“Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.”
You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.' — the ways of life (hodoi zōēs, paths of life) and joy in God's presence are the resurrection's gift: life eternal in God's presence, the goal of Israel's covenant hope. The personal knowledge and experience of God's presence, begun in resurrection, will be perfected in the eschaton.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:28
For David says (with reference) to Him. Acts 2:25 And observe how, once more, the testimony is lowly. For therefore he begins the citation further up, with the matters of lowlier import: therefore was death not in the number of grievous things [because], says he, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, that He is on my right hand that I should not be moved: Acts 2:25-27 and, that You will not leave my soul in hell. Then, having finished the citation from the Prophet, he…
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