The Essential ASCENSION : The 3rd Essential Component of the Deliverance of Mankind from the Power of satan

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Acts 1 

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The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that JESUS began both to do and teach,  Until the day in which HE+ was taken up, after that HE+ through the HOLY SPIRIT had given commandments unto the apostles whom HE+ had chosen: 

To whom also HE+ shewed himself alive after His+ passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of GOD.... 

And when HE+ had spoken these things, while they beheld, 

HE+ was taken up; and a cloud received HIM+ out of their sight.

And while they looked stedfastly toward Heaven as HE+ went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;  Which also said,

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven? 

This SAME JESUS, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen HIM+ go into Heaven.

The 3rd essential component of the deliverance of mankind from the power of satan was accomplished after the RISEN CHRIST had walked and talked and eaten broiled fish and a piece of honeycomb with His+ followers for 40 days here upon earth. 

The first component was, of course, Our LORD'S Crucifixion. The second component was His+ Mighty Resurrection. The third component was His+ Glorious Ascension. With these three works, The LORD JESUS CHRIST effected the deliverance of mankind from the power of satan to kill, steal, and destroy the souls of men. All three works were necessary.

His+ Ascension was essential according to His+ words in John 7:39 and John 16:7:

from John 7: 37-39 :
 ³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, JESUS stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto ME+, and drink.
³⁸ He that believeth on ME+, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of Living Water.
³⁹ (But this spake HE+ of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on HIM+ should receive: for the HOLY SPIRIT was not yet given; because that JESUS was not yet glorified.)

... and in John 16: 7 

Nevertheless I+ tell you the truth; 

It is expedient for you that I+ go away: 

for if I+ go not away, 

the COMFORTER 

 (PARACLETE, i.e., the HOLY SPIRIT) 

will not come unto you; 

 but if I+ depart, 

I+ will send HIM 

unto you.

That GLORIOUS  Ascension of CHRIST was the prerequisite for sending forth the HOLY SPIRIT to His+ followers ....sent by CHRIST from the FATHER... so that those who followed The LORD JESUS CHRIST could be endued with POWER from on High. 

For, 

without ME+, 

ye can do nothing. 

The Collect for AscensionTide

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty GOD, that like as we do believe Thy only-begotten SON+, our LORD JESUS CHRIST, to have ascended into the heavens; 

SO we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with HIM+ continually dwell, WHO+ liveth and reigneth with THEE and The HOLY SPIRIT, one GOD, world without end. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer, 1928, Anglican Church
  

CHRISTIANS Everywhere: UNITE !

Pillar of Fire

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To all Serious Followers of JESUS ( Y'SHUA HA MASHIYACH) : 

Add your prayers to ours as we pray AGAINST the satanic black mass being "performed"  TONIGHT at Harvard University, under the auspices of the Cultural department.   

( More details coming shortly. Pray now! )

DETAILS from FoxNews.com:

 Harvard’s satanic “black mass” will go on, despite widespread condemnation from religious and educational leaders who say the event is an affront to the faithful.

The event, organized by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club and the New York-based Satanic Temple, is to take place at an on-campus bar and is being billed as part of a "larger effort to explore the religious facets" that influence contemporary culture, organizers from the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club say. The ceremony has traditionally been performed by satanic cults to parody the Catholic church, and officials at the Archdiocese of Boston are furious that such an event could be held on the Ivy League school's hallowed grounds....

Nearly 400 Harvard students and 100 alumni have reportedly signed a petition opposing the event.

“This form of satanic worship not only ridicules the central practice of Catholicism, the Mass, but it also mocks and offends all who have faith in Christ,” the petition reads. “Far from being an event that promotes an understanding of “cultural practices,” it, in fact, promotes contempt for the Catholic faith and religion generally. We are Catholics, other Christians, and supporters of genuine tolerance and civility, and we are offended and outraged this event has been permitted to take place at Harvard.”

From the New York Daily News.com: 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  

Friday, May 9, 2014, 4:31 

: http://www.nydailynews.com

The New York-based Satanic Temple will be staging a black mass on Harvard University’s main campus...  Monday .

Satanic Temple spokesperson says his group contacted the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club to organize a re-enactment of a black mass based on the imaginings of French writer Joris-Karl Huysman in the novel “La-bas.” Huysman wrote the novel during the French Occult Revival of the 1800s.

The Satanic Temple, on the other hand, has been actively involved in the church-state debate in the past. 

Currently, the group is trying to plant a monument to Satan at the Oklahoma Capitol as an alternative to a Ten Commandments monument that has been there since 2012.

Although we at the Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+ are not Roman Catholics, we applaud the firm stand that church organization is taking against this strong-hold of unclean activities. How strange it is that "freedom"  is so often defined as being "free" from the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob... and HIS standards of holiness.    

YHWH ( JEHOVAH ) is 

a man of war: 

the LORD is HIS Name !

Who is this KING+ of Glory? 

The LORD strong and mighty, 

The LORD mighty in battle. 

Who+ is this KING+ of glory ?

The LORD of Hosts*

( divine Heavenly warriors)

HE+ 

is the KING+ of Glory !   

CHRIST IS RISEN ! HE+ IS RISEN, Indeed !

 

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  CHRIST IS RISEN !  HE+ is RISEN, Indeed !  Any way you say it, in any language you pronounce it... it means the same thing:  CHRIST JESUS conquered sin, death, hell, and the grave for all mankind, whosoever will come to HIM+ for good, in sincerity of heart. The invitation is open to all. 
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• • Albanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
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  • Armenian – Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է Յարութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos haryav i merelotz! Orhnial e Haroutiunn Christosi! – Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)
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  • English – "Christ is risen!" / "Truly He is risen!" or "Christ is risen!" / "Indeed, He is risen!" or "He [or 'The LORD'] is risen!" / "He [or 'The LORD'] is risen indeed!" or "Christ has risen!" / "Indeed He has!" or "Christ is risen!" / "He is risen, Indeed!"
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  • Church of England – Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!^[1]
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  • Old English – Crist aras! Crist soþlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)
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  • Middle English – Crist is arisen! Arisen he sothe!
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  • Danish – Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!
  • • Frisian – Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!
    • German – Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
    • Icelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er sannarlega upprisinn!
    • Low Franconian languages
      • Dutch – Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan! (Netherlands) or Christus is verrezen! Hij is waarlijk verrezen! (Belgium)
      • Afrikaans – Christus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan!
    • Norwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!
    • Swedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Han är sannerligen uppstånden!
  • Italic languages
    • Latin – Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!
    • Romance languages
      • Aromanian – Hristolu unghia! Daleehira unghia!
      • Catalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!
      • French – Christ est ressuscité! Il est vraiment ressuscité!
      • Italian – Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
      • Portuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Em verdade ressuscitou!
      • Provençal – Lo Crist es ressuscitat! En veritat es ressuscitat!
      • Romanian – Hristos a înviat! Cu adevărat a înviat!
      • Romansh – Cristo es rinaschieu! In varded, el es rinaschieu!
      • Sardinian – Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!
      • Sicilian – Cristu arrivisciutu esti! Pibbiru arrivisciutu esti!
      • Spanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!
      • Walloon – Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon!
  • Greek – Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós Anésti! Alithós Anésti!)
  • Slavic languages
    • Church Slavonic – Хрїстóсъ воскрéсе! Воистину воскресе! (Christos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)
    • Belarusian – Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Chrystos uvaskros! Sapraŭdy ŭvaskros!)
    • Bulgarian – Христос възкресе! Наистина възкресе! (Hristos vyzkrese! Naistina vyzkrese!), or (Church Slavonic): Христос воскресе! Воистину воскресе! (Hristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)
    • Croatian – Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!
    • Czech – Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých!
    • Macedonian
      • Traditional (as per Church Slavonic) – Христос воскресе! Навистина воскресе! (Hristos voskrese! Navistina voskrese!)
      • Vernacular – Христос воскресна! Навистина воскресна! (Hristos voskresna! Navistina voskresna!)
    • Polish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał!
    • Russian – Христос воскрес! Воистину воскрес! (Christos voskres! Voistinu voskres!)
    • Rusyn – Хрістос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Hristos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)
    • Serbian – Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! (Hristos vaskrse! Vaistinu vaskrse!)
    • Slovak – Kristus z mŕtvych vstal! Skutočne z mŕtvych vstal! (also not used; the Slovak of eastern religions use Church Slavonic version: Christos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)
    • Ukrainian – Христос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Hrystos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)
  • Baltic languages
    • Latvian Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!
    • Lithuanian – Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!
  • Celtic languages
    • Goidelic languages
      • Old Irish – Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!
      • Irish – Tá Críost éirithe! Go deimhin, tá sé éirithe!
      • Manx – Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!
      • Scottish – Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!
    • Brythonic languages
      • Breton – Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!
      • Cornish – Thew Creest dassorez! En weer thewa dassorez!
      • Welsh – Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!
  • Indo-Iranian languages
    • Persian مسیح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است!‎ (Masih barkhaste ast! Be rasti barkhaste ast!)
    • Hindustani – येसु मसीह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! हाँ यक़ीनन, वोह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! - یسوع مسیح زندہ ہو گیا ہے! ہاں یقیناً، وہ زندہ ہو گیا ہے!‎ - Yesu Masih zinda ho gaya hai! Haan yaqeenan, woh zinda ho gaya hai!
    • Marathi – (Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!)
• Turkic languages
  • Turkish – Mesih dirildi! Hakikaten dirildi!
  • Uyghur – ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى!‎ (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!)
  • Azeri – Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!
  • Chuvash – Христос чĕрĕлнĕ!! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Khristós chərəlnə! Chæn chərəlnə!)
• Austronesian languages: Malayo-Polynesian
  • Carolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!
  • Chamorro – La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!
  • Fijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!
  • Filipino – Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
  • Hawaiian – Ua ala aʻe nei ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!
  • Indonesian – Kristus telah bangkit! Dia benar-benar telah bangkit!
  • Malagasy – Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Nitsangana marina tokoa izy!
• Basque – Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!
• Dravidian languages
  • Malayalam – (ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു!) (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)
• Eskimo–Aleut languages
  • Aleut – Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!
  • Yupik languages – Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!
• Japanese – ハリストス復活！実に復活！ (Harisutosu fukkatsu! Jitsu ni fukkatsu!)
• Korean – 그리스도께서 부활하셨네! 참으로 부활하셨네! (Geuriseudokkeseo Buhwalhasheotne! Chameuro Buhwalhasheotne!)
• Na-Dené languages
  • Athabaskan languages
    • Navajo – Christ daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá. Tʼáá aaníí daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá.
  • Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!
• Niger–Congo languages
  • Ganda Kristo Ajukkide! Kweli Ajukkide!
  • Swahili – Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!
  • Gikuyu – Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!
• Quechuan Languages
  • Quechua – Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!
• Afro-Asiatic languages
  • Semitic languages
    • Arabic (standard) – المسيح قام! حقا قام!‎ (al-Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!); المسيح قام! بالحقيقة قام!‎ (al-Masīḥ qām! Belḥāqiqāti qām!)
    • Aramaic languages
      • Syriac – ‎ (Mshiḥa qām! sharīrāīth qām! ; Mshiḥo Qom! Shariroith Qom!)
      • Neo-Syriac – ‎ (Mshikha qimlih! bhāqota qimlih!)
      • Turoyo-Syriac –  (Mshiḥo qāyem! Shariroith qāyem!)
    • Ethiopian languages
      • Tigrigna – (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)
      • Amharic – (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)
    • Hebrew (modern) – המשיח קם! באמת קם!‎ (HaMeshiach+ qam! Be'emet qam!)
    • Maltese – Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! or Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew!
  • Egyptian
    • Coptic  (Pikhristos Aftonf! Khen oumethmi aftonf!)
• Sino-Tibetan languages
  • Mandarin – 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!)
• Northwest Caucasian languages
  • Abkhazian - Kyrsa Dybzaheit! - Itzzabyrgny Dybzaheit!
• Kartvelian languages
  • Georgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste agsdga! Cheshmaritad agsdga!)
• Uralic languages
  • Estonian – Kristus on üles tõusnud! Tõesti, Ta on üles tõusnud!
  • Finnish – Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!
  • Hungarian – Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!
• Constructed languages
  • International auxiliary languages
    • Esperanto – Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!
    • Ido – Kristo riviveskabas! Ya Il rivivesakabas!
    • Interlingua – Christo ha resurgite! Vermente ille ha resurgite! (or) Christo ha resurrecte! Vermente ille ha resurrecte!
  • Quenya –  (Hristo Ortane! Anwave Ortanes!)
  • Klingon – Hu'ta' QISt! Hu'bejta'!
  • Dothraki – Khal Asvezhvenanaz yathoay. Me Yathoay Me nem nesa.
• Mayan languages
  • Tzotzil - Icha'kuxi Kajvaltik Kristo! Ta melel icha'kuxi!
  • Tzeltal - Cha'kuxaj Kajwaltik Kristo! Ta melel cha'kuxaj

Friday Night ( Night 3 ) + Saturday Day ( Day 3 ) = WIELKANOC !

+ + + WIELKANOC ! + + + 

The GREAT NIGHT !  

What did our ancient Polish Brethren know that we did not ? 

For one thing, they could HONESTLY COUNT... 3 days meant three exact days. Three nights meant 3 exact nights. Scripture is ALWAYS exact, and the Poles reckoned it to be so. 

They reckoned that the Passover Meal, the Pascha, was kept by The LORD JESUS CHRIST on a Tuesday. 

After supper that night, HE+ spent some hours in the Garden of Gesthemane where HE+ sweat great drops of blood. The Temple guards came and took HIM+, led by Judas the traitor. HIS+ faithful disciples were filled with fear and fled, forsaking HIM+.

HE+ was crucified on a Wednesday morning at 9 a.m., at the time of the regular "morning sacrifice" in the Temple and died at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon... the beginning of "the evening sacrifice" for Jews.   

Wednesday night = night one

Thursday day = day one 

Thursday night = night two

Friday day = day two

Friday night = night three

Saturday day = day three 

So, when did CHRIST arise from the Tomb ? 

On Saturday night ! 

But, when do the women SEE HIM+ first ? 

Early Sunday morning , before the dawn !

The Polish "Great Night" was indeed a great night! Such a night as was never before seen, experienced, or accomplished on planet earth !  The LORD JESUS CHRIST conquered sin, death, hell, and the grave and arose a VICTOR+, the First-born+ from the dead

on that GREAT NIGHT! 

Wielkanoc... the Polish Brethren had it right, didn't they ?  

Night Two = Thursday night; Day Two = Friday day

Photo by The Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+

Matthew 12

The Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST

recorded by Matthew

courtesy of Biblegateway.com

But HE+ answered and said unto them, 

An evil and adulterous generation 

seeketh after a sign; 

and there shall no sign be given to it, 

but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

For as Jonas was three days 

and three nights in the whale's belly; 

so shall the SON+ of Man be

three days and three nights

in the heart of the earth.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment 

with this generation, and shall condemn it: 

because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; 

and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

I Peter 3:18-19 

For CHRIST also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that HE+ might bring us to GOD, 

being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the SPIRIT: By which also HE+ went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

 ~  ~  ~ 

Two nights (Wednesday and Thursday), and ... counting Friday ... two days already spent in the heart of the earth... 

The LORD spent those nights and days PREACHING, not fighting satan!  

When HE+ said, " It is finished, FATHER... "  , the battle with satan was fought and won through HIS+ adamic flesh, even though His+ body lay in the grave. 

When HE+ descended into the heart of the earth, the battle was OVER !  His+ descent in HIS+ Spirit was to preach that HE+, the MESSIAH+, had conquered sin, hell*, and death!  

HE+ --- and HE+ alone --- had the keys to hell* and to death. 

I Peter 4:6

For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to GOD in the spirit.

Revelation 1:18

I AM HE+ 

that liveth, 

and was dead;  

and behold, 

I+ AM alive 

for evermore, 

Amen; 

and have the keys of hell* and of death.

[ Keeping in mind that "hell" before The LORD'S descent into the heart of the earth consisted of 2 parts: Hades (Sheol) and Abraham's bosom.  "Hell" was the generalized word used in the KJV encompassing both parts, even though there was a great gulf fixed between the parts and none could cross over from one part to the next. See Luke 16:26].

1. Luke 16:26
   And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

First Night, First Day In the HEART of The EARTH ~ ~ ~

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I Corinthians 5

 Purge out therefore the old leaven, 

that ye may be a new lump, 

as ye are unleavened. 

For even 

CHRIST+ our Passover 

is sacrificed for us:

Therefore let us keep the feast, 

not with old leaven, 

 neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; 

but with the unleavened bread

 of sincerity and truth.