Crown him with many crowns
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Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Hebrews 9.24
Herbert Vander Luge wrote the following in “Our daily bread “ May 21st 1998.
The repeated appearances of Jesus after His death brought His followers such joy that they must have wanted the visits to continue indefinitely. But on the 40th day after His resurrection, having given His disciples final instructions, Jesus slowly ascended and a cloud hid Him from view.
Jesus could have vanished instantly, as He had done on previous occasions. But this time He chose to ascend visibly to impress on His followers that this was the end of His visits. His bodily presence would soon be replaced by something even better. Jesus’ ascension marked the beginning of a new era. In His glorified human body, the Lord Jesus ascended, entered heaven, sat down at the right hand of God, sent the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:16-18; Acts 2:33), began His ministry of intercession for us (Rom. 8:34; Heb. 7:25), and now permeates the whole universe with His spiritual presence and power (Eph. 1:15-23; 4:10). An ancient writing says that Jesus ascended bodily into heaven “our entrance to secure, and our abode to prepare.” That’s true. But it’s also true that as God, He is always spiritually present with us and will be “to the end of the age” (Mt. 28:20). What a wonderful Saviour we have!
All hail the power of Jesus name
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Prayer
Father,
I live in an angry world of increasingly angry people, where our
lives are filled with change and transition, and the world does not
resemble what I once knew. More and more Father, I feel a need to
cling ever more closely to You, with each passing day, knowing that
You are a God Who never changes towards me.
Help me to fix my
heart and mind on Your eternal and unchanging truth and to wash me of
my sins, help me to focus on your word and develop in me a true
attitude of praise and worship, no matter what the circumstances, and
help me I pray, to build myself up in the faith, looking for the
glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
No
matter what difficulties and dangers I may have to face, I pray that
in all things, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, I may
draw ever closer to you, with a genuine attitude of praise and
thanksgiving for all that You have done in my life. In Jesus' name I
pray,
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-about-the-Glory-of-God#231 edited by S. Youdan
John 17: New International Version
1b “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Father we love you Glorify Thy Name.
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John 17 continued Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
This prayer of Jesus is for all disciples those who carry out his teachings even for today. Because Christ's words are holy they are eternal.
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
This prayer is for all who believe that Jesus Christ is your Lord and saviour. This is His Prayer for you.
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WnWtrFMdzc
Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven
Acts 1 : 6 – 10
6 When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?” 7 Jesus said to them, “The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be. 8 But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them 11 and said, “Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.”
Ascension Day Sonnet by Malcolm Guite
We
saw his light break through the cloud of glory
Whilst
we were rooted still in time and place
As
earth became a part of Heaven’s story
And
heaven opened to his human face.
We
saw him go and yet we were not parted
He
took us with him to the heart of things
The
heart that broke for all the broken-hearted
Is
whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings,
Sings
in the strength that rises out of weakness,
Sings
through the clouds that veil him from our sight,
Whilst
we our selves become his clouds of witness
And
sing the waning darkness into light,
His
light in us, and ours in him concealed,
Which
all creation waits to see revealed .
Jesus is king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7RVDTvOoeE
Benediction
People of God,
let’s not just stand here, gazing into heaven
as the disciples did after they saw Jesus leave.
Instead, let’s take up the mission Jesus left us:
to be his witnesses,
to tell everyone we meet who Jesus is,
and how he has changed us.
And may the grace of God,
the love of Jesus Christ,
and the presence of the Holy Spirit
go with us all.
Amen.
Hallelujah
chorus (Handel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akb0kD7EHIk
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