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Acts 1:8&9
"8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight."

We are studying GOD'S Covenants with people. This week our focus is on Jesus's promise to His followers to send the Holy Ghost! GOD holds to His promises like they are Covenants! We read in the Gospel of John where before the crucifixion Jesus says He will send "the COMFORTER, which is the HOLY GHOST..." Then, in the Book of Acts, chapter one, after the crucifixion the resurrected Jesus is guiding the Disciples to stay in Jerusalem for forty days so they can learn more and most importantly; recive the Holy Ghost!

The Disciples don't understand at first, they ask Jesus if He will "restore again the kingdom to Israel?" He answers that this is not something for them to know. Then He restated their mission in today's verses; "But ye shall receive power, after that the HOLY GHOST is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the UTTERMOST part of the earth." They are charged with spreading the Gospel message. This is an assignment carried on to this day by Christians the world over. It's at this point that the resurrected incarnate Jesus returns to heaven; "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight." Some of the most famous and impacting last words every uttered! The Christian movement that grows from here goes on to change the world. Making all that is good, kind and just in our society. 

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