When will the tabernacle of David be set up, and who are the residue of men, and when will they seek the Lord? The tabernacle of David evidently refers to the great and glorious kingdom of God, when Christ will reign over the house of David,—in a general way, the everlasting kingdom. That kingdom had gone to ruin—God's kingdom on the earth; it was fallen down. The Lord had set Himself to build it again. One important part of the kingdom is its subjects, and so Christ our Lord is represented in the 6th chapter of Zechariah as sitting upon the Father's throne and building the temple of the Lord, gathering out the stones which will form it. This is the teaching of the New Testament, as in Ephesians 2—gathering out from all nations, irrespective of birth or lineage, those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and who will form a part of the heavenly kingdom. And the residue of men are all those Jews who will seek after the Lord; and all the Gentiles are the others, not of that Jewish fold, who would come into the fold, and there would be one fold and one shepherd. That was something that the Jews could not learn,—that the Gentiles were to come into God's plan, and be a part of it. This is emphasized over and over in the New Testament, and all the promises of the Old Testament ought to be read in the greater light of the New. This is especially emphasized in Eph. 3:3, 5, 6, "How that by revelation He made known unto me the mystery . . . which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel." See also chapter 2: 11-22.