The world may not stop to remember the significance of Ascension Day, but as Christians, we really should understand the powerful meaning of this day. In Acts 1, we see that Jesus 'ascended' into heaven, as a clear moment of coronation and victory. Jesus did not simply disappear, or stop appearing to his disciples, but rather ascended to the right hand of the Father.
I know it seems hard to fully comprehend, but I do believe that this was witnessed by his followers and the testimony passed on to others.
9 After he said this, he was taken
up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were looking intently up into the
sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside
them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you
stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you
into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into
heaven.” - Acts 1
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, preaching under the shadow of Nazi oppression, once said: “The Ascension is the promise that the world belongs not to chaos but to Christ.”
Question: What does the Ascension mean for you?
Living in Grace
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After editing our weekly Sermon yesterday, this verse came to mind: Isaiah 60:1-2, which reads: "Arise, shine, for your light has come! ... (a call to action.)
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