Neglected Holi-Day

Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:9-11

• The Nicene Creed says:
  

  He (Jesus) ascended into heaven
  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
  He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
  and his kingdom will have no end.

1. Jesus Is Taken Up
   • John 12:23

     Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

   • John 12:32

     But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”

   • Highest Place:

     Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
     And gave him the name above all names,
     So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
     In heaven and on earth and under the earth,
     And every tongue confess That Jesus is Lord, To the glory of God the Father.

   • Adrian Kuyper

     “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”

2. What is Jesus doing now?
   • Daniel 7:13-14
   • Hebrews 4:14-16
3. What will Jesus do? (Acts 1:10-11)
   • Revelation 1:7
   • 1 Peter 3:15
4. Conclusion