Day 16: Acts 2:22-33

"Jesus, whom you crucified“

‘The Jesus whom you crucified on the cross’ (Acts 2:36), is indeed the Jesus who was delivered up to the cross according to the predetermined plan of God and His foreknowledge (v. 23).  He was delivered up to atone for our sins, both to the Jews and the lawless.  However, He is the Jesus who cannot be held by death (v. 24).

The God who raised Him from the dead has allowed our mortal bodies to dwell in hope through His resurrection (v. 26).  Our Jesus is the way to life (v. 28).  He is the Lord who, through His death and resurrection, bestows salvation upon us.  Thus, our spirits and bodies have received salvation.

Therefore, death is not our end but the first step towards a life in eternal heaven.  Our Jesus is exalted on high (v. 33).  God has seated Jesus at His right hand, making Him our Lord and Christ.  Jesus, received from the Father, pours out the Holy Spirit upon us (v. 33).