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Jesus working for us

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[Acts 1:11]

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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By the death of Jesus on the cross, all our sins were forgiven. Jesus victoriously overcame Satan. He was resurrected three days after his death.

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The resurrected Jesus was on this earth for 40 days. He proved that he was resurrected to many people for 40 days. Especially forgiveness of Peter and his faith restored.

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Forty days later, Jesus went up to Mount Olivet with his disciples to go to heaven.

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, Jesus gave important orders and promises to his disciples before he left for heaven. The command Jesus gave was to his disciples, ‘Do not leave Jerusalem.’ The promise was that Jesus would go to heaven and ‘send the Holy Spirit to this earth.’

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Jesus told them exactly what would happen if the Holy Spirit came to this land before he went to heaven. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(Acts 1:8)

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After he had said this, he went up to heaven in front of his disciples. Jesus was getting far away from his disciples and disappeared into the clouds. It is called "ascension" that he went to heaven. Jesus ascended to heaven forty days after his resurrection.

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After Jesus ascended, his disciples were staring at the sky. Suddenly, two angels appeared in front of their eyes in white clothes.

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The angels told the disciples one amazing secret. “Why are you standing here and looking up to heaven? Jesus will come back as you have seen it”

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Jesus comes back to this land and says "Second Advent." The disciples who had heard the promise of Jesus' coming came down from Mount Olives to Jerusalem. And according to the command of Jesus, they did not leave Jerusalem but gathered in one of the upper chambers and prayed.

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What is Jesus doing now, who has ascended into heaven?

When Jesus was on the earth, He told us.

“In my Father's house are many mansions： if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you.”(Jn 14:2)

The Bible says that he is preparing an eternal house for us to go to.

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Also, what is Jesus doing in heaven? In the Romans, Jesus tells us to pray for us.

“Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died - more than that, who was raised to life - is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us”(Rm 8:34)

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It is also written in 1John that Jesus defends us before God for our sins.

“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.”(1Jn 2:1)

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We, who believe in Jesus and become children of God, can only defeat sin with the help of the Holy Spirit. But there are many times when the tendency to sin in us is revealed and fails. There are sins in sin that we do not know.

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Jesus knows how weak we are about sin. Because Jesus came directly to this earth with a human body like ours. Therefore, Jesus tells God about our affairs instead and defends it.

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Jesus is preparing the place for us to go after he ascended, petitioning for us, and defending our sinfulness.

We must remember that we are receiving every day the love of the amazing and great Jesus. The way to repay the grace of Jesus is to live in thanksgiving for His grace. We must live to do what Jesus pleases.

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