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*/The Ascension and Exaltation of Jesus Christ/*
Mark 16:9-20
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/9//When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, /
/he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, /
/out of whom he had driven seven demons.
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/10//She went and told those who had been with him /
/and who were mourning and weeping.
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/11//When they heard that Jesus was alive /
/and that she had seen him, /
/they did not believe it.
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/ 12Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form /
/to two of them while they were walking in the country.
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/13//These returned and reported it to the rest; /
/but they did not believe them either.
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/ 14Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; /
/he rebuked them for their lack of faith /
/and their stubborn refusal to believe those /
/who had seen him after he had risen.
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/ 15He said to them, /
/"Go into all the world and preach the good news /
/to all creation.
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/16//Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, /
/but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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/17//And these signs will accompany those who believe: /
/In my name they will drive out demons; /
/they will speak in new tongues; /
/18//they will pick up snakes with their hands; /
/and when they drink deadly poison, /
/it will not hurt them at all; /
/they will place their hands on sick people, /
/and they will get well."
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*/ 19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, /*
*/he was taken up into heaven /*
*/and he sat at the right hand of God.
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/20//Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, /
/and the Lord worked with them /
/and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it./
/ /
Today is the 1st Sunday after Easter,
and the scripture Lesson for today
is on the Ascension and Exaltation of our Lord Jesus.
I want to clarify that the actual Ascension of Jesus
took place 40 days after his resurrection.
And so, in about 4 weeks, on Thursday May 21st,
Which is the actual Ascension Day
We will gather as a church to hear the testimonies
Of our Baptism Candidates.
Last week we proclaimed in many languages
that Jesus Christ is alive!
The tomb could not hold the Son of God
in its grip for ever.
By the power of God
Jesus was raised from the dead
and now he now lives forevermore.
In the days following the resurrection
Jesus appeared to many of his disciples
and he showed himself to them
as the risen Christ.
He showed himself to a doubting Thomas
who had proclaimed that
/ “Unless I put my hand in his side /
/ and unless I see the nail-marks in his hands/
/ I will not believe that he is alive.”/
And Jesus said to him,
/ “Thomas, you now believe because you have seen me./
/ Blessed are those who do not see and yet believe.”/
Jesus also walked with the two disciples
on their way back to Emmaus.
They failed to recognize him until he broke the bread
and gave thanks
and disappeared before their eyes.
As we come away from Easter
and we encounter the story of
Christ’s Ascension into heaven,
we are left with the question
about the significance of the Ascension story.
Why is it important that Jesus was taken up to heaven
after the resurrection?
Isn’t it enough for Jesus to die and rise again?
Why do we need to know that Jesus was taken up to heaven,
where he sits at God’s right hand?
Let me first of all give a bit of an explanation of
*THE MEANING OF THESE TERMS:*
The /ascension/ of Christ
refers to that event in the life of our risen Lord
in which He was visibly taken from His disciples
up into heaven.
This event is recorded in many different passages
in the New Testament.
Mark 16:19 - /19//After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, /
/he was taken up into heaven /
/and he sat at the right hand of God./
Luke 24:51 - /51While he was blessing them, /
/he left them and was taken up into heaven./
John 3:13 - /13No one has ever gone into heaven /
/except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man./
Acts 1:9–11 - /9After he said this, /
/he was taken up before their very eyes, /
/and a cloud hid him from their sight.
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/10//They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, /
/when suddenly two men dressed in white /
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