At His Ascension

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We will use the account according to Luke as the account in Mark was not part of the original scripture but was added later.

It would appear that after the previous account on the mountain in Galilee, the Disciples returned to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, Jesus appeared to them and led them out toward Bethany, east of Jerusalem. It is believed that this event occurred on the Mount of Olives, in the Garden or Orchard where his sufferings had begun 40 days before.

It was important that the Disciples see Jesus as He ascended into Heaven, more important, perhaps, than the resurrection. There was no doubt that He had raised from the dead, but where would He go from there? How long would He continue to appear here on earth. At what point would they be sure that He had gone and would not return until His Second Coming. It was necessary that they witness His ascension. They now knew that He had ascended to be with the Father as He had said He would.

Now, notice His farewell message. It was simply a "blessing". He lifted up His hands and blessed them. He blessed then to show them that He loved them. He continued to bless them as He ascended into the heavens signifying that His blessing would be with them always.

Luke simply says, concerning His ascension, that He parted from them. We believe He was carried up into the heavens as he promised, and that He is there, setting at the right hand of God, interceding for us.

After Jesus departed from them, the Disciples went back into Jerusalem and there they were continually in the Temple, phrasing God and as we said before they remained there in Jerusalem until they were driven out by persecution into Samaria and Asia Minor. The account of these missionary efforts is recorded for us in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles.

This concludes some 182 events in the life of Christ, placed to the best of my ability, in a chronological order. I hope it has been of some help to you in your search for the truth.

THE END OF THE STUDY OF THE THREE GOSPELS

Karl W. Jones, Feb. 11, 1998 (Revised April 2000)

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