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Acts 1:6-11 : The Promise to Return

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6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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The Promise to Return

By Junchol Lee


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The sun breaks through the clouds.

In Acts 1:6-11, we read of the ascension of Jesus along with the promise of his return, which has been a major source of hope and anticipation for Christians for the past two millennia. I still remember, as if it happened yesterday, the fever of the spiritually and emotionally charged people praying and crying for the return of Jesus Christ at a Pentecost Sunday evening service back in 1986, when I was a youth member of a Korean Presbyterian church in Korea. I would like to explore what the promise of return meant to the disciples and the first Christians and in what way this can still be significant to us living in the 21st century.

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Road to Emmaus

By Todd Beiswenger


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The story is where Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and then appears to a doubting Thomas. He's risen, as He said. However, despite these assurances we are often like the disciples on the road, who are walking with Jesus and don't even realize it because they are so absorbed in their thoughts of the world. The reality is that Jesus IS RIGHT THERE WITH THEM! I think that's the lesson we're supposed to talk, is that when we're too focused on the problems of this world we fail to realize that is is RIGHT HERE WITH US TOO.

(References: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-9; Arcana Coelestia 5620, 10252)

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