Sunday 16th June 2024 AM
Bible Reading - Acts 1:1-11
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2) The Saviour Ascends
Acts 1:1-11
While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. Luke 24:51
Christ’s Ascension
While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. Luke 24:51
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. Acts 1:9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, Philippians 2:9
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. Acts 1:9
they were gazing into heaven as he went Acts 1:10
You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. Psalm 68:18
Apostles Question
speaking about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:2
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
“It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:7-8
Apostles Amazement
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who as taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:10-11
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews 9:28