Resurrection & AscensionClear Fulfillment
Not Abandoned to the Grave
Written: ~1000 BC→Fulfilled: ~AD 30
Psalm 16 promised that God's faithful one would not see decay, Peter's Pentecost sermon identified this as a prophecy of the resurrection.
Prophecy & Fulfillment
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 16:9-11
"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
New Testament Fulfillment
Acts 2:31-32
"Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it."
Commentary
Peter's Pentecost sermon (Acts 2) is the first Christian sermon, and it centers on Psalm 16 as a resurrection prophecy. Peter argues that David could not have been speaking of himself (since David died and his tomb was known), so he must have been speaking prophetically of the Messiah.