Acts 1:7-8
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: Sky 3 years, 2 months ago · View
The Apostles watched as Jesus ascended into the sky and disappeared behind a cloud. How did they feel watching him leave? I imagine they felt an overwhelming confidence that Jesus really was the Messiah, but they were also anxious for him to begin “restoring the kingdom to Israel” (verse 6). His response to their anxiety was [...] -
Alan Collins commented on the blog post Conversion? 3 years, 2 months ago · View
Acts 1:6-7 tells us that the disciples were still confused about the purpose of Jesus’ ministry even when He was about to ascend.They still thought of him as a political messiah, or at least in part. We can read in the other Gospels how the disciples were gobsmacked when Jesus appeared to them in person [...]