Today is 40 days after Christ arose from the dead. In the Bible that event is what we call today Ascension Day! The day that Christ ascended up into heaven!
"After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of fort days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord are you at this time going to restore the kingdom of Israel?"
He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." Acts 1:3-11 (NIV)
Let's celebrate today that Jesus is ALIVE in heaven today and will come back for His church, His bride, some day. Some day, maybe very soon? We don't know the day nor the hour but we do know that He's come back again. Be ready when He comes!!!
