Our prophetic destiny will be fulfilled
Grace and peace!
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Having said this, he was lifted up on high as they looked, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
And they stared at the sky as he ascended. Suddenly two men dressed in white appeared before them,
who said to them, "Galileans, why are you looking up to heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will return in the same way as you saw him go up."
(Acts 1:8-11)
These were Jesus' last words before he was lifted up in a cloud as his disciples watched him disappear from view. Those who denied him, those who fled because they did not want to follow him through Golgotha, because they were afraid, because they feared the cross, were there before the resurrected Jesus. He was not just showing them the power of the resurrection, he was bringing them new news: that the Holy Spirit would come upon them and they would be witnesses to speak with boldness and authority, to pray for the sick, to declare freedom to those oppressed by the devil.
This good news was also for us, because from the moment the Holy Spirit was poured out at Pentecost, all believers would receive the power of God to defeat darkness, sin and the world, to be his witnesses and speak to the people about this. Jesus everywhere.
The word says that while he was telling them this, he ascended into heaven and the angels announced that just as he had departed, he would return a second time in a cloud to this earth. He will return to his church, the church, which follows in his footsteps regardless of the difficulties and circumstances, which follows in his footsteps in the midst of miracles, but also in the midst of the suffering of Golgotha. Thanks to the fact that those disciples decided to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, today you and I can know this Word, that Word that did not remain dead two thousand years ago, but today is alive and effective.
We can have hope, we can remain firm until his second coming because 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 will be fulfilled, which says: “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.” and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”
We will see our prophetic destiny fulfilled, which is to enjoy heaven and eternal life.
Let us pray:
Thank you, beloved Jesus, because with your resurrection you gave me victory, fill me with your Holy Spirit because I want to assert myself in your path, because I want to be your witness and proclaim your Name until you return, thank you because your Word is faithful and true and you will keep your promise to come back for me. In the name of Jesus, amen.
