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| Ascension Day on the Christian Calendar falls on 5.5.2016 for those following the western church calendar. The Eastern Orthodox celebrate Ascension Day this year on 6.9.2016. It is the 40th Day of the Resurrection Season, regardless of which Christian Calendar is followed. . |
The ASCENSION of CHRIST is
VITAL ... and an important part of the Resurrection ! The satan hates that our body will be glorified and rise into the Heavenlies... just like Our LORD'S BODY.
Death had no more dominion over HIM+.
Because of THAT, death WILL exercise no more dominion over our bodies, either, on that GREAT DAY, when the Trumpet shall sound and the dead shall arise ... incorruptible !
The Risen CHRIST JESUS ascended to
The FATHER.
His+ FLESH ... yes, His+ very
FLESH, now GLORIFIED ... ascended into the Heavenlies.
What's more ... even though Glorified, the
Body of His+ Flesh was still able to function as JESUS did when HE+
was incarnate.
HE+ ate fish and honey; HE+ was
able to walk and talk. HE+ had flesh and bones, nail prints and a wounded in
His+ fleshy side ... just as touchable as HE+ was when HE+ was incarnate and
dwelt among us.
That FACT ALONE should make
Christians extremely JOYFUL .
Who else can make the Dead
to rise and the Flesh to enter into Heaven ?
None other than
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE+ alone fought the battle
to save
our FLESH,
as well as our spirit and soul
from the Second Death.
JESUS ascended unto the RIGHT HAND
of The FATHER.
HE+ ascended to make intercession
for us... i.e., HE+ intervenes between the satan and us, reminding him
that HE+ WON the fight. JESUS CHRIST won the battle to rescue man ... soul, spirit, AND BODY ... out of death's
clutches.
Yes... even the FLESH of MAN shall
become incorruptible when the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be
raised... glorified and INCORRUPTIBLE ... with bodies like unto His+ Glorious
Body !
Since by man came death,
by Man came also
the RESURRECTION
of the Dead !
1 Corinthians 15:21
As in Adam all die,
Even so in CHRIST,
shall all be made alive ...
... INCLUDLING our fleshly bodies !
No matter how ... or when ... or where ... we
die on planet earth, Our LORD JESUS CHRIST will make our dust to rise and
re-form again into our glorified, functioning, and earthly bodies.
They will be exactly the same body
that we left, only without the blemishes, limitations, and handicaps we all
have.
The Saints beheaded for CHRIST
will be intact, heads in place ! The
severed limbs, the broken bodies of saints tortured for CHRIST will be mended,
healed, made whole again ... better than before!
What a GLORIOUS PROMISE to have
! This Promise, of course, only extends
to those who are New Creatures in CHRIST.
The Invitation is still OPEN.
Whosoever WILL may come to JESUS, no matter the depth of sin, to be cleansed and
made whole and out-fitted for the Kingdom of GOD, in linen pure and white.
Oh, how we LOVE our GLORIFIED
SAVIOR !
COME, LORD JESUS, COME!
Acts 1:6-11
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,
saying, LORD, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
And HE+ said unto them,
It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which The
FATHER hath put in HIS own power.
But ye shall receive power,
after that the HOLY SPIRIT is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto ME+
both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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,
WHO+ is taken up from you into Heaven,
shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen HIM+ go
into Heaven.
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Let us pray...
O GOD, our FATHER, Who for our
redemption didst given thine Only-Begotten SON+ JESUS CHRIST to the death of
the Cross.
And by HIS+ GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
of His+ flesh has delivered us from the power of the adversary and the power of
death...
Grant us SO TO DIE DAILY from sin,
that we may EVERMORE live with HIM+ in
the joy of His+ Resurrection ...
through the Same, Thy SON+ JESUS
CHRIST our LORD Who+ lives and reigns with THEE and Thy Blessed HOLY SPIRIT...
now and forever, ONE GOD, world
without end. Amen.
Glorious SAVIOR, our LORD JESUS
CHRIST ! We love THEE+, we praise THEE+,
we worship THEE+ in our lives !
Amen, and thankfully so !
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