This past weekend at Eastbrook, we concluded our preaching series entitled “Seeing Jesus for the First Time,” drawn from Luke, chapter 24. This weekend I preached a message entitled “Seeing Jesus Ascended,” which as you might guess focuses on Jesus’ ascension in Luke 24:50-53.
You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person or remotely via Eastbrook at Home.
“While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.” (Luke 24:51)
What Happened at the Ascension? (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:1-12)
The accounts in Luke and Acts
The action of Jesus
The biblical background on the ascension:
- First humans and the Garden of Eden
- Moses and Mount Sinai
- The Tabernacle ad the Temple
- Israel and the Psalms of Ascent
- The new heaven and the new earth
The overlapping of heaven and earth
3 Reasons Jesus’ Ascension is Significant
Jesus’ ascension confirms Jesus’ enthronement with the Father
Jesus’ ascension opens a way to God and reveals Jesus’ eternal intercession for us
Jesus’ ascension anticipates Jesus’ eventual return
Learning to See Jesus Ascended
Entering the way to God opened by Jesus for us
Trusting the intercessory ministry of Jesus on our behalf
Living upon earth in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit within us
Dig Deeper
This week dig deeper in one or more of the following ways:
- Read Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 1:1-11 together. Take some time to write about, draw, or pray through this passage. What stands out to you about Jesus? What stands out to about the disciples’ calling?
- Explore some or all of these resources:
- Bible Project article, “Why Does the Ascension of Jesus Matter?”
- Robert Letham, “The Ascension of Christ”
- Douglas Farrow, Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology
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