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Acts 26:6

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“I’m on trial now because I expect God to keep the promise that he made to our ancestors.

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I hope for the same thing my accusers do, that people with God’s approval and those without it will come back to life.

At the same time we can expect what we hope for—the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

That’s why I asked to see you and speak with you. I’m wearing these chains because of what Israel hopes for.”

Let me explain. Christ became a servant for the Jewish people to reveal God’s truth. As a result, he fulfilled God’s promise to the ancestors of the Jewish people.

When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the council, “Brothers, I’m a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I’m on trial because I expect that the dead will come back to life.”

“Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be included among Judah’s cities. Yet, from you Israel’s future ruler will come for me. His origins go back to the distant past, to days long ago.

The Lord your God will send you a prophet, an Israelite like me. You must listen to him.

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

But when the right time came, God sent his Son ⌞into the world⌟. A woman gave birth to him, and he came under the control of the laws given to Moses.

Why do all of you refuse to believe that God can bring dead people back to life?

They could accuse me of only one thing. As I stood among them, I shouted, ‘I’m being tried in front of you because ⌞I believe that⌟ the dead will come back to life.’ ”

Samuel and all the prophets who followed him spoke about these days.

“The Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings for you people who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves let out of a stall.

“I’m going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way ahead of me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the promise  will come. He is the one you want,” says the Lord of Armies.

⌞The Lord declares,⌟ “On that day a fountain will be opened for David’s family and for those who live in Jerusalem to wash away ⌞their⌟ sin and stain.

Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion! Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem! Look! Your King is coming to you: He is righteous and victorious. He is humble and rides on a donkey, on a colt, a young pack animal.

Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is the man whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is, and he will rebuild the Lord’s temple.

You will be faithful to Jacob. You will have mercy on Abraham as you swore by an oath to our ancestors long ago.

Those who are victorious will come from Mount Zion to rule Esau’s mountain. The kingdom will belong to the Lord.”

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Those who escape will be on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. Among the survivors will be those whom the Lord calls, as the Lord has promised.

After that, the Israelites will turn and look to the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord for his blessings in the last days.

“ ‘My servant David will be their king, and all of them will have one shepherd. They will live by my rules, and they will obey my laws.

Ruins! Ruins! I will turn this place into ruins! It will not be restored until its rightful owner comes. Then I will give it to him.

So the Lord himself will give you this sign: A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel [God Is With Us].

When that day comes, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and wonderful. The fruit of the land will be the pride and joy of Israel’s survivors.

There I will make a horn sprout up for David. I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one.

The Lord swore an oath to David. This is a truth he will not take back: “I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.

The Lord has made his salvation known. He has uncovered his righteousness for the nations to see.

A scepter will never depart from Judah nor a ruler’s staff from between his feet until Shiloh comes and the people obey him.

I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”




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