Acknowledging God
Follow in My Ways
There Is No God Like You
Acts 2:29-36 The Message
29-36 “Dear friends, let me be completely frank with you. Our ancestor David is dead and buried—his tomb is in plain sight today. But being also a prophet and knowing that God had solemnly sworn that a descendant of his would rule his kingdom, seeing far ahead, he talked of the resurrection of the Messiah—‘no trip to Hades, no stench of death.’ This Jesus, God raised up. And every one of us here is a witness to it. Then, raised to the heights at the right hand of God and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out the Spirit he had just received. That is what you see and hear. For David himself did not ascend to heaven, but he did say,God said to my Master, “Sit at my right hand
Until I make your enemies a stool for resting your feet.”
“All Israel, then, know this: There’s no longer room for doubt—God made him Master and Messiah, this Jesus whom you killed on a cross.”
For Reflection
One of the meanings of the birth, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus is that the Christ Event has shown us the face of God. It was thought that if one looked into the face of God, one would be so overwhelmed with the knowledge of God that one would die. But the mystery of God has been revealed. What once was only prophesied and hoped for has been realized. God has shown God's self to us. We have seen God in Jesus Christ. God has revealed the mystery of the gift given through Moses. The meaning of the law has been exemplified.
In God's good time, God showed the depth of understanding for which Moses on the mount had pleaded. The prophecy of David has been buried and arising from its grave is the soul's desire to seek in the Christ Event the practice of righteousness God has always desired for humankind.
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