PT-3 "The Resurrection of Christ" (Acts 2:24-32)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/30/2017 9:41 PM

My Worship Time                                                            Focus:  PT-3 The Resurrection of Christ

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  Acts 2:24-32

            Message of the verses:  “24 “But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. 25 “For David says of Him, ’I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. 26 ’THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE; 27 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY. 28 ’YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’ 29  "Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30  "And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, 31  he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY. 32 “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.”

            We need to begin with a quote from John MacArthur “Peter’s quote of Psalm 16:11 has puzzled some commentators, since it doesn’t appear to advance his argument.  The phrase ‘the ways of life’ (the Hebrew text of Psalm 16:11 uses the singular ‘path of life’), however, can be interpreted as a reference to the resurrection.  It would thus have the sense of ‘the path to resurrection life.’  The context strongly implies such an interpretation.  As a result of the resurrection, Messiah would be ‘full of gladness’ as He experienced God’ presence. 

            “Peter now comes to the crux of his argument.  Addressing them once again as ‘brethren,’ he ‘confidently’ reminds them that ‘the patriarch David both died and was buried.’  In fact, his ‘tomb’ provided visible evidence that he had not fulfilled the prophecy of Psalm 16.  David spoke as a prophet, however, not of himself.  He ‘knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants upon his throne.’  That promise is recorded in 2 Samuel 7:11-16:

‘The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 "I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 “Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."’"”

“David then, ‘looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,’ who, in contrast to David, ‘was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.’

            “Peter’s argument from Psalm 16 can be summarized as follows:  The psalm speaks of the resurrection.  Since David however, was not resurrected, it cannot speak of him.  Thus David speaks in the psalm of the Messiah.  Hence, Messiah will rise from the dead.  Peter now delivers his powerful conclusion:  ‘This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.’  The argument is conclusive:  Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah.”

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “With kindness” (Genesis 33:4).

Today’s Bible question:  “Out of what metal were shrines of Diana made?”

Answer in our next SD.

7/30/2017 10:01 PM