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