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The Acts of the Apostles – Acts 1:4-5 མཛད་པ། 1:4-5

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མཛད་པ། 1:4-5

Acts 1.4-5

And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

 

During a visit with his close disciples, at a meal-time perhaps, Yeshu reminded them how he had taught them several times about the Holy Spirit’s future coming as his promised gift to them. The prophets had also spoken about His coming, as John the Baptist knew so well (See Mark’s Gospel chapter 1 verse 8).

‘Just wait!’ he said.

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The Acts of the Apostles – Acts 1:6-11 མཛད་པ། 1:6-11

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So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”  He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed 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 and in all Judea and in Samaria, and to the end of the 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 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.”

 

It was Yeshu’s final appearance to his disciples. First giving reason for not answering their question, he then reminded them again (see Mark 13:10, 11) of the Holy Spirit’s coming so as to give his simple country followers the power to witness.

Then he left them.  And the manner in which he went to heaven was also a reminder (see Mark 13:26, 27) of the way he said he would return one day. But first the gospel must be preached to all on earth. And then he would return as King, not just to save oppressed Israel, but to gather believers from every nation.

 

The Acts of the Apostles – Acts 1:12-14 མཛད་པ། 1:12-14

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Acts 1.12-14 w B

 

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

 

The disciples had seen Yeshu go at a distance of about 1.2 kilometres outside Jerusalem. Then they went back to their room to pray and to wait. There in seclusion they were just the eleven remaining chosen apostles (See Mark 3:16-19) and the loyal women, to whom were now added Yeshu’s own brothers.

It was a small group with a deep desire to know God’s will for their lives. How would the Spirit come? What must they be doing?