Acts 2:23 NKJV

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

Acts 2:23 NKJV

Peter explained to the men of Israel that Christ's death was not a plan of man, nor was Christ under the influence of satan's power to be killed, but it is the manifestation of what Christ has already done from the foundation of the world.

The people who rejected Jesus were involved in fulfilling the plan.

The people who put the crown of thorns, the stripes on His body and everything that took place with Jesus is what God had already ordained to happen.

Christ's obedience to the Father manifested God's perfect plan to save mankind from eternal punishment.

Jesus went through all kinds of trials and tribulations to redeem us and to present us all holy and blameless before our Father in heaven.

We, too, are called by God before we were formed in our mother's womb. There is a destiny prepared for each of us and it can be fulfilled through our obedience and trust in Jesus, the Word.

The way we fulfill our destiny in God is by living in obedience to the New Covenant's promises established by Christ Jesus.

There will be challenges, there will be trials and tribulations as we walk in this journey, but be of good cheer, as our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ rose from the dead, so shall we rise from every challenge, from every trial and from every tribulation.

We can have this comfort while going through, knowing that all has been written before the foundation of the world, that we will come out victorious when we hold on to God's promises.

Let us be encouraged because God's word has revealed our ending from the beginning.

Blessings,

Ps Ambrose