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The God of the Canaanites (Amorites) was an ox-headed statue that had two hoofs extended in
front of his body. Children were placed on these hoofs, a fire was lit underneath, and the
children were burned to death. Because the dying children would scream, the worshipers
would loudly beat drums to drown out the streams.

The Hebrew word for drums is toph. One word for hell is tophet, which emphasizes the

screams accompanying the flames.

The star of Remphan was Saturn. The Israelites followed the idolatry of the Canaanites and, as
a result, eventually went into captivity in Babylon for seventy years.

Act 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed,
speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

The purpose of the tabernacle, it’s worship, sacrifices, furniture, and law was to witness and
teach about Jesus.

JOSHUA, DAVID, SOLOMON

Act 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of
the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Act 7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Moses brought the law to Israel, but David discovered grace. David knew more about God’s
grace then any Old Testament writer. David’s reign will be compared to the grace of God in our
own dispensation (Acts 15:16). David also experienced more of God’s grace and forgiveness
than anyone else in the Old Testament. He was called a man after God’s own heart and wrote
about it much in the Psalms.

Act 7:47 But Solomon built him an house.

In acts 15:16, David’s reign will be compared to the church but his tabernacle was a tent in Zion.
It was Solomon who was chosen by God to build the temple. Solomon’s reign is a type of the
millennial reign of the Lord Jesus, which is to come. During David’s reign, there was much war,
and David was called a man of war. During Solomon’s reign there was little war and a great
span of peace. This is a type of the millennium.

Stephen presents three names: Moses, David, and Solomon. Each of these men stand the three
time periods of Israel’s history following their deliverance from Egypt: the law, the church age,
and the millennium.