Today's Psalm is a Mikhtam of David (מִכְתָּ֥ם לְדָוִ֑ד) (Psalm 16:1).
Until we get to verse 8, this Psalm is clearly about David. But from that point on, it is very clear that David is writing about a future King of Israel.
"My body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave" (Sheol (שְׁאוֹל) Hades (ᾅδης), Psalm 16:9-10).
Psalm 16:8-11 is quoted by the Apostle Peter on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:25-28.
Peter adds, "I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day" (Acts 2:29). David was a prophet and spoke about God's promise to seat one of his descendants on his throne. God did this when he raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. "Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear." (Acts 2:33)
The death of Jesus was planned before time began (Acts 2:22-23), but so was his resurrection (Acts 2:24-25).
What pleasures awaited the Lord Jesus when he ascended on high (Psalm 16:11; John 17:5).
Those pleasures also include our being with him there (John 17:24).
Peter concludes in Acts 2:34-36, and the result was people crying out for deliverance (Acts 2:37).
He pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation" (Acts 2:40).
Here are three proofs that the Lord Jesus rose from the dead.
(1) Millions of people have experienced the power of his resurrection by being born again.
(2) When the first disciples were tortured, no one ever asked where the body of Jesus was.
(3) Within 40 years that corrupt generation was destroyed along with their corrupt temple.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
