Go, and say to My servant David: Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for Me as a dwelling place? (2Sm 7:5)
לֵ֤ךְ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־ עַבְדִּ֣י אֶל־ דָּוִ֔ד כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַאַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־ לִּ֥י בַ֖יִת לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃
vade et loquere ad servum meum David haec dicit Dominus numquid tu aedificabis mihi domum ad habitandum?
David rightly notes that there is a certain disproportion between his cedar house and the Lord’s tent. Nowhere does the Lord forbid David from building a temple, but He draws his attention to something more important than the building. The house that the Lord will build for David is a family. From this house will come a descendant of David who will build a house in the Name of the Lord – Jesus. In Him dwelt all the fullness of the Deity.
