Apostles Creed, #17

Continuing in the Apostles Creed... I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and buried; He descended into hell. The third day...

"He rose again from the dead;"

Jesus rose from the dead in fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures. His resurrection was on the Feast of the Firstfruits, and He is the Firstfruits of a new age of eternal life.

Isaac was rescued from Abraham's knife, Joseph was brought out from the depths of Pharaoh's dungeons, and Jonah was delivered from the belly of a great fish. But Jesus was brought forth from the grave to a new kind of life beyond this world of decay.

He not only gave His body willingly as the Passover Lamb; He also lifted Himself up again to exaltation. His days have been prolonged forever.

His name is "The Lord is our Righteousness." In Him we have been named with this same great name. We have become the Lord's holy city.

He tented among us as the Son of God. At just the right moment, the tabernacle of His flesh was struck down. Again, at just the right moment, His body, the fallen booth of David, was raised up forever.

Isaiah 33:10 “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,

“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted."

Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Jeremiah 23:6 and 33:16 Both the singular figure of salvation and the Jerusalem he brings to life are called by the name, ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Amos 9:11 “In that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen...