The Ascension

Why didn’t Jesus stay?

Why did He ascend into Heaven when He could have stayed and kept preaching and healing?

Jesus Ascended  because His Kingdom is not of this world. 

Jesus Ascended because He was going to prepare a place for us. 

Jesus Ascended because He was going home to His Father. 

The Son of God did not become flesh and dwell among us 

to stay here, 

but to show us the way home to the Kingdom of Heaven. 

The Ascension of Jesus is a reminder that we are Pilgrims in this world. 

Our true home is in Heaven. 

This is why Jesus kept preaching about the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Because This world is passing away. 

Time flies;

Seasons come and go;

Youth is fleeting;

And death is inevitable. 

Everything we do therefore in this world should help us along the journey to the next. 

But does it?

What is holding us back in life?

And what is holding us down?

In The Ascension, Jesus asks us,

 if we want to fly.