PPT-… Chapter Content: Ascension of Jesus / Choosing of Mathias

First Gospel Sermon Establishment of the Church Healing of the Lame Man Persecution Begins Peter and John Arrested Christians Aid to other Christians Ananias and Sapphira Apostles Arrested and Beaten. His claim made a lasting impact Many people nowadays even within the church deny the historicity of the ascension Perhaps one of the reasons for disbelief is the seemingly fantastic nature of the event The narrative of Jesus ascension portrayed in A Acts 1:3. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. Ascension Sunday. More Than an . Afterthought. Six . Reasons Jesus’s Ascension . Matters. More than an afterthought. Jesus.  . continues.  to work after the ascension. Celebrations To . Commemorate the . Salvific. Events . of Jesus Christ. How You Should Respond. Be aware of all liturgical events. PARTICIPATE. Focus on the event and eliminate all distractions from your mind.. The Paschal Mystery . Part 1: The . Suffering and Death of Jesus. The events that are at the heart of the Paschal Mystery are Jesus’ Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension into Heaven.. The body of Christ on the cross, called a corpus, reminds us of Jesus’ death and saving action.. Today we will look at:. 1. Jesus’ given name and its meaning . 2. The . incarnate. one. 3. The death of Jesus . on the cross. 4. What . His death offers . the believers. 5. The . resurrection. of Christ. I. There were many things that happened in conjunction with the resurrection of Jesus both naturally and spiritually. . A. From a . natural. point of view, Jesus died, was buried and rose again.. 1. The body of Jesus was requested by Joseph of Arimathea (Mt. 27:57-58; Mark 15:42-45; Luke 23:52; John 19:38). . His Ascension. Share . an experience of someone departing to go somewhere far and how you felt saying goodbye. .. Jesus’ ascension took . place when He returned to heaven after . giving . instructions to His disciples. A. The exaltation of Jesus Christ began with his Resurrection . 1. On the day of His resurrection He appeared to…. Mary Magdalene. The women returning from the tomb. Simon Peter. The disciples on the road to Emmaus. Lesson Outline. After Jesus Christ died on the cross, His body was placed in a new tomb but after 3 days He came out of the tomb and was alive again. This is what is called resurrection. After He became alive again He appeared to His disciples for 40 days. He told them many things about His kingdom in heaven and about how they are supposed to tell every body about Jesus Christ. . Luke 24:50-52. Acts 1:9-11. 1. Proves Jesus is the Messiah. John 6:30-38, 60-62. Jesus proved He is the Bread . from. Heaven when He . ascended. . back. . into. Heaven.. Acts 7:55-58. 2. Enabled Jesus to Send . According to the Acts of the Apostles, Jesus appeared to his disciples during the forty days after Easter: On the fortieth day, "he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight" (Acts 1:9). . Jesus ' last words to his disciples - His Ascension After Jesus said His last words to His disciples, He ascended into heaven. “ When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God” (Luke 24:50-53). Acts 1:1-11. Psalm 47 or Psalm 93. Ephesians 1:15-23. Luke 24:44-53. . . When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.. Acts 1:9. Ascension. 112 MARCH2016 FANE’S NEW ASCENSION RANGE OF 12" speakers was developed with input from Southern California amp designer Steven Fry - ette, and aims to capture the punchy, bold, yet harmonically