Outline - Hope of the Glory

tt. Peter actually says that Acts 2 is that which is found in Joel 2. It ismuch more natural to take what is said than to invent anunnecessary applicationuu. Remember that the 70 sevens of Daniel are interrupted so that thefirst 69 sevens are separated from the last seven – Daniel 9:24-27Dan 9:24 "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put anend to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy andto anoint the most holy.Dan 9:25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until theAnointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt withstreets and a trench, but in times of trouble.Dan 9:26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of theruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continueuntil the end, and desolations have been decreed.Dan 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an endto sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation,until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."vv. This is a much better understanding that that given byFruchtenbaum and those who copy him on this quote. Theirconcern is that they want Acts 2 to be the birthday of the churchand, frankly, with what Paul says in the Acts period, this is notpossible.ww. We can even ask why Peter quoted the entire passage when,based on what various people say, his point can be made basedonly on a part of the passage.xx. Fruchtenbaum and the Preterists appear to be reading into the textrather than interpreting the text!j) Those who want to say that this is interpretation #3 also have the problem:yy. Why does Peter include verses that were not fulfilled in the Acts 2.zz. The second part isn’t referenced at all.aaa. Interpretation #1 is much clearer and thus is the right one.Ye men of Israel – Acts 2:22-28: Here he proves that Jesus was sent by GodAct 2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles,wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.Act 2:23 This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the helpof wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.Act 2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible fordeath to keep its hold on him.Act 2:25 David said about him: "'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not beshaken.Act 2:26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope,Act 2:27 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.Act 2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'k) Act 2:22-28 a man approved of God--rather, "authenticated," "proved," or"demonstrated to be from God." 16by miracles . . . which God did by him--This is not a low view of our Lord's miracles, as has beenalleged, nor inconsistent with Joh_2:11, but is in strict accordance with His progress from humiliationto glory, and with His own words in Joh_5:19. This view of Christ is here dwelt on to exhibit to theJews the whole course of Jesus of Nazareth as the ordinance and doing of the God of Israel[ALFORD].l) The miracles which Christ did while on earth were done by the power of the Father orthe Spirit but not of Him:bbb. This is why the temptations were actual temptations that Jesusas MAN triumphed – Matt 4:1-11; Lk 4:1-13Mat 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.16 JFB from e-SwordActs Page 16 January 23, 2011 18:07