Does Acts 3:17-26 teach that if the people of Israel repented Christ would have returned and established the Kingdom?
Upvote:3
I'm not a dispensationalist but you ask about Acts 3:17-26. If you want dispensationalists to comment on Acts chapter 2, that would require a separate question.
The Acts 3:17-26 statements were made by Peter to a crowd of Jews gathered in Jerusalem's temple. They had just witnessed the miracle of the man lame from his mother's womb having his feet and ankle bones strengthened, so that he could get up, walk, and leap. Peter expressed surprise to the crowd that they should marvel, because the miracle was not done in their power, but done by Jesus Christ who was now resurrected from the dead and sitting at God's right hand in heaven.
From there, God would send Christ (not the first sending, but for Christ's return - vs. 20-21). When the time comes for "the restitution of all things", heaven will no longer retain the risen Christ. Although the Jewish people needed to repent (not least for having crucified the Messiah), this assurance was given to them:
"Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, 'And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.' Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." (Acts 3:25-26 KJV)
Peter preached Christ crucified, resurrected to heavenly glory, from where he would return in the future to deal with both Jews and Gentiles. Peter was urging them to repent now, before Christ returned in glory to "rule the nations with a rod of iron" (Psalm 2).
Peter was not speaking of the need for Israel to have repented at Christ's first coming. Christ had come and gone. Peter was pointing them to their need to repent now, prior to Christ's second coming. About 3,000 Jews were saved by the end of Acts chapter 2, and by the start of chapter 4, about 5,000 men had been saved - mainly Jews. Chapter 3 (which is what you ask about) gives the gospel message Peter explained (which the prophets had previously pointed to) and all these converted Jews were added to the Church, post-Pentecost.
More post
- 📝 How is the matter of why the Son of God needed to be sacrificed explained in the Roman Catholic Church?
- 📝 What is the difference between a professing and a non-professing Christian with regards to their faith, beliefs, etc?
- 📝 According to Protestantism, why is Hermeneutics necessary if we have the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 What is the biblical support for the original sin being an infinite sin?
- 📝 Why is the number 40 so common in the Bible?
- 📝 How did the Apostles die?
- 📝 Are we called to love and pray for the demons and Satan?
- 📝 What role do the people of Rome play in the election of a pope?
- 📝 What is baptism by Desire?
- 📝 According to Roman Catholic doctrine, does the incorruptible body possess blood?
- 📝 Did the Passover Crucifixion Involve a Double Sabbath?
- 📝 How do Reformed Calvinists interpret 1 Corinthians 10:13?
- 📝 What is the English monarch's current relationship to the Church of England?
- 📝 According to Biblical Literalists, who is Satan? Where did he come from? What is he? And what will happen to him?
- 📝 How do YEC's Respond to Alexander Pruss's New Testament Argument Against a Young Earth
- 📝 In what way are we to be one, as Jesus and the Father are one?
- 📝 Is it true that there is an inscription that says that Yahweh had a wife?
- 📝 What is the origin of the Catholic apocrypha?
- 📝 How many Christian missionaries are sent by the "global South"?
- 📝 What is the biblical meaning of "sanctification"?
- 📝 What are the meaning of and the biblical basis for the practice of pleading the blood of Jesus in prayer?
- 📝 What does the Orthodox Church actually teach about Original Sin?
- 📝 How do Catholics respond to claims that Christianity was paganised by the Roman Empire?
- 📝 According to reformed theology, does reformed theology fall apart if one removes the doctrine of predestination?
- 📝 Was Jesus crucified on the same cross he had carried to Calvary?
- 📝 Are there or have there been any Christian traditions that follow Kosher food laws?
- 📝 When Friday asks "Why God no kill the devil?" is Robinson Crusoe's response in line with Anglican theology?
- 📝 What Saints have given guided written meditations?
- 📝 Why does 1 John say Christians are unable to sin?
- 📝 Are there books that are included in the Protestant Bible that were disputed as canonical?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Does Acts 3:17-26 teach that if the people of Israel repented Christ would have returned and established the Kingdom?
- 📝 Does Catholic doctrine teach that the Incarnation would have taken place regardless of Adam's decision?
- 📝 Why did the people believe that no one would know where the Christ came from?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that some who died before Christ are still in Limbo? Why?
- 📝 In the tradition of Jehovah's Witnesses, does Romans 6:23 mean that all people who are resurrected have their sins blotted out?
- 📝 What does Mormonism have to offer in regards to salvation through Jesus Christ that was not already taught in the New Testament?
- 📝 From a non-Trinitarian perspective, how would you show that the Bible does not teach that the Son is equal with the Father?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that modern churches have guardian angels?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for the belief that the Lord Jesus Christ DOES have blood in his incorruptible body?
- 📝 What exactly does it mean that Jesus Christ is the son of God?
- 📝 Does Acts 15:21 assume new believers would learn and follow the law from synagogues on sabbath?
- 📝 Where does the Catholic tradition that Mary did not have pain giving birth to Jesus come from?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that it has the authority to change what is morally right and wrong?
- 📝 What does it mean that John's Gospel does not have an account of the institution of the Eucharist?
- 📝 On what basis does the Catholic Church teach that women cannot be ordained?
- 📝 According to Reformed theology, why does God tell people to repent if they don't have the choice to do so, as in Exodus 10:3?
- 📝 Does the LDS Church teach that murder is unforgivable?
- 📝 Does Irenaeus indicate that people were raised from the dead in the 2nd century?
- 📝 What does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints teach about who Jesus is and where He came from?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that Jesus' Human Nature was created?
- 📝 Is there any evidence that people of Jewish descent came to the Americas before the birth of Christ Jesus
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church have a contingency plan for the case that the pope and all cardinals are dead?
- 📝 What attributes does Jesus have from an LDS doctrinal perspective that are different from the Jesus in the Holy Trinity?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for the belief that the Lord Jesus Christ does NOT presently possess blood in his incorruptible body?
- 📝 How can apologists argue that if Jesus did not rise again then Christianity and the Church would not have lasted, when other religions have?
- 📝 Does the “until now” in Romans 8:22 mean that the creation's groans have ended?
- 📝 Does the Catholic church teach that sin is "transmitted" by the father?
- 📝 Why does the Bible say that people no longer need to ‘feel guilty’ under the gospel, as compared to the Old Testament?
- 📝 Did most of the people that Jesus heal believe he was God? If so, why does the Bible not record them asking for salvation?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for asserting that infants can have faith in Christ under a Calvinistic framework?