Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
When Israel joined itself to idols, God said, Let them alone. He withdrew His restraining grace, and they became so scandalously mad upon their idols as no people ever were. This is the saddest punishment of all, when God gives men up to their own hearts' lust.
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Commenting on Acts 7:42-50
David found favor before God because he was a man after His own heart, chosen and empowered by His grace. His burning desire was to build a fixed dwelling for the Lord, for though a tabernacle existed, it had wandered from place to place; David wanted to establish a settled house where God's name would dwell.
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God granted David great prosperity and deliverance from his enemies. The ark had been carried about from place to place in the tabernacle; David sought to build a permanent house where it could be deposited and the visible symbols of the Divine Presence fixed in one place.
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