Reading for April 15th

Read Acts 3.17-26
In verse 17: Ignorance is forgivable in Acts,  at least until the opportunity to repent is given (17.30), although it is unlikely that the rulers will find this offer attractive.
In verse 18: Without citing a specific prophetic passage, Luke again affirms that's God's plan that his Messiah would suffer had been foretold through all the prophets (Lk 24.5, 44-46; Acts 17.2-3; 3.24).
In verse 20: The times of refreshing recalls the cessation of suffering when God was obeyed (Ex 8.15).
In the language that echoes Moses' plea that someone else be sent (Ex 4.13), Jesus is identified as the Messiah appointed for you.
In verse 21: In Luke's narrative, Jesus must remain in heaven for the sake of the completion of the divine plan (Lk 24.7, 26, 44; Acts 1.16, 22).
Its necessity is grounded in the scriptures (that God announced long ago through his holy prophets), and the goal remains the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel of universal restoration (1.6-8).
In verse 22: In Deut 18.15-19, the prediction of the prophet like Moses is a test of true and false prophecy (see also Deut 34.10-12).
Luke reads it as a direct testimony to the raising up of Jesus (Acts 7.37).
In verse 23: the warning that those who do not listen will be utterly rooted out comes from Lev 23.29, intensifying the call to repentance.
In verse 25: Jewish traditions which called the people descendants of the prophets heightened the sense that they were able to decide these matters without professional interpreters.
Luke again emphasizes the common theme in genesis that promises to Abraham are Israel's calling by which all the families of the earth shall be blessed (Gen 12.3; 18.18;22.18; 26.4 Acts 1.6-8).
In verse 26 Israel's repentance is meant for the blessing of the world (see also Gen 22.18; "because you obey my voice").
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