new-
giant, David had stumbled upon a “very breed of churches or kingdom-
superior technology of worship” that minded believers will not be afraid
belonged to a different order of priesthood; to challenge the “Goliath” in their
during his journey of desire in the City that has been hindering the
wilderness. This technology of worship had advancement of the gospel of the
so infused him with “dunamis (power)” kingdom. Many of these “people
from on High, that he killed a bear and a lionfriendly and seeker-sensitive”
with his bare hands. It does not take a rocketchurches that are focused on catering
scientist to figure-out that any human being to man’s needs rather than
who can kill a “full grown bear or a lion” safeguarding God’s inheritance in
with his bare hands must be “endued with the saints, will become “spiritual
supernatural strength,” like Samson of old. dinosaurs and objects of divine-
rejection” in the light of God’s
 David took one look at the taunting giant burning passion to transform His
and all he could see in his mind were the blood-washed people into a
pictures of a bear and a lion shredded to “functional royal priesthood.” God
pieces by his bare hands. Armed with a sling never intended for His church to
and five smooth stones, David moved in the become a “spiritual greenhouse.”
direction of the baffled giant. The armies of
Philistia looked on and sneered in     A greenhouse provides a “safe
undisguised contempt for the choice of a and man-controlled environment”
warrior that the armies of Israel had settled for growing delicate items like
for. flowers and vegetables. The only
problem with vegetables is they have
a very weak spine. You cannot place
anything of weight on a vegetable
growing in a greenhouse, and expect
it not to break. In like manner many
of these “seeker-sensitive-
greenhouse-churches” produce
kingdom citizens who look very
glamorous on the outside but break
easily under the weight of “spiritual
warfare” to advance God’s kingdom
here on eart