Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
Acts 2:24-25 (KJV) 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Peter quotes Psalm 16:8-9, the Lord that David saw before his face is Jehovah God's. In the Psalm quotation here in Acts 2, the phrase "the Lord" is actually rendered as the divine name "YHVH" in Psalm 16:8-9. Jehovah being at David's right hand caused him to rejoice and be steadfast in heart. The reason for his gladness and joy is written in the following verses from Acts 2: 27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. The above two verses are also from Psalm 16, these are verses 10-11 from that chapter. In the first part of verse 27, "thou will not leave my soul in hell", David is speaking of himself in terms of the future resurrection. David has the resurrection hope as one of God's saints not being a disembodied spirit and going to heaven right after death. In the second part of verse 28 David seems to be speaking of himself but obviously this can't be as his body did suffer corruption since he is still in his grave according to Peter. David was actually speaking of the future Messiah in that He (Jehoshua) would be raised from the dead before His body would see corruption. This is proven as Jehoshua was resurrected on the third day from His death. Verse 29 of Acts 2: "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." Peter confirms that David's prophecy about not letting Jehovah's Holy One see corruption was about Jehoshua the Son of God and not David. Peter clearly states that David was still dead and buried in his grave, proving that man sleeps in his grave until the resurrection not flies up to heaven as an immortal soul. The state of the dead i.e. soul sleep is essential to preaching the gospel as it is the resurrection from the dead that is the hope of the Messianic not flying up to heaven as a disembodied spirit. Peter will drive this point home further without any room for confusion a few verses from now in Acts 2. Verse 30 of Acts 2: "Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;" David had the spirit of prophecy given to him by Jehovah God (1 Samuel 16:13). Peter references 2 Samuel 7:12-17 which shows how important the Davidic covenant was to the apostolic Church and how essential it was to the gospel message. Remember, this is the first gospel presentation post resurrection and it is this gospel message that inaugurates the new covenant Church. With that in mind it is noteworthy that Peter mentions nothing of the virgin birth, trinity doctrine or that Jehoshua is a God-man. Instead, Peter emphasizes that Jehoshua came from the fruit of David's loins according to the oath that Jehovah God made with him (David). The phrase "fruit of his loins" means David's male sexual organs such as the penis and testicles. This means that a male descendant of David would produce (beget) the future Messiah. The phrase "fruit of his loins" is the same as "thy bowels" in 2 Samuel 7:12 which is below: "When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom." The word "bowels" means, "male reproductive organs" or "seat of generation", when looking at the meaning of the Hebrew word that "bowels" is rendered from. The word bowels could also apply to the females "seat of generation". However the promise has been made to David that his seed would be established forever and only males have seed which is sperm. So according to the oath Jehovah made to David, the future Messiah would proceed out of one of his male descendants reproductive sexual organs i.e. penis, testicles and sperm (seed). Verse 30 says that the fruit of David's loins i.e. Jehoshua would be raised up to sit on his (David's) throne. This was the essence of the oath made to David, that a male descendant of his seed (sperm) would establish the Kingdom of Israel forever. This promise was also reiterated to Mary at the announcement of her Son's birth to her by the angel Gabriel: Luke 1:32 (ASV) 32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
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