Commenting on Acts 15:11 and James’ use of Amos 9:11 during the Council of Jerusalem, Robert Sungenis wrote:
“tabernacle of David”: την σκηνην Δαυιδ which, in the NT, is used of a special
place to dwell that is usually associated with sacrifice and worship which
makes it sacred (e.g., Mt 17:4; Lk 16:9; Ac 7:43-44; Hb 8:2; Ap 13:6). Prior to
the building of the Temple by Solomon, David worshiped in tabernacles and God
was in the tabernacle (2Sm 7:5-6); and this is the passage in which God
prophesies the coming of Christ in the figure of Solomon: 2Sm 7:12-13: “When
your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up
your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom. 13He shall build a house for my name, and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” Solomon himself ended in apostasy
(1Kg 11:1-11) and Israel was divided into two rivaling states: the north, all
of whose kings were evil; and the south, which had ten evil kings and only
three which were good. Hence the “tabernacle” that was started by David had
been torn to shreds, and the temple itself was leveled during the Babylonian
conquest in 587 BC, some 400 years after David. (Robert A. Sungenis, Commentary
on the Catholic Douay-Rheims New Testament from the Original Greek and Latin,
4 vols. [State Line, Pa.: Catholic Apologetics International Publishing, Inc.,
2024], 2:588-59 n. 471)
This is yet another nail in
the coffin of Robert M. Bowman’s bogus “Temple of Solomon” argument against the
Book of Mormon. For more, see:
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