Jesus has finished the work that he was sent to do. He was fully human and fully God whose power as a man was from the Holy Spirit of God. After Jesus shed his blood as payment for our sins and he showed that he had power over death. It was necessary that he return to God, His Father in heaven where he always was in glory. He promised his disciples that he would send to them the Holy Spirit, the power of God to do the will of God and to be their teacher of all truth.
Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Act 1:7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
Act 1:8 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.”
Act 1:9 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.
Act 1:10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
Act 1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Jesus went up in a cloud and he will return at the same place in a cloud. He had given his disciples a work to accomplish. By the power of thhe Holy Spirit they are to be witnesses of Jesus throughout the whole world. The time of his return is not known, but the season we will know. Are you ready for his return? Do you receive Jesus as your savior? Are you cleansed by the power of God of all sin? Are you sharing that Jesus is the way to heaven?
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