Since Jesus ascended into heaven following the resurrection, every generation of Jesus Followers has expected Jesus to returnin their lifetime! We, too, live with that expectation!Come, Lord Jesus, come! We are now called tolivewith the expectation that Jesus might return at any second – befo...
Acts 1:2 He ascended into heaven. Acts 1:3 unmistakable Acts 1:8 NU My witnesses Acts 1:14 purpose or mind Acts 1:14 NU omits and supplication Acts 1:15 NU brethren Acts 1:18 reward of unrighteousness Acts 1:18 intestines Acts 1:20 deserted Acts 1:20 Gr. episkopen, position of ...
Luke 24:52 – as Jesus ascended into heaven, the apostles worshiped Him. John 9:38 – the blind man who was cured by Jesus worshiped Him. John 20:28 – Jesus accepts Thomas’ statement “My Lord and my God!” Literally, “the Lord of me and the God of me!” (in Greek, “Ho ...
It was only after Jesus ascended into heaven and the Spirit of truth had come that the disciples began to grasp the truth, the awful, wondrous truth: Christ Jesus had been purposely delivered into the hands of wicked men “by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23)...
The fact that we teach that Christ Jesus ascended into Heaven, which is outside of all time and space, means that we can posit that he has an eternal and timeless priesthood. “You are a priest forever of the order of Melchizedek” (Ps 110:4). His sacrifice is for all time and spac...
Islam also acknowledges Jesus ascended into heaven in bodily form: “And (remember) when Allâh said: ‘O ‘Iesa (Jesus). I will take you and raise you to Myself and clear you [of the forged statement that ‘Iesa (Jesus) is Allâh’s son] of those who disbelieve, and I will ma...
So, the reason we watched raisins is because today we are looking at what happened when Jesusascendedinto Heaven. Have you ever heard the word “ascend”? It means something goes up, like an elevator or a person going upstairs. In our lesson today, we are looking at the last time Jesus...
Which mountain did Jesus ascended into heaven? Finally, after the Resurrection, Jesus is reported to have ascended into heaven fromthe Mount of Olives(Acts 1:9–12); Luke mentions that the Ascension occurred on a location there near the village of Bethany (Luke 24:50–51). ...
Further, not all the sayings and deeds in the Synoptic Gospels are reports of things that Jesus actually said and did. Believing that Jesus ascended into heaven, the early Christians spoke to him inprayerand sometimes he answered (2 Corinthians 12:8–9;cf.1 Corinthians 2:13). Those early ...
It is significant as the place where Jesus often visited and where He ascended into heaven.4. The BlessingJesus lifts His hands to bless His disciples, a gesture of imparting divine favor and grace upon them.5. The AscensionAlthough not detailed in this specific verse, the context of Luke ...