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The book of Acts tells the story of the church’s most important juncture with history. In spite of rejections of the Messiah, God’s unconditional promises are in the process of realization in Luke’s account of salvation history. Luke’s story narrates and thereby interprets the fulfillment of conditional and unconditional promises in history and narrates the responses of believers and unbelievers....
the people or their leaders, and therefore the church grows, which ultimately is the work of God (v. 47c). Even though the community developed new liturgical forms in the breaking of bread and in prayers (vv. 42 and 46), nevertheless it did not neglect worship in the temple. For the temple is the center of Israel’s life and the place where the true Israel expresses its continuity with the past and its solidarity with the Israel that has not yet repented. In short: the Holy Spirit is manifested in
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