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The Harvester Podcast is brought to you by the Florida School of Preaching. Listen weekly to take a dive into biblical topics and thoughtful studies on things that matter to our eternal souls.
We welcome you to the Harvester Podcast, Season 3, Lessons on Christian Evidences.
We're glad that you have joined us today and we will be continuing discussion in this
episode 11.
And we've looked at the Bible or God exists, the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and
today we want to look at what the Bible teaches concerning the resurrection from the dead
of Jesus Christ.
I am Brian Kenyon and with me is our guest host.
George Beals.
and we're both from the south florida avenue congregation and we both teach at the florida
school of preaching and so we have been having a great discussion so far this season and
we're getting into the next phase uh...
well actually closing out one of the phases here but the bible is the word of god and
george bring us up to date on where we've looked at in the last couple of episodes
Okay, a review of previous classes, in those classes we provided arguments that
demonstrate that God exists, and then in the last two classes we moved on to the next
logical step in the overall argument, namely demonstrating that the Bible is God's Word.
So, in that study, the Bible is the Word of God.
But in that be the conclusion of the arguments that we gave, we followed this outline.
That would be the last two classes.
Point number one, more revelation beyond the natural world.
That is how some of the arguments for God, His existence, suggest at least the possibility
that there could be more information from Him beyond the natural world.
Point number two, an illustration that helps, for example,
how we would pick out a horse in a pasture based on certain properties that that horse
has.
That allows us to get into the matter of necessary properties and of sufficient
properties.
Number three, before opening the Bible, expected properties a divine book would have.
And then fourthly, after opening the Bible, properties it does have and the argument-based
on these properties.
And that argument then is this.
Since the Bible has property A and property B and property C, etc., then the Bible is the
Word of God.
We looked for necessary properties that a divine book would have and at least one
sufficient property.
It cannot have less than the necessary and it must have at least one sufficient property
to show that it is from God.
And then we began looking at sample properties.
For example, we talked about the unity of theme.
That is to say, the fulfillment of the nation and land promises in Genesis 12, 1-2 are
purposely documented by the Old Testament Scriptures.
That is, their fulfillment is documented after being given in Genesis 12, 1-2 and that
constitutes what the Old Testament Scriptures are all about.
These also expand on the old, all nations will be blessed promise in Genesis chapter 12
verse 3.
That is the Old Testament scriptures also address and track out to a point the third
promise found in that passage, Genesis 12 verse 3, that all nations, not just the lineage
of Abraham, but all nations will be blessed through the seed of Abraham.
Genesis 12 verse 3.
and the New Testament scriptures document its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
So then, great nation is promised in a promised land, that's what the Old Testament
scriptures are about, and then all families shall be blessed.
That's what the New Testament focuses upon.
There we have a thematic unity, a unity of theme, and we discuss that in some detail.
And then another property that the Bible has as we open it up and
and notice it.
We notice that there are cultural errors that are absent.
Now we would expect that a book from God, a being who knows all and never lies, would not
contain the errors of the times on any subject with which it deals.
The inclusion of such error would be inconsistent with the Bible's own claim and the
exclusion of such error would be
consistent with the claim that its words, using those of 2 Peter 1, 20, 21, never came by
the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved, as ferried, carried along
by the Holy Spirit.
We notice that the term none of these diseases is found in Exodus 15, verse 26.
Moses is conveying these words from God to the Israelites not long after their Exodus from
Egyptian bondage.
course we could address the question of the Exodus in a lot of other matters, but as we
move on here, quoting from the New King James Version, the passage reads, this is from
Exodus 15 verse 26, quote, If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do
what is right in his sight, give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians for I am the
Lord who heals you." The point is that Moses lived in a culture, as the Germans would put
it, a zeitgeist, a culture that was saturated with harmful medical practices.
Yet these practices are not found in the Bible.
If the Bible is merely the words of men, one would think that at least some of these would
have crept in.
Quite to the contrary, as the observation medical doctors McMillan and Stern point out in
their book, of These Diseases, updated in 2000, the year 2000, they discuss prescriptions
found in the books of Moses whose health benefits were rediscovered many centuries later.
For example, quarantine, fallopracy,
the precise day for circumcision, the eighth day, treatment of dead bodies, disposal of
human waste, you could take a look at Numbers 19, Leviticus 13 verse 46, Genesis 17-12,
Deuteronomy 23, 12-13, and notice those observations in those texts.
Now here are thoughts from Macmillan and Stern about some of the prescriptions found in
the Ebers and Smith papyri from ancient Egypt.
Quote,
To splinters, the ancient Egyptian doctors applied a salve of worm blood in donkey dung.
Since dung is loaded with tetanus spores, a simple splinter often resulted in a gruesome
death from lockjaw." For more quotations on the prescriptions in ancient Egyptian papyri,
I wrote a paper, it's unpublished but available, titled None of These Diseases, which I
delivered in a
in the 2004 Michigan Bible lectureship.
So that's property B, the absence of error from the culture.
Property C, fulfillment of predictive prophecy, and we'll just focus in on one major line
or track of these, the coming of the Messiah, the Christ.
Prediction fulfillment that the Messiah will be born, we talked about that.
Prediction fulfillment where the Messiah will be born.
Prediction fulfillment when the Messiah will be born.
Prediction fulfillment that the Messiah will be humiliated to death.
Prediction fulfillment that his eternal kingdom will be set up in Zion, that's Jerusalem.
We could say a lot about that.
There are many predictions pertaining to the Messiah's kingdom and its fulfillment.
Prediction fulfillment that he will be in the lineage of David.
prediction fulfillment that he will be raised from the dead.
Thomas B.
Warren adds two more properties and they're even more still but we briefly looked at these
last time.
uh These are worthy of discussion.
I'll call these properties D and E.
Property D, the Bible is all sufficient in different respects which is what you would
expect of a divine book written for the benefit of human beings.
For example, Warren observes
that the Bible is all sufficient with respect to metaphysics, that is what is real versus
what is nonsense.
uh It is all sufficient with respect to cosmology, that is what it has to say about
origins.
It is all sufficient with respect to morals, what's good versus what is evil.
And then also another property, property E, I'll call it Jesus Christ.
Warren holds that the person of Jesus Christ described in the Bible could not have been
invented.
The combined elements of his description is beyond human capacity to invent and then
accomplish, that is to pull it off as reality.
And it thus shows that the Bible is all sufficient spiritually, and we talked about that a
bit last time.
And so then, the argument.
Since the Bible has property A and property B and property C, etc., then the Bible is the
Word of God.
Or put it in another way, the argument could be formulated like this.
If the Bible includes at least one property that is sufficient to show that it is the Word
of God, then the Bible is the Word of God.
Premise number two, it does include at least one such property.
Actually, it includes more than one, as we've indicated.
Notice unity and prediction fulfillment.
And conclusion, therefore, the Bible is the Word of God.
And thus, the overall argument, God exists, since God exists and the Bible is the Word of
God,
and the Bible teaches a particular doctrine called X, then that doctrine must be true when
God is presenting his case in the Bible.
That is, having shown that the Bible is God's Word in the previous two episodes, we go to
the Bible and find out what it teaches on a matter.
live by it.
Whatever it teaches, where God is presenting his case, we can know that it is true.
So that's the background then leading up
to the subject matter and the focus of today's episode.
And as we mentioned on the last episode, if you would like a transcript of the passages
that he used, and there's a lot of passages we just mentioned, didn't even go into the
study, but just mentioned that connect to prove all the things that we talked about before
about predictive prophecy, that, uh you know, the Messiah was born, where, when, and all
of that.
And really each one of those prediction fulfillments, if you look at the history of the
Old Testament,
There were definitely some challenges to the fulfillment of those prophecies, but God
worked it out in His providence that we still had the fulfillment of that, even in spite
of the events that happened.
And when you look at those prophecies, some of them going as far back as Genesis 3.15, oh
the very fact that they were fulfilled exactly as was predicted is just amazing and just
definitely...
has to be a mark of inspiration supernatural authorship of the bible
Right.
They had to have been an intelligence beyond the near combined human intelligence is of
the, of the people that compose the Bible.
So we have a geographical spread among the writers as well as a chronological spread, yet
a unity of theme, which is an amazing thing.
And then at the end of the last class last episode, we said, well, let's take an example
of a
Bible doctrine, Carl will call it X.
Let X be the resurrection of Jesus.
And if we can show now then that whatever the Bible teaches on a matter, in this case the
resurrection of Jesus, then it must be that that happened.
That is to say, given then the Bibles being the Word of God, a being who knows everything
and never lies, then it must be that whatever it teaches is true.
And so then our task now
is to provide at least one passage that shows the Bible teaches Jesus was raised from the
dead and that would do the trick.
Actually, there are quite a few, but all we need is one, technically speaking.
So, but we'll look at a list of passages that affirm Jesus was raised from the dead.
Now let me just say as a footnote here that there is much, much more that we can say about
the resurrection of Jesus.
That's a wonderful study in and of itself.
What we're doing here is
is following what I call a top-down argument for the resurrection of Jesus.
That is, having established that God exists, the Bible is his word, then we go to the
Bible and find out what it teaches.
We could use another approach uh as a supplement to this, which is what I call the
bottom-up argument that uh provides the uh resurrection of Jesus as the actual
resurrection of Jesus as the uh
best explanation of the facts and these two will dovetail into one another but I'm not
going to have time to get into that.
It's a wonderful study.
We could have a series of episodes just on the resurrection.
Yes, and we probably will in a later season deal with just the resurrection.
George has done a lot of studies on that, and his information is very valuable, and uh
Brotherhood needs to hear about it.
But we're just going to briefly look at that in this episode, but we in the future look
for a whole season on the resurrection.
So a list of passages that affirm Jesus was raised from the dead.
Again, all I need is one.
Matthew 20, 18 to 19.
Another passage, Matthew 28.
5-6, quote, But the angel answered and said to the woman, Do not be afraid, for I know
that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here, for he is risen.
As he said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Unquote.
Another passage is Mark 16 verse 6.
This reads, But he said to them, Do not be alarmed, you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified.
He is risen.
He is not here, see the place where they laid him." End of quote.
And then over in Luke 24, 6-7, He is not here, but is risen.
Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee saying, The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
End of quote.
And then another, John chapter 11, 25-26.
Again, all we're doing here is listing
what the Bible teaches, showing that it does affirm that Jesus Christ was raised from the
dead.
This passage, John 11, 25-26, reads, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the
life.
He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.
And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
Do you believe this?
Unquote.
And then John 20, verses 8-9, then the other disciple who came
to the tomb first went in also and he saw and believed for as yet they did not know the
scripture that he must rise again from the dead." Acts chapter 3 verse 26, to you first
God having raised up his servant Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of
you from your iniquities.
And then Acts 26, 22 to 23, Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand,
witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets
and Moses said would come, that the Christ would suffer, that he would be the first to
rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.
Maybe we should stop here just for a moment.
and comment on this where he says uh that the Christ would suffer, that he would be the
first to rise from the dead.
Now there are other passages preceding this that show that other individuals were raised
from the dead and so then how could this be, how could Christ's be the first?
In what sense could it be the first?
Any thoughts on that,
Yes.
In fact, um I would connect that to Colossians where it talks about, and there's a passage
in Revelation as well that talks about Jesus Christ being the firstborn from the dead.
And in that passage, firstborn, of course, the Jehovah's Witnesses try to make that to be
that Jesus was the first one.
Well, actually, when it talks about firstborn of creation in verse 18,
The Jehovah's Witnesses do like to talk about that as if Jesus was the first one created
and then actually the firstborn of creation is Colossians 1.15 where it says Jesus is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
And then we have that same term firstborn in verse 18 of Colossians 1.
is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in all things he might have the preeminence.
And we know from these passages that firstborn does not mean chronological.
Now sometimes it can mean chronological, but not always.
In fact, in this context the word preeminence is also in there.
But Jesus is the preeminent one to rise from the dead in that He is the first and only one
to rise from the dead to never die again.
And that's what I think He's saying here.
The word first in this passage here in Acts is uh
Acts 26, 23 is not talking about chronologically, but it's talking about the premier one,
the premier one, the firstborn from the
much can be said there.
By the way, there's a wonderful article that expands upon Colossians 1.15 through 18,
where Christ is referred to as the firstborn.
And that article was written by Hugo McCord.
It's titled, Bacor and Prototicus.
that is that's the Hebrew word for first born respectively the also then the Greek word
and he traces out the usage of that term and shows that uh...
how it's how you can derive the figurative meaning meaning preeminent one not literally
the first born a wonderful study in and of itself and furthermore there are as we alluded
to there are uh
Other resurrections documented in the scriptures uh other than Christ's resurrection, have
the uh son of the widow of Zeraphath over in 1 Corinthians, 1 Kings 17.
You have the Shunammite woman's son documented in 2 Kings 4.
You've got the son of the widow of Nain in the New Testament scriptures in Luke 7.
You've got Jairus' daughter raised from the dead in Luke 8.
You've got Lazarus who was raised from the dead as documented in John 11 and others.
So there are other people that were raised from the dead.
The point, as Brian pointed out here, is that Jesus is the first one to be raised from the
dead not to die again.
he was alive forevermore, whereas these others were raised but then died.
So that's the background here and uh this is just giving us a little specimen of how much
more we can talk about.
There's another passage in Acts 13 34 and Paul says and of course is Paul preaching here
But he says as for the fact that he raised him from the dead no more to return to
corruption He has spoken in this way.
I will give you the holy and sure blessing of David
And that's a wonderful uh example of scripture explaining scripture.
no more to return to corruption.
That's the key to Jesus' resurrection.
right, that's wonderful.
Of that was predicted.
and he is the first fruits of our resurrection, a guarantee that we also arise, and that's
1 Corinthians 15 is all about.
Again notice how uh We're just giving you these little snippets here and there about the
resurrection There's so much more that we could talk about and it's so rich a study worthy
of uh as Brian alluded to worthy of a series of episodes in and of itself but here we're
just giving a list of passages that show that the Bible does affirm that Jesus was raised
from the dead and again this fits into the
top-down argument that is having shown that the Bible is God's Word then of course
whatever it teaches when God is presenting his case must be true.
So another passage is 1 Corinthians 15 21 that affirms the resurrection of Jesus for since
man by man came death by man also came the resurrection of the dead and then 2 Corinthians
5 verses 14 to 15
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus, that if one died for all, then
all died, and he died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves,
but for him who died for them and rose again." End of quote.
Another passage is that passage out of Colossians chapter 1 verse 18, and he is the head
of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn, from the dead.
Then,
that in all things he may have the preeminence.
Here, first-born Prototicus in the Greek has the meaning of preeminence.
And then over in Philippians chapter 3 verse 10, quote, that I may know him and the power
of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings being conformed to his death.
Hebrews 6 verses 1 to 2, quote,
Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to
perfection, not laying again the foundation of, now note these foundational principles,
the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God and of the doctrine
of baptisms and of the laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead and of eternal
judgment.
If we want to know what the foundation, what constitutes, what populates, what doctrines
populate the foundation of biblical Christianity, here you have the list given to us in
Hebrews 6, 1-2.
These six, and one of them is the resurrection.
So these are among the doctrines that you want to focus upon very quickly in your
Christian life.
Yes, that would make a good series of sermons.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Each one of those.
Yes, indeed.
And as the foundation.
In context, these are called the uh milk of the word.
One brother said one time, that's a tall glass of milk right there.
So then we have 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21.
There is also an antitype, and the Greek here is antitopon.
There is also an antitype, reading from the New King James, which now saves us baptism,
not the removal of the filth of the flesh.
but the answer of a good conscience toward God.
Now note, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
So, 1 Peter 3 verse 21.
In other words, baptism is not a Saturday night bath where you clean the dirt off your
body physically, but rather it's an answer to a good conscience toward God.
It's a response to that.
And notice how the resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to it.
Of course, when we're baptized into Christ, we are immersed in water and uh in the
likeness of the death, the burial and the resurrection of Christ.
Romans chapter 6 verses 3 to 4.
So there we have it then.
Since God exists and the Bible is the Word of God and the Bible teaches that Jesus was
raised from the dead, then therefore Jesus was raised from the dead.
And further, notice he rose according to the Scriptures, John 20 verses 8 to 9, quote,
Then the other disciple who came to the tomb first went in also and he saw and believed
for as yet they did not know the Scripture that he must rise again from the dead, unquote.
Acts 26, 22 to 23, therefore having obtained help from God to this day I stand
witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets
and Moses said would come, that the Christ would suffer and that he would rise from the
dead.
He would be the first to rise from the dead, as we've already quoted.
I'm focusing on these again to show that the Old Testament Scriptures predicted this and
the New Testament Scriptures are documenting its fulfillment.
1 Corinthians 15, 3 to 4, as we recall, he rose again the third day according to the
Scriptures.
Now that's interesting, Brian.
It says he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
Where in the Old Testament Scriptures, we might ask, does it say that he rose on the third
day?
We have Psalm 16 that predicts his resurrection, but where does it say in the Old
Testament Scriptures, where does it teach that he rose again, that he would
rise again on the third day any thoughts there
Well, we do know Jesus did go back to the example of Jonah in the book of Matthew as Jonah
was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish or the sea creature, so shall the
Son of Man be.
And so we do have that, which, you know, that was scripture now.
I mean, we do have like in 2 Peter 3 verses and 16 that Peter mentions Paul's epistles,
some of Paul's
and he counts them as others, as scripture that people like to twist or pervert and so
there could be an illusion there or it could be typological.
So in other words, you're that using the passage from Peter, that 2 Peter, that uh other
scripture that is, here's a reference then to the writings of Paul.
So the Bible itself is referring not only to the Old Testament collection as scripture,
but also the New Testament is scripture as well.
and that when this says he rose again the third day according to the scriptures in first
Corinthians 15, 3 to 4, possibly that's an allusion to the scriptures in the New Testament
scriptures that we've already cited.
Or it could be that what we have here, and this would be another aspect of the
resurrection that we could examine, and that is back in the book of Jonah we have a
foreshadowing.
according to Jesus, a foreshadowing of his resurrection.
And so then this would be a study of typology.
That is to say, uh in the Old Testament scriptures, there'd be a character or an event
that's described that would uh foreshadow uh something in the New Testament, namely Christ
or maybe his kingdom.
And that study, which is called typology, that is types.
foreshadowing item would be in the Old Testament scriptures and then the corresponding
fulfillment of that, so-called anti-type antitupon in 1st Peter 3, 21 uh is the
corresponding fulfillment of it and thus we have uh many of these.
That's a study in and of itself.
Typology and as a matter of fact that would be another property that we could examine.
We did not get into that, but that's a study in and of itself.
Another property of the Bible.
Yeah, and the passage is Matthew 12 verse 40, for as Jonah was three days and three nights
in the belly of a great fish, New King James translation, so will the Son of Man be three
days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
And of course, Jonah's Old Testament scripture and Jesus, of course, Jesus uses that again
as typology to show that he is the fulfillment of that.
And there's many, many such verses in the Bible in the New Testament that fulfill typology
of the Old Testament.
Right.
that's again a wonderful property that we could examine.
But what Old Testament prophecies, uh predictions did Jesus' fulfill in addition to his
being raised on the third day?
Well, in Acts chapter 13 verses 30 to 38, Paul includes prophecy fulfillment to convince
hearers that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Christos.
In doing so, he references three Old Testament passages on Jesus' resurrection.
One, Acts 13.33, reads, has fulfilled this for us, their children, in that he has raised
up Jesus as it is also written in the second Psalm.
That's Psalm 2 verse 7.
That reads, You are my son today I have begotten you.
So that's to be understood in reference to the resurrection.
Acts 13 verse 34 reads, that he raised him from the dead no more to return to corruption.
He has spoken thus, quote, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
This is from Isaiah 55 verse 3, worthy of its own expansion.
And then we have in Acts 13 verse 35, therefore he also says in another Psalm, you will
not allow your Holy One to see corruption.
This is from Psalm 1610.
And so then according to Acts 13, 33 to 35, Psalm 2 verse 7, Isaiah 55-3, and Psalm 1610
predicted that the Messiah will rise from the dead.
What Old Testament predictions then did he fulfill as we examine this further?
Well, let's examine these three passages and just say a brief words about it.
uh
And then we'll read Acts 13, 26-39 and notice how Paul incorporates them into his argument
that concludes Jesus is the Messiah.
Now just as an aside here, consider this interesting observation by James E.
Smith, quote, Some of the greatest messianic predictions, for example Isaiah 9, 5 and
following, Jeremiah 23, 5, Zechariah 6, 12 and 13,
are not quoted by New Testament writers." Smith makes that observation in his helpful
book, The Promised Messiah, 1993 publication on page 34.
So Psalm 2 verse 7.
Some Bible students argue the case that Psalms 1 and 2 are the introduction to the entire
book, the entire collection of 150 Psalms, and the overall book of Psalms is itself
messianic.
Still further, the whole Old Testament Scriptures are about Jesus the Messiah.
In this regard, notice how sweeping Jesus' words are in Luke 24 verse 44, quote, It looks
to me like Paul in Acts 13 is citing a snippet from Psalm 2,
and expects us to recall, or if we don't, then look it up, the rest of the context.
So be careful about taking the one verse Paul cites in Psalm 2 verse 7 in isolation from
the rest of Psalm 2, for example.
This Psalm contains one of those nine special uses of anointed in the Old Testament
Scriptures, meaning the Anointed One, that is the Messiah, the Messiahic, Christos, as the
Greeks would put it.
Those passages are 1 Samuel 2 verse 10 and verse 35 and Psalm 2 verse 2 and Psalm 20 verse
6 Psalm 28 verse 8 Psalm 84 84 verse 9 Habakkuk 313 Daniel 9 25 and Daniel 9 26 now Psalm
2 verse 2 and verses 6 to 7 read quote
the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the
Lord and against his anointed.
we have it, the Christos.
And then verse 6, yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree the Lord has said to me, you are my son today, I have begotten
you.
So this predicts the Messiah will come, will become king in Zion, Jerusalem.
the Son of God in this special sense, King.
That is, when He ascended into heaven, He was raised from the dead and ascended into
heaven.
In that sense, He became a Son of God in that special sense.
And regarding today, uh in that passage, Psalm 2 verse 7, Acts 2 documents this happening,
Christ becoming King of His kingdom when Christ ascended to the right hand of God on the
day of Pentecost.
His ascension implies that he was raised from the dead.
And then Isaiah 55 verse 3, as quoted in Acts 13, 34, appears to be enough of a fragment,
a snippet, to bring to mind the intended reference.
The whole verse reads from the New King James, Incline your ear and come to me, here and
your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies
of David." End of quote.
J.B.
Pohlhill's comment is helpful here.
He observes, quote, Paul gave a key in introducing the verse by saying that it established
that God raised Jesus from the dead never to decay.
The holy and sure blessings of David, to David rather, are God's promise that he would
establish his descendant on an eternal throne, a kingdom that would last forever.
compare 2 Samuel 7, 13 and verse 16, but God's promise was not fulfilled in David, was it?
Who did not himself enjoy an eternal reign?
So then something's happening here in reference to someone beyond David.
and i think this is just a just a perfect example that would go back to the unity of theme
that each one of these passages and we're looking at them as as they pertain to the
resurrection but there's also stuff in here about the kingdom and the messiah that just
ties right into all that and and it's just just amazing how complete the bible is
it's just impossible for it be not to be from God.
Right.
And it wasn't all written at one time, that's crud, chronological spread over, over
several human lifetimes and, uh, and, and geographical spread.
is some of these individuals never met, uh, one another, yet they're carrying on the same
theme.
And then we have Psalm 16 verse 10.
This reads for you will not leave my soul and shield, nor will you allow your Holy one to
see corruption unquote.
So David could not be speaking of himself since his body did see corruption in the grave.
And this is predicting the Messiah then who would be raised from the dead and thus rule
forever over his eternal kingdom.
And Peter makes the same point over in Acts chapter 2 where he quoted this same verse.
So these three passages that Paul quotes in Acts 13, that's Psalm 2 verse 7, Isaiah 55 3
and Psalm 16 10,
predicting the resurrection of the Messiah a part of the Old Testament chain of passages.
And that chain specifies the physical lineage that leads to the Messiah.
In particular, Paul is focusing on the Davidic component, that is the David component of
that chain.
just say a few words about that on the physical lineage to Christ.
Over in Matthew 1.1, we have these words.
the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
That reference to the son of Abraham is going back to Genesis 12 verse 3.
And then over in Luke 3, 23-38, just quoting some of that, quote, Now Jesus, being as was
supposed the son of David, the son of Joseph, the son of David, the son of Abraham, the
son of Adam,
the Son of God.
And then over in Galatians chapter 4 verse 4, but when the fullness of time had come God
sent forth his Son born of a woman.
And so then if we were to trace just this we would see that the Messiah, the one who was
coming, will be a seed of Adam and Eve, Genesis 3.15, will be a seed of Abraham, Genesis
12 verse 3,
will be a son of David the King, 2 Samuel 7, 12-17, and is Jesus born and becomes King,
the New Testament Scriptures.
So, he'll be a son of David the King.
In a useful 2022 journal article, Daniel D.
Martin traces this even in more detail, this Davidic segment of the lineage of Christ.
I just called that to your attention.
We'll have to move on.
Daniel D.
Martin, the Davidic Messiah in the Old Testament Tracing a Theological Trajectory.
This is in a journal titled Perichoresis, uh Volume 20, as a doctoral supplement, pages 87
to 96.
Again, notice how much more we could say about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Paul in Acts 13, 26-39 presents evidence showing that Jesus was raised from the dead and
thus is the Christ.
That evidence is two kinds of witness.
One, the human witnesses to Jesus' resurrection in the first century, and secondly, the
witness of Scripture fulfillment.
So let's notice this.
Well, I guess we won't because of the time, but I'll just advise that I hear us do this.
At this point,
take a look at Acts 13 and read through verses 26 to 38 and see this for yourself.
Now again, notice as we've pointed out several times, there is much, much more to become
aware of regarding the resurrection of Jesus studies.
This is just a marvelous study.
however, in this present series, we're going to have to move on and leave that.
a more detailed study and expansion to another time.
In the next class, uh the next episode in this series, we'll be addressing some objections
to what we have studied and we'll give some samples of that and show that these objections
to the conclusions that we have drawn at this point uh are not of such a nature that we
need worry about them.
Okay, we appreciate George and sharing that information with us and the more I study it,
each episode I sit and uh moderate as it were.
I'm just more and more impressed and I've been a Christian since 1982, studying and
preaching and teaching since 1989 and I'm just impressed with how awesome the Bible is,
the Book of God.
There's no other book, even a distant, distant, distant second.
to the Bible.
And yet a lot of people do not believe, do not trust in it, and that's because they do not
know the things that we know, and if they do, they don't believe them.
And so this is a tremendous study and we appreciate that.
And we invite all of you to listen, and whenever you listen to this, that if you'd like
more information or if you'd like a transcript or some of the passages, charts, we'd be
happy to supply those to you.
Just send us an email at fsop at fsop dot net.
and we'd be happy to accommodate you.
But we thank you for joining us on this episode of the Harvester Podcast, and we will
invite you to episode number 12, where we will look at some possible objections that
people bring up about the inspiration of the Bible.
Again, we thank you for joining us, and we invite you back the next time.