They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel;
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… earth. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. And then while they were gazing into heaven, as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. So he went from one place, earth, to another place, heaven, and the announcement is given that as you saw him visibly ascend there, you will see him at the end come down from there, which means he's there and not here. so where's jesus he's with you always he's in heaven and he's not on earth how do we answer that question it appears to be a simple question and the simplest questions are often the most difficult to answer kids aren't afraid to ask them because they think in very concrete terms and it's hard to explain to kids new terms They don't usually want Latin terms. …
… It's the same word that Luke tells us, describes how the disciples, when in Acts chapter 1, verse 10 and 11, Jesus ascended into heaven, it says they looked intently, they fixed their eyes on him. Same thing in Acts chapter 7, verse 54 through 60, when Stephen is about to be stoned, it says he looked up to heaven, he saw Jesus, the glory of God, saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. So it's a fixed gaze. It's not just a glance. What I want you to see is a progression here. When we begin to get a hold of the reality of the needs around us, number one, we begin to see the hurts around us. This is the progression. Very simple in this passage. We see the hurt. then second we begin to feel the hurt it's not just glancing at it oh yeah that's there it's it's beginning to feel the weight of that that's exactly what luke is getting at in verse four when it says peter and john looked at him intently it's not just a pass a look as they passed by so they saw the hurt they felt the hurt and number three we touched the hurt that's exactly what peter does a pretty bold statement to say you know i don't have any money but i do have this get up and walk. …
… 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? The same Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. Now, as we come to this part of the book of Acts, we need to understand who's writing this. It's a guy named Luke. Luke also wrote the book of Luke. Very good. And so what we see is Luke ends up in chapter 24, the last chapter of the book of Luke, and picks up at Acts chapter 1 at the exact same place. Same place as Jerusalem. Exact same promise. Luke 24, Jesus promises that he's going to clothe his disciples with power from on high. Acts chapter 1, you're going to receive power when the Spirit comes upon you. And the same plan is outlined there in Luke 24. 47 through 49 verses right there, they talk about how repentance, forgiveness of sins is going to be preached in all the world. That's exactly what's going on right here. And so we see an overlap, a continuation here from the book of Luke. …