“Now
when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a
cloud received Him out of their sight.” Acts 1:9 NKJV
On the Thursday ten days before Pentecost it
was customary for the church to celebrate this important event – the ascension
of Christ into heaven. It was a time for the church to focus on the final
command that Christ had given before His ascension and to celebrate the
wonderful work Christ does for His Church since His ascension. Just prior to
ascending into heaven Christ commissioned the church to be His witnesses in all
the world. He commanded them to make disciples and baptize them. He promised
that He, with His power and authority as the ascended Christ, would always go
with them.
Today the world still waits for us to
fulfill that Great Commission given us by Christ. It is estimated that of the
nearly seven billion people on earth about half of them have never even heard
of Christ. Billions more have heard of Him only as a great teacher or prophet.
We have the joy today to still be part of that great cloud of witnesses that
will testify to a world dying in sin that there is hope and forgiveness and
eternal life in Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God.
Almighty
God, We thank You that at Christ’s ascension He gave us work to do that can
give us joy and bring others hope. Amen.
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