This God did by Him in their midst to confirm His person and offices (Acts 2: 22). Having satisfied their religious curiosity and mixing His words with their own reasoning and logic, they rose up with an ignorant zeal intending to make Him a king by force. Perceiving their selfish and carnal motives, the Lord withdrew himself from their numbers and went into the mountain alone.

Every fallen son of Adam believes he has the power and ability to effectually resist the living God, alter His will, and by his own authority allow him to do or not do certain things. David calls this in Psalm 2 a vain imagination. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord will have them in derision (Psalm 2: 4).”

“Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill in Zion. I will declare the decree: The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. (Psalm 2: 6-8).” This is not that day in Bethlehem when Mary brought forth the promised seed but the eternal begetting of the mediator King. God’s King is King already! God hath set Him by decree upon his holy hill in Zion. This is the eternal generation of Christ and includes all of his offices, all of his work, all of the means, and all whom he represented.