His Ascension And Our Union

Luke 24:51  

"And it came to pass, while he blessed them, 

he was parted from them, and 

carried up into heaven." 

   The ascension must always remain a mystery, for it attempts to put into words what is beyond words and to describe what is beyond description. But that what happen was essential. It was unthinkable that the appearances of Jesus should grow fewer and fewer until finally they petered out. That would have effectively wrecked the faith of men. There had to come a day when the Jesus of earth finally became the Christ of Heaven. The Ascension was ob0viously an ending. The days when their faith was faith in a flesh and blood person and depended on his flesh and blood presence were over.  Now they were linked to someone who was forever independent of space and time. 

  It was The Beginning! The disciples did not leave the scene heart-broken; they left it with great joy, because now they knew that they had a Master from whom nothing could separate them anymore. So they went back to Jerusalem, and they were continually in the Temple praising God. It is not by accident that Luke's gospel ends where it began in the house of God.

   My Friends,  The ascension gave the world the certainty that we have a friend, not only on earth, but in heaven. Surely it is the most precious thing of all to know that in heaven there awaits us that same Jesus who on earth was wondrously kind. To die is not to go out into the dark; it is to go to Him.

Amen!

                                     

"Happy Easter To All"

Reading: Luke 24:50-53

Ref: HGSB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry