Good morning. And after He had said these things, He was
lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their
sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold
two men in white clothing stood beside them. I wonder if these were the same
two angels that were inside the tomb when Mary came. They also said, men of
Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken
up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him
go into heaven. This is a direct declaration that Jesus will come again. He did
not leave earth forever, but will return
one day – in just the same way. We have no way of knowing what the disciples
were thinking. Were they thinking that He would return before they died? I
seriously doubt that they believed that it would be 2000 years before He
returned. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. My Bible says that that was
about 3/4 of a mile. The rabbis years before had determined this was how far
you could go on a Sabbath day without breaking the Sabbath. When they had
entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying. Luke
then names the remaining 11 apostles. These all with one mind were continually
devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and with His brothers. Now it does not say that these others were living
in the upper room along with the apostles. At this time Peter stood up in the
midst of the brethren (a gathering of about 120 persons) was there together,
and said... It would definitely have to be a large upper room (Luke also called
it that in his gospel) to hold 120 people. We will leave it there till next
time. Father go with the reader and help this to be a great day – enlighten him/her
as to Your word.
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Good morning. Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (Kind of like Egypt with the grasshoppers). They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, not any green thing, nor any tree (normally these are the things that the locusts would be interested in), but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads (most likely the 144,000 - possibly the only believers left on earth). They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months [My Bible says it is a limited period of time suggested by the lifecycle of the locust.]; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. Add in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. I guess the stings were so painful that they got to the point where they wished they were dead. We will see what the locusts looked like tomorrow. Father just like You will pro...
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