So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:6-11, NRSV)
Why do we stand looking up into heaven? Because We were watching Jesus leave!
But that isn’t the important part here. The important part is where the disciples are going. They and we receive the power of the Holy Spirit and then we are to go out into our world. The disciples were told to go to Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. To us these are just names of places. But they actually are link concentric circles a wider range beyond the next. Like ripples in water from a stone we are to ripple out into the world.
So be a ripple and cause a wave and share the good news!
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