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Acts 1:6-11
6Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
7He said to them, "It isn`t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
9When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
11who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."
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In Acts 1:6-11, we read this passage as a powerful moment of Law and Gospel. The Law is evident in the disciples' misunderstanding of Christ's kingdom, revealing human sin and the desire for a theology of glory. The Gospel, however, shines brightly as Christ promises the Holy Spirit, assuring them o
In Acts 1:6-11, we read this passage as a pivotal moment in the unfolding of God's redemptive history, culminating in Christ's ascension. Here, we see the disciples' inquiry about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel, which is reframed by Jesus to emphasize the coming of the Holy Spirit and the
We read Acts 1:6-11 as a powerful reminder of the apostolic mission and the foundational role of the Church in the divine plan of salvation. This passage demonstrates the transition from Christ's earthly ministry to His heavenly reign and the beginning of the Church's mission to proclaim the Gospel
In Acts 1:6-11, we read this passage as affirming the bodily and visible return of Christ, in accordance with the eschatological hope central to our tradition. The disciples' question about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel signifies a misunderstanding of the nature of Christ's kingdom, which
We read this passage as a call to active witness in the world, empowered by the Spirit of God. The disciples, like our ancestors, yearned for deliverance and asked the resurrected Jesus about the restoration of the kingdom. Jesus responds not with a timeline but with the promise of the Holy Spirit's