The LORD our Passover

Now Peter's witness or sermon

to the Hebrews on New Covenant ground, in Acts 2:14 and following.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, You men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, said God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on My servants and on My handmaidens I will pour out in those days of My Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
 
You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by (through) Him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know: He, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be holden of it. For David spoke concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for He is on my right hand, (in Psalm16:8-11, 109:31, 110:5, Isaiah 41:13, 50:7-9) that I should not be moved:(in Psalm 21:7, 30:6, 62:2, 6) Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; (Psalm 16:9, 22:22-24, moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because You will not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (Psalm 49:15, 86:13) You have made known to me the ways of life; You shall make me full of joy with Your countenance.

Men and brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. 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; (in Psalm 2:6-8, 9-12, 72:1-19) He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption. (in Psalm 16:10) This Jesus has God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He has shown this, which you now see and hear. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he said himself, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit You on My right hand, Until I make Your foes Your footstool. (Psalm 110:1, 2:8-12, 18:40-42, 21:8-12, 72:9, Isaiah 49:23, 59:18, 60:14, 63:4-6) Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, Whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you into the LORD, Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Genesis 12:3 where it says, “in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”, 17:7-8, Psalm 115:14-15, Jeremiah 32:39-40, Joel 2:28) And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward (wicked, perverse, vain within each) generation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And fear and awe came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

All this is now history from this point to our own day is the operation of the New Covenant Family unite in Christ, as brought about by God in the betrothal feast of the Lamb, which all from Genesis 3:21 no was hidden as a mystery in God. God in His own divine council before the foundation of the world had choreographed mans return to Him in a sovereign state of being. Then held it to Himself as a secret until the end of the fifth dispensational period in which Israel as a nation was His focus came to its predetermined end. Though the scriptures do seem to point to any other period of Israel's rebirthing, which could be at the end of the sixth period.