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It signaled the end of His earthly ministry
God the Father had lovingly sent His Son into the world at Bethlehem, and now the Son was returning to the Father
The period of human limitation was at an end.
It signified success in His earthly work
All that He had come to do, He had accomplished.
It marked the return of His heavenly glory
Jesus' glory had been veiled during His life on earth, with one brief exception at the Transfiguration
This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden.
He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed.
It was showing up the dust particles.
He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it.
He traced the beam of light to the crack at the top of the closed door of the shed.
But what struck him was that although it appeared to be coming from the crack, it was really coming from a blazing star 90 million miles away!
Squinting up the beam carefully so as not to burn his eyes, he followed the beam through the crack in the door, through the leaves of a tree outside and beyond to its magnificent source.
Lewis thought to himself how different it was looking along the beam to its source than it was looking at the beam in his tool shed.
As we join Lewis in his tool shed, in our mind’s eye, we cannot help but notice that the thin beam is so small and weak by comparison with that great burning nuclear fire that is the sun.
Just looking at the beam alone tells us so little about its great source.
You have to look along the beam to see that.
The little beam is beautiful certainly, but it source is magnificent and awe-inspiring.
(Source: from a sermon by Will Langford, "How to Better Understand the Bible, Part 1" 7/16/08)
It provides the Holy Spirit to Believers
According to , Jesus ascend to heaven in order to send the Holy Spirit
The verb is a futuristic present (literally “I am sending”) that emphasizes the certainty of what God was about to do.
refers to the OT promise of the Spirit’s coming (cf.
also ).
Luke thought above all of Joel
to the OT promise of the Spirit’s coming (cf.
also ).
Luke thought above all of
Joel
There is a story about a vaccum salesman down in Tennesee.
He was out in rural Tennesee.
He had a his vacum cleaner and all of this tools and everything, and he went out there and he told a lady, "I’ve got the most exciting vacum cleaner you have ever seen.
It will clean your house from top to bottom...you only have to pay so much down."
And the lady said, "It sounds real good."
He said, "You see that big pile of dirt right there on the floor with all those fur balls and bugs and things."
He said, "My vacum cleaner will just pick up all those things up just like that and if they don’t, I’ll eat it."
She said, "well you might as well get your knife and fork, because we do not have any electricity out here!"
You will be sucking up dirt the rest of your life if you do not have the power.
It symbolized His exaltation by the Father
Ephesians
The One with whom the Father is well pleased
He was received up in honor and given a name above all names
Philippians
It allowed Him to prepare a place for us
It indicated the beginning of His new work
High Priest
Mediator of the New Covenant
It began Jesus’ Eternal Reign Over all Enemies
It set the pattern for His return
When Jesus comes to set up the Kingdom, He will return just as He left
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Bodily
Visibly in the clouds
Currently, the Lord Jesus is in heaven.
The Scriptures frequently picture Him at the right hand of the Father-a position of honor and authority (; ; ).
Christ is the Head of the Church (), the giver of spiritual gifts (), and the One who fills all in all ().
Notice the reaction of the disciples.
They were excited, joyful and worshipful.
We too are filled with worship, great joy (v.
52) and are transformed into victorious proclaimers of the gospel.
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