WHAT DAY IS IT??!!

ASCENSION DAY!!!

HAPPY ASCENSION DAY!!!  What??? You mean today is something special??  Yup!!! We have forgotten how much was dependant upon Jesus returning to the Father. Back in November I wrote about the importance of Jesus returning to the Father so that the Holy Spirit could come upon us. Well, today is the day that Jesus ascended into Heaven! How important is that??!! 

Here are a few meaningful points of this day!

1.  It signaled the end of Jesus' earthly ministry. The period of human limitations was at an end.

2.  It signaled success in His earthly work.

3.  It marked His return to His heavenly glory.

4.  It symbolized His exaltation by the Father.

5.  It allowed Him to prepare a place for us.

6.  It indicated the beginning of His new work as High Priest and Mediator of the New Covenant.

7.  It set the pattern for His return. He will return just as He left, bodily and visible in the clouds.

8.  The power of the Holy Spirit was going to be set forth to the believers. 

Now this is a good list to start with!!! To many times in the past, our joy sometimes ends on Easter night. We forget what happened after He rose from the grave. For forty days, He appeared to many people with many signs and wonders! And then He went to the Father so that we could be empowered by the Holy Spirit to do His Will!!! Now that is pretty awesome!!

The apostles wanted to know about when He was returning to establish His Kingdom and He told them that it was not for them to know. They had work to do! So do we!! To tell everyone about Him!!

So this is worth celebrating isn't it!!??

God Bless!

Paul