Hechos 2:29-31

Peter next argued that David’s words just quoted could not refer literally to David since David had indeed died and his body had undergone corruption. Ancient tradition places the location of King David’s tomb south of the old city of David, near the Pool of Siloam. David’s words were a prophecy that referred to Messiah as well as a description of his own experience. God’s oath to place one of David’s descendants on his throne as Israel’s king is in Psalms 132:11 (cf. 2 Samuel 7:16). [Note: See Robert F. O’Toole, "Acts 2:30 and the Davidic Covenant of Pentecost," Journal of Biblical Literature 102:2 (1983):245-58.]

Peter did not say that Jesus now sits on David’s throne (Acts 2:30), which is what many progressive dispensationalists affirm. [Note: E.g., Bock, Dispensationalism, . . ., pp. 49-50; Blaising, Progressive Dispensationalism, pp. 175-87; and Saucy, The Case . . ., p. 59-80. For refutations of the progressive dispensationalist view, see John F. Walvoord, "Biblical Kingdoms Compared and Contrasted," in Issues in Dispensationalism, especially pp. 89-90; David A. Dean, "A Study of the Enthronement of Christ in Acts 2, 3" (Th.M. thesis, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1992); McLean, pp. 223-24; Ryrie, Dispensationalism, pp. 168-69; Hodges, "A Dispensational . . .," pp. 174-78; and Stanley D. Toussaint, "The Contingency of the Coming of the Kingdom," in Integrity of Heart, Skillfulness of Hands, pp. 231-32. See Charles C. Ryrie, The Basis of the Premillennial Faith, pp. 81-82; and John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord, pp. 224-26, for the normative dispensational interpretations of the Davidic Covenant passages.] He said that David prophesied that God had sworn to seat a descendant of David on David’s throne. Jesus now sits on a throne in heaven, but He has yet to sit on David’s throne, which is a throne on earth. He will sit on David’s throne when He returns to the earth to reign as Messiah.