The Mount of Olives is located east of Jerusalem about a Sabbath day’s journey.  (Acts 1:12)   Jesus rode on the back of a donkey on His triumphal entry into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.  (Mark 11:1)   Jesus took His twelve disciples to the Mount of Olives during the last week of […]

(NASB) Acts 1:10-11 “And as they (the apostles) were gazing intently into the sky while He (Jesus) was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky?  This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will […]

  Jesus “was lifted up while they (the apostles) were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”  (Acts 1:9) (NASB) Acts 1:10 “And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going…”    The apostles’ attention was fixed on the ascending Lord Jesus Christ.  They were “gazing intently.”  […]

(NASB) Acts 1:9 “And after He said these things…”    What were “these things” that Jesus said?  Using Acts 1:4-5, 7-8 1- wait in Jerusalem 2- wait for what the Father had promised 3- you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now 4- the time of restoring the kingdom of […]

The prayer of the week is based on Acts 1:11   You are the Promise-making and Promise-keeping God.  When Your Son ascended into heaven, You promised His eleven apostles that He would return “in just the same way as” they watched Him go into Your presence in heaven.   They did not see Him return […]

  Jesus promised His apostles that the power of the Holy Spirit would be given to them.   Jesus promised them that they would have power to witness of Him. (NASB) Acts 1:8 “…‘but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, […]

  Before Jesus ascended into heaven we need to remember: none of the New Testament had yet been written; none of the four Gospels (and not how the Holy Spirit worked in the lives of the Apostles), none of the letters, nor the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ…nothing had yet been recorded.    […]

  The Book of Acts in the New Testament is an account of the Holy Spirit of God working in and through the Apostles’ of Jesus Christ.    Dr. Luke wrote the Book of Luke (St. Luke) and then he continued with the book of Acts. (NASB) Acts 1:1-3 “THE FIRST account I composed, Theophilus, […]

(NASB) Luke 24:50-53 “And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the […]

  Waiting…waiting…many times is hard.  We become impatient, surly, prickly, difficult to be around…while we wait.  Waiting to be doing something other than what we feel we’re trapped in at this time in our lives.  Many times as we wait, we grit our teeth, every day!      What did the resurrected Lord Jesus say to […]