1. Acts 13:32–33 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How is the resurrection of Jesus a fulfillment of God’s promise to the fathers?

Acts 13:32–33 (ESV)

32 And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

The resurrection of Jesus is God’s vindication that Jesus is his Son and the beginning of a new existence for him.1 It is a fulfillment of promises made to Abraham in the sense that the resurrection confirms Jesus to be the promised seed through whom God will bring/restore blessing and life in his presence (Genesis 3:15; Genesis 12:1–3; Galatians 3:8–14).