The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (colloquially known as Ascension Thursday or Ascension Day) is one of the great solemnities in the Christian liturgical calendar, and commemorates the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven. Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fort...
Another theory arises from the importance of the Ascension itself. Perhaps the Ascension was not to be an important event recorded in the Bible. Jesus ascending into Heaven was not His purpose on this Earth. His purpose was to tell the world about the Kingdom of Heaven, to show all people...
A. Glory shines in the life of Jesus (John 1:14) B. Glory shines in the resurrection of Jesus (Romans 6:4) C. Glory shines in the ascension of Jesus (1 Timothy 3:16) D. Glory shines in the foreverness of Jesus (Colossians 3:4; ...
ASCENSION DAY 1997, MORGES, SWITZERLAND The Day The day on which Jesus ascended is a day tucked...Hunsberger, GeorgeWorld Council of ChurchesInternational Review of Mission
In the first centuries, Sunday, being made a festival in honor of Christ's resurrection, received attention as a day of religious services and recreation, but seventh-day Sabbath rest (based on the Jewish Shabbat, because the earliest Christians were all Jews) was still observed by "almost al...
Jesus Is Taken Up into Heaven - When the apostles were all together, they ·asked [kept asking] Jesus, “Lord, are you ·now [at this time] going to
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you."...
And why was Jesus Christ raised from the dead? Just because He was righteous: He was declared to be the Son of God with power by His resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:4). Once more: This going to the Father involves Christ's ascension and heavenly enthronement. And why was Jesus ...
51The time was coming closer for Jesus to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem.52He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay.53But the people didn’t welcome him, because he was on his way to Jerusal...
51 The time grew near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven. So he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem. 路加福音 9:51 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95) 51 When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem; 的...