REL220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psalm 16, Psalm 110
Document Summary
The arrival of the promised holy spirit. One of three pilgrimage festivals- jews living afar would travel to the jerusalem temple to celebrate. Jewish tradition associated pentecost with god"s giving of the law on sinai; new ear characterized by god"s giving of the spirit. Phrasing used of those who are already believers. Phrasing of those who are new converts. Also, it signifies a kind of ecstatic speech. Here, context makes clear that it signifies human. Diaspora jews (those who lived outside their ancestral homeland) miraculously hear jesus" disciples declaring mighty word of god on their own. The interpretation by peter of its significance. The risen jesus is lord and christ. God at work in the life, death, and resurrection of jesus. Scripture foresaw the resurrection and exaltation of jesus. The holy one won"t undergo bodily decay at death. Not true of david, he must be speaking about another. Along with yahweh, who is lord , jesus is also lord .
