Worship into the Week- Ascension Day
Luke 24: 44-53
Jesus Appears to His Disciples- The Ascension
Jesus has been absent from the disciples
and then he shows up again.
He stood among them.
Just when they are talking about him.
Certainly this makes sense that
they were startled and frightened.
"Peace to you!"
They certainly know this greeting from Jesus.
He was with disciples on the road to Emmaus.
He reappears in Jerusalem.
They can see he is not a ghost
when he shows them signs of the crucifixion
on his hands and feet.
They are witnesses that He is alive
as he takes a piece of broiled fish and eats it.
He shares with them that everything
that was written about him had been fulfilled.
Now they need to share the news of the forgiveness
of sins in the name of Jesus- beginning in Jerusalem.
But stay in the city until the
promise of the Father is upon you.
They he leads them to Bethany,
a village on the Mount of Olives,
and lifts up his hands and blesses them.
Then he left them and was carried up into heaven.
The disciples worshiped him
and were filled with joy
and continued to bless God in the temple.
Many Protestant churches no longer
celebrate Ascension Day
on the 40th day after Easter- always a Thursday.
It is a public holiday in France, Germany, Austria,
Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands.
(plus a few more)
It is not a public holiday in Canada,
the United States or Australia.
This Feast Day is important as it is the flourish
on the Resurrection Story.
He has gone to prepare a place for us
and will return.
Supplies:
Visual Church Year Printable
Worship into the Week
Colored Pencils
Magazine Cutouts
Distress Ink
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