Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
The verse reports that David found favor before God and desired to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. It belongs to Stephen's historical defense and final testimony, which traces Israel's story through Solomon and his building of the temple. Its full significance depends on the setting and occasion of Stephen's words.
Within that temple history, the desire for a tabernacle leads to the truth that God does not dwell in temples made with hands and is not confined to buildings made by human hands. The verse's desire for a tabernacle is therefore part of that history, not proof that God is limited to or confined to a building. God's highest place of worship is in heaven.
The speech presents Israel's history as preaching of Christ from the Old Testament scriptures beginning with Moses and the prophets, giving its spiritual meaning in the light of Christ. It gives inspired proof regarding the mission, suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ and proves His identity as the Messiah through Moses and the prophets. It shows that the voice of Christ spoke through the prophets and patriarchs from the days of Adam, that Christ is the key that unlocks the Old Testament and gives access to its riches, and that all religious services and ceremonies are valueless if the Saviour represented in them is rejected.
The verse reports that David found favor before God and desired to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. It belongs to Stephen's historical defense and final testimony, which traces Israel's story through Solomon and his building of the temple. Its full significance depends on the setting and occasion of Stephen's words.
Within that temple history, the desire for a tabernacle leads to the truth that God does not dwell in temples made with hands and is not confined to buildings made by human hands. The verse's desire for a tabernacle is therefore part of that history, not proof that God is limited to or confined to a building. God's highest place of worship is in heaven.
The speech presents Israel's history as preaching of Christ from the Old Testament scriptures beginning with Moses and the prophets, giving its spiritual meaning in the light of Christ. It gives inspired proof regarding the mission, suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ and proves His identity as the Messiah through Moses and the prophets. It shows that the voice of Christ spoke through the prophets and patriarchs from the days of Adam, that Christ is the key that unlocks the Old Testament and gives access to its riches, and that all religious services and ceremonies are valueless if the Saviour represented in them is rejected.