“Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.”

And God had then exalted Him to His own right hand to be an Archegon (Trek-leader) and Saviour to His people, so as to give them repentance and remission of sins. The ‘exaltation' revealed Him to be the Servant of the Lord (Isaiah 52:13). The sitting at His right hand, the position of supreme authority, revealed Him as God's chosen King. And from that position He was now acting as Trek leader for all who were being saved, giving them the gift of repentance towards God and away from sin, and the forgiveness of their sins.

The title ‘Saviour' is used fairly regularly of Jesus in the New Testament. Compare Acts 13:23; Luke 2:11; Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 3:20; 2 Timothy 1:10; Titus 1:4; Titus 2:13; Titus 3:6; Titus 2 Peter five times; 1 John 4:14; Jude 1:25. (In Titus it continually parallels ‘God our Saviour').

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