FROM HIS RESURRECTION TO HIS RETURN (continued)

His Two Final Instructions.

1. Go make disciples. On a mountain in Galilee, several days before the Ascension, Jesus gave the Great Commission, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” Matthew 28:18-20. They and we were commanded to teach others to be followers of Jesus ... to make disciples. Nonbelievers need to become believers. New believers should be baptized. We should teach them to obey all that Jesus has commanded ... including the Great Commission.

2. Be My witnesses. Several days later, Jesus appeared on the Mount of Olives where He told His disciples, "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8. After that statement, He was lifted up into the sky. A cloud received Him out of their sight. He ascended to the Father.

His present ministry includes ...

1. Jesus is the head of the Body, Ephesians 1:22-23, 4:14-16.

2. He is our High Priest, Hebrews 8:1-2.

3. He is our advocate praying for us, Hebrews 7:25, 9:24-25.

4. He is preparing a place for us, John 14:1-3.

5. He is with us, Matthew 18:20.

His promised return. The New Testament mentions Christ's return over 300 times in its 260 chapters . . . averaging about once every 25 verses. "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:3. "This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." Acts 1:11. Other references include: Matthew 24, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:51-58, and Revelation.

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