Jesus will return with power to raise the dead and with authority from his Father to give eternal life to whoever he chooses, John 17:1-2John 17:1-2XWaiting for response and his delight is in the saints, the excellent in the earth.v.3Psalms 16:3XWaiting for response This sixteenth Psalm expresses the thoughts of Christ before he was crucified and is for this reason quoted in the New Testament by the apostles. For example, Peter used this Psalm when he first declared to the Jews that they had just crucified the Messiah, the LORD’s “Holy One”.v.10;Psalms 16:10XWaiting for response Acts 2:25-31Acts 2:25-31XWaiting for response The Psalm expressed, long beforehand, Jesus’ trust in his Father vs.8-9Psalms 16:8-9XWaiting for response that he would not remain in the grave: “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell” (Hebrew: “the grave”).v.10Psalms 16:10XWaiting for response Furthermore, Jesus knew that his body would not corrupt in the tomb for he added: “Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption”.v.10Psalms 16:10XWaiting for response Jesus knew he was going to die by crucifixion because God had revealed this beforehand in the scriptures, but he also knew that he would be raised from the dead to sit at God’s right hand.v.11Psalms 16:11XWaiting for response
King David wrote this Psalm a thousand years before the death and resurrection of Jesus, but Peter pointed out to the Jews that David could not have been writing of himself because he was still in his grave and his sepulchre was still there in Jerusalem. Acts 2:29Acts 2:29XWaiting for response Peter therefore explained God’s foreknowledge to them - that David was a prophet and by the Spirit of God knew that his seed would be raised to sit on his throne, therefore, “He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption”. Acts 2:31Acts 2:31XWaiting for response You should note that Jesus’ soul went into the grave, because common wishful thinking is that our souls go elsewhere when our bodies are buried, but a person’s soul is himself - Jesus himself went into the grave. The hope given by the gospel is resurrection from the dead.
This chapter is the thoughts of Jesus as quoted in Acts 2 by Peter proving that Jesus is the Christ and the King of Israel.