Jesus' Final Address Before Returning to Heaven (TMF:307)

Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Peace to Live By: Jesus' Final Address Before Returning to Heaven (TMF:307) - Daniel Litton
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       Right before Jesus was to go back to heaven—for I don't think the disciples knew he was going to go back to heaven—they ask him about the kingdom. Luke records the following: “So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “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.” 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. 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 was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven” (Acts 1:6-11, ESV). The disciples still thought Jesus was going to establish his kingdom on the earth after his resurrection. And they were right, in a way. He was going to establish it, just not right then and there. The angels assured the disciples that Jesus would be back to establish that kingdom.