All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. I saw a statement in a church bulletin that really caught my attention. I have wished God would hurry up and answer my prayer with a bailout in the middle of my muddle with a fresh sense of God's working in my life. But there is one well-established principle in the Scriptures, and it is dramatically demonstrated in Jesus' experience. You can't rush a resurrection.
Easter is such a special time in the life of the church.
We celebrate the culmination of the divine plan for redemption as Jesus defeats death and completes the purpose for his coming. It's such a dramatic time of commemoration of the sacrifice he made for us. God's timing is evident as the story of redemption played out from Bethelem to Golgotha to the empty tomb to the Mount of Olives. The timing of his works in our own lives, too, is evidence of the divine participation in our lives. The scripture in Acts also involves some extraordinary timing on God's part, too.