Ascension of the Lord
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The ministry of the risen Lord
The one who puts all things under his feet is doing something in the world.
Varieties of power
A few homiletical observations on Acts 1:6-14:
- Luke is always concerned about place. Now, oddly, when it comes to Jesus' ascension, he's not.
By Jim Honig
Heaven comes to us
When Acts says Jesus is "taken up to heaven," this is not a spatial claim.
Up and out: Luke 24:44-53
Of the four evangelists, Luke alone writes an actual exit scene for the risen Jesus.
Power point: Ephesians 1:15-23
As long as the ascension is in any way related to upward movement (like an elevator going to the clouds), I am and will continue to be unmoved. The vertical directional imagery just doesn’t do it for me. I am not even moved to argue about whether or not “it” happened.
Above and beyond: Luke 24:44-53; Acts 1:1-11
Just like that, Jesus is gone. He reappears just long enough to say goodbye. Like a wraith, like a dream, he leaves behind no children, no estate, no writings, no trace of himself except this feeling that his presence was real, that his absence is temporary. Christians have this uncanny feeling that he was just here. He must have just stepped out.