Jesus’s Exaltation

Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. Acts 2:36

Today's text reminds me of the words we recite in the Apostle’s Creed. We say that ‘we believe in God and his only son who suffered, was crucified, died, and was buried. ….. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.’

Why does the Apostle’s Creed put such importance on Jesus’s exaltation?

Jesus had to be both Lord and Christ so that he is a special sacrifice. He is not just one of many sacrificed animals mentioned in the Old Testament. It’s amazing that Jesus died yet resurrected, He was both Lord and the anointed Messiah who will die for our sins. Jeus was a special, non-imaginable, God-anointed sacrifice.