THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

222 The Hope of Israel: What Is It?
Himself as "The Root and Offspring of David" (22:
16).
In the prophecy of Amos we have the words of God,
"And I will build it, as in the days of old." The days
when David pitched a tabernacle in Zion for the ark
were days of joy and gladness, of shouting and dancing,
of victory and prosperity, the days when David
reigned over a united and a happy people. It is recorded
that "He blessed the people in the Name of
the Lord of hosts. And he dealt among all the people,
even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to
the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and
a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine" (2 Sam.
6 :
12-19) It is not difficult to see in this description a
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type of those eternal joys which all will share together,
when at last "the tabernacle of God shall be with men,
and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His
people; and God Himself shall be with them and be
their God."
GEORGE SMITH ON THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID
Very little seems to have been written on the subject
of the Tabernacle of David; therefore the writer was
glad to find, in George Smith's Harmony of the Divine
Dispensations (published in 1856) some illuminating
comments thereon.
The chapter is much too long to be reproduced here
But some extracts are given below, prefaced
in full.
by a brief explanation of what precedes the quoted
paragraphs.
Mr. Smith wonders that there should ever have
been any uncertainty as to what was meant in the