Like in Luke 1:32-33, the angel Gabriel announces that Jesus will one day assume the throne of David and presents Jesus’ resurrection as proof that he is the Messiah, then in Acts 2:30-36 it is Peter who identifies “Jesus’ ascension as a Davidic enthronement (and so fulfills Luke 1:32-33)” (Ibid) The two books share the same common theological themes and …show more content…
It is God’s plan of salvation through Jesus Christ, Savior of all mankind regardless of their background from Jews to Gentiles. Luke’s Gospel has a geological structure. It begins in Judea (1:1 – 2:52), mainly Galilee (3:1 – 9:50), then spends a long time on Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem “teaching his disciples along the way as he prepares to go to the cross” (Beals, New Testament Survey B201.2, 109), and lastly Jesus in Jerusalem. During His way to Jerusalem is pretty climatic because it has been mentioned heavily in the text. The hinge of Luke is in 9:51 – 19:27where He set His face like stone to Jerusalem. Finally, when Jesus arrived, it was here where God’s redemption plan took place. It parallels Paul’s journey in Acts 19:21 – 21:17. Not only did the journey to Jerusalem parallel to Paul’s, but also the events that took place when the two men reach the city of Jerusalem. By God’s plan and purpose, in the beginning of Acts, Luke seeks to show all of what had happened about the history of the early church’s growth and expansion and Jesus’