Tag: Bible
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Be Still…
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 37:7 What were the instructions of the risen Christ Jesus to the Apostles for the time after He ascended once more into Heaven? WAIT. Luke 24:48 You are witnesses of these things.…
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Until He Was Taken Up – 3
It’s evening. Cleopas and another disciple of Jesus have left Jerusalem, broken bread with a fellow sojourner in Emmaus. The risen Jesus is revealed in the breaking of the bread. They return to Jerusalem with the Good News. Luke 24: And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying,…
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The Ascension
Acts 1:3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 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…
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Slow of Heart to Believe
Are we slow of heart to believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ Jesus? In an early encounter with two of His disciples (followers), Jesus, our risen Lord, accuses gently: “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken …” – Luke 24:25 KJV Does this from our Lord resonate in…
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Until He Was Taken Up – 2
Luke 24:12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened. 13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles (sixty stadia or about eleven kilometers) from Jerusalem, 14…
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The Scrolls of Dr. Luke
Revelation 5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Imagine having been given a tremendous responsibility to write the Holy Scrolls of God! Imagine Christ Jesus, risen King of all creation having instructed you to record the…