Acts 2:32-35

God holds me in the palm of His hands and Holy Spirit will guide, protect  and never leave me all the days of my life.

Jesus is not on that cross for his sins.  He is there for ours! And the thief on the cross makes the same request any Christian makes. “Remember me when you come into your Kingdom!” Max Lucado

We live because Jesus died for us!!

This I know for certain: We all need stories that fortify us.
Stories for self-care, to refuel our better angels.
Stories to create sanctuaries of calm.
Stories about mercy and freedom from heartlessness.
And these must be our stories; stories we must own. If we don’t own the story, it owns us. And when we are disconnected from our best selves, we pummel one another. And you can count on this: dehumanizing and shaming never help. When it is our story, choose. Pro-actively, bringing our whole self to this moment.

Kassie Temple's story (the Catholic Worker Movement), reminds us that throughout history, people, very ordinary people have taken exception to hopelessness and to exclusion. And to hate. And to violence.
Ordinary people... that’s you and me... Sabbath Moments

Acts 2:32-35

32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’ The New King James Version

In His ascension, the resurrected Jesus is glorified by God the Father to a position of authority over all things. We have received the promise of the Holy Spirit Jesus promised earlier in Acts. In claiming that Jesus does the work of sending God’s Spirit, Peter implies Jesus’ unity with God the Father in purpose and power to assert that this psalm of David shows that David was aware that someone far greater than himself would fulfill God’s promises to him of an everlasting kingdom, someone who was simultaneously distinct from Yahweh and yet also David’s Lord. 

David did not ascend into heaven or claim all authority, but Jesus did. 

According to Peter’s interpretation, this psalm of David envisions a time when the Messiah would reign, but would still await the time when all His enemies would be conquered. This echoes how the kingdom of God is understood in the Gospels—that it is both present yet in many ways coming. Faithlife Study Bible

Joel prophesied that the Spirit would come; Jesus fulfilled that promise when He sent the Spirit. If Jesus was dead, He could not have sent the Spirit. Therefore, He must be alive. Furthermore, Jesus could not have sent the Spirit unless He had ascended as Lord to heaven. Therefore, Jesus is both our Master and our Savior.

Peter knew that no one could dispute the point he was about to make from Psalm 16:8–11, in which the Messiah is described as not decaying. Because David had been buried and had not come back to life, the psalm had to be speaking about someone else, David’s heir. Peter pointed out that this heir is Jesus, who was put to death and resurrected. Not only had Jesus been raised from the dead, He is now at the right hand of God. As further proof of this Peter quoted David again. According to Psalm 110:1, the Messiah would sit at the right hand of God. David had not ascended to the heavens. But the apostles declared themselves to be witnesses of the very ascension spoken of in this psalm, the ascension of Jesus. Based on these points, Peter’s conclusion is clear: Jesus, the One who had been crucified, is both Lord and Christ.

Jesus’ death for our redemption was not an afterthought; it was part of God’s eternal plan.  The NKJV Study Bible

Christ was God’s Holy One, sanctified and set apart to his service in the work of redemption. His death and sufferings should be, not to him only, but to all his, the entrance to a blessed life for evermore. This event had taken place as foretold, and the apostles were witnesses. Nor did the resurrection rest upon this alone; Christ had poured upon his disciples the miraculous gifts and Divine influences, of which they witnessed the effects. Through the Saviour, the ways of life are made known; and we are encouraged to expect God’s presence, and his favour for evermore. All this springs from assured belief that Jesus is the Lord, and the anointed Saviour. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary 

Psalm 68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God might dwell there.

Psalm 110:1 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.