After Jesus ascended into heaven, his disciples stood looking up into the sky. Two men in white appeared and told them that Jesus would return in the same way he left. The document discusses how the church should recognize Jesus' exalted status in heaven through song but also live in light of his promised return and the empowering presence he provides despite being hidden from sight.

2. Acts 1:9-10
After he had 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.
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3. Acts 1:9-11
‘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.’
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5. The church
RECOGNIZES the
exalted Jesus and
EXALTS Him.

6. The church
RECOGNIZES the
exalted Jesus and
EXALTS Him.
Too often we exalt Him in SONG and then
fail to realize what His exaltation means.

7. The church
RECOGNIZES the
exalted Jesus and
EXALTS Him.
Too often we exalt Him in SONG and then
fail to realize what His exaltation means.
The ascension points not to His REST, but
the activity of His RULE.

8. The church lives in light of
the reality that HIDDEN
from sight doesn’t mean
ABSENT in presence…

9. The church lives in light of
the reality that HIDDEN
from sight doesn’t mean
ABSENT in presence…
The ascension was the PRECONDITION to
empowering the church with more than just
knowledge; with His ABIDING PRESENCE.

10. The church lives in light of
the reality that HIDDEN
from sight doesn’t mean
ABSENT in presence…
The ascension was the PRECONDITION to
empowering the church with more than just
knowledge; with His ABIDING PRESENCE.
Jesus intercedes for us not only as PRIEST,
but as our ADVOCATE.

11. The church is to live in
light of His PROMISED
RETURN.

12. The church is to live in
light of His PROMISED
RETURN.
Looking up should TRANSITION to looking
outward.

13. The church is to live in
light of His PROMISED
RETURN.
Looking up should TRANSITION to looking
outward.
Our mission is under His AUTHORITY, fueled
by His PROMISE, and is empowered by His
PRESENCE

14. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on what it means to exalt Jesus
( ) Take comfort in the fact that hidden from
sight doesn’t mean absent in presence
( ) Examine if I am living faithfully in awaiting
Jesus’ return
( ) Read through Hebrews
( ) Other________________________