<p>13:34 <i>And as for the fact that He raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David</i>- See on 13:33 <i>God has fulfilled the same. </i>The blessings associated with David are surely the blessings of grace and forgiveness; for he speaks of himself in reflecting &quot;Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity&quot; (Ps. 32:1), and this is applied to all who believe in Christ in Romans 4. The quotation is from Is. 55:3, which offers the returning exiles a new covenant of forgiveness and radical, gracious acceptance- described as &quot;the sure blessings LXX of David&quot;. That new covenant was spurned by Judah, and yet can be accepted by us today. It could be that Paul and Isaiah are using &quot;David&quot; in the way it is used in the restoration prophecies of Ezekiel and in Jer. 30:9, where it refers to David's promised Son, the Messiah. Or it could be that the blessings of David refer to the promise made to him of Messiah, whose eternal Kingdom on earth would only be possible through the extension of grace and mercy to those who would inhabit it. The 'setting up' of David's seed in resurrection was part of the blessings of David, and so these blessings can be said to have come true on account of the Lord's resurrection.</p><p>Not seeing corruption was humanly achieved by the huge amount of spices used in the burial of the Lord Jesus. Some have complained that the weight of spices was more than even used to bury the Caesars. This extravagant freewill outpouring of love and respect for the crucified Lord was therefore the way the Father used to fulfil His prophetic word.</p>