Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for June 2, 2024

Taken up from You into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

1. Background 1-5

• authorship and recipients of Acts
• doctrine of the Ascension
• promise of the Holy Spirit

2. A Question about Restoration 6-7

• kingdom to Israel
• fixed by the Father

3. A Focus on Reception 8

• empowerment
• extension

4. A Fulfillment of Revelation 9-11

• lifted up (Psa. 2:7-9, 68:18, 110:1-4; Heb. 9:24, 1 John 2:1-2)
• cloud
• angelic confirmation

5. So What?

• Because Christ’s Ascension confirms His claims, acknowledge its encouragements and apply its truths.
• “The dust of the earth sits on the throne of heaven.” (J. Duncan)
• “You have raised our human nature on the clouds to God’s right hand; there we’ll sit in heavenly places, there with You in glory stand. Jesus reigns, adored by angels, man with God is on the throne; mighty Lord, in Your ascension, we by faith behold our own.” (“See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph!” by Christopher Wordsworth)