Jesus, for of Jesus and David we read:
23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the Lord always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." ' 36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." (Acts 2)And are you saying that the resurrected body of Jesus was "fallen down" at that time??? Hmmmm
Christ tabernacled among His people (John 1:14) and was crucified, His body placed in the ground, and then raised up, thus fulfilling the prophecy, according to James in Acts 15. The fact that many gentiles were coming to faith in Christ is proof of its fulfillment, again according to James.
And just what tabernacle would Jesus be tabernacling in when He returns to restore the tabernacle of David???? Hmmmm
He did restore the "tabernacle of David", when He was raised from the dead and began calling the gentiles to Himself per James.
which I'm sure you are aware, has always been known as "The City of David". That is what the "tabernacle of David" means in that verse.
Regardless of what it might have meant in the OT, the apostles and elders gave us the infallible, authoritative interpretation of the Amos 9 prophecy in Acts 15 when they applied it to Jesus, His resurrection and the calling of the gentiles.
If you take this to mean some far future fulfilled in the physical city of Jerusalem, the clearly James misinterpreted the prophet and was quite incorrect in trying to apply it to a contemporary situation with the then calling of the gentiles.
11 "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name," Says the Lord who does this thing. (Amos 9)
We know from James in Acts 15 that the timing of "on that day" corresponds to the resurrection of Christ and the calling of the gentiles to faith in the first century and beyond.
No Jesus tabernacled among them not David. And if they were referring to his heritage at all, they would call him "Son of David" not "David".
The fact that many gentiles were coming to faith in Christ is proof of its fulfillment, again according to James.
You have it backwards. The restoration of the tabernacle of David is to occur after the visitation to the Gentiles to take out of them a people for his name. Read the text -- it's right there plain as day.
***The fact that many gentiles were coming to faith in Christ is proof of its fulfillment...***
The Dispensationalists need to wrap their minds around that statement. The FACT that the nations are coming is PROOF of the prophetic fulfillment.