祂的复活－神验准祂为弥赛亚
在二章二十四至三十二节，彼得说到主耶稣的复活。祂的复活乃是神验准祂为弥赛亚。神藉着基督的复活，宣告复活的基督是真弥赛亚，是神所膏并所派，以执行祂永远使命的一位。
二十四节说，“神却将死的痛苦解除，叫祂复活了，因为祂不能被死拘禁。”彼得在这里和三十二节说，神叫耶稣复活。他在十章四十至四十一节说同样的事，却加上“祂从死人中复活。”论到主是人，新约告诉我们，神叫祂从死人中复活（罗八11）；论到祂是神，新约告诉我们，祂自己从死人中复活（帖前四14）。这证明祂属人和神圣的双重身分。
二十四节说主不能被死拘禁；主是神，也是复活（约一1，十一25），有不能毁坏的生命（来七16）。祂既是这样一位永活者，死就不能拘禁祂。祂将自己交于死，死却无法扣住祂，反而被祂击败，祂就从死里复活了。
祂的升天－神对祂的高举
基督的升天乃是神对祂的高举。神高举基督，立祂为主为基督。圣灵浇灌下来，证明神已经高举主耶稣，并且已经立祂为主为基督了。
三十三节说，“祂既被高举在神的右边，又从父领受了所应许的圣灵，就把你们所看见所听见的，浇灌下来。”这不是主在约翰十四章十六至十七节和十五章二十六节所赐的应许，乃是父在约珥二章二十八节所赐，关于圣灵的应许，就是彼得在行传二章十七节所引，主在路加二十四章四十九节和行传一章四节所指的。被高举的基督接受圣灵的应许，实际上就是接受圣灵自己。基督在素质一面，为着祂在人性里的所是，由圣灵成孕（路一35，太一18，20）；基督在经纶一面，为着祂在人间的职事，被那灵所膏（太三16，路四18）。祂复活升天以后，仍然需要在经纶一面再次接受那灵，使祂能将自己浇灌在祂的身体上，好在地上执行祂天上的职事，成就神新约的经纶。
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Demonstration of Lord’s Resurrection and Ascension — Acts 2:33
His Resurrection – God’s Approval of Him to be the Messiah
In 2:24-32 Peter speaks concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. His resurrection was God’s approval of him to be the Messiah. Through the resurrection of Christ God was declaring that the resurrected Christ was the real Messiah, the One anointed and appointed by God to carry out his eternal commission.
Acts 2:24 says, “Whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, since it was not possible for Him to be held by it.” Here and in verse 32 Peter says that God raised up Jesus. In 10:40 and 41 he says the same thing again but adds, “He rose from the dead.” Regarding the Lord as a man, the New Testament tells us that God raised him from the dead (Rom. 8:11). Regarding Lord as God, he himself rose up from the dead (Thes. 4:14). This also proves his dual status – human and divine.
Acts 2:24 says that it was not possible for the Lord to be held by death. The Lord is both God and resurrection (John 1:1; 11:25), possessing the indestructible life (Heb. 7:16). Because he is such an ever-living One, death is not able to hold him. He delivered himself to death, but death had no way to detain him; rather, death was defeated by him, and he rose up from it.
His Ascension – God’s Exaltation of Him
Christ’s ascension was God’s exaltation of him. In exalting Christ, God made him both Lord and Christ. The pouring out of the Holy Spirit is a proof that God has exalted the Lord Jesus and has made him both Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:33 says, “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He poured out this which you both see and hear.” This is not the promise given by the Lord in John 14:16-17 and 15:26, but the promise given by the Father in Joel 2:28, quoted by Peter in Acts 2:17, and referred to by the Lord in Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:4, concerning the Holy Spirit. The exalted Christ’s receiving of the promise of the Holy Spirit is actually the receiving of the Holy Spirit himself. Christ was conceived of the Spirit essentially for his being in humanity (Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:18, 20), and he was anointed with the Spirit economically for his ministry among men (Matt. 3:16; Luke 4:18). After his resurrection and ascension, he still needed to receive the Spirit economically again so that he might pour himself out upon his Body to carry out on earth his heavenly ministry for the accomplishment of God’s New Testament economy.