Big Words that end in SHUN! – Ascen-SHUN

Powerpoint Pictures: Ball; Piece of Paper; Rubber Band; Bubbles; Person

There are a number of big words that sum up what the Bible teaches about what God has done for us, and it turns out that these words end in SHUN!

What will happen when I throw these different things up in the air? [Ball; Piece of Paper; Rubber Band; Bubbles; Person]

When something goes up, eventually it will come back down because of gravity.

What goes up must come down.

What is true of these things is true of Jesus too.

After Jesus died and rose again, He spent time teaching His disciples, telling them all the things they needed to know in order to tell the world about Him.  But what happened next?

What happened to Jesus?

“Jesus was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.  They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “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.” (Acts 1:9-11)

The answer to the question, ‘What happened to Jesus?’ is another big word that ends in SHUN.

Ascen-SHUN!  Jesus went back to heaven but will return to earth again.

Ascension means that Jesus went up.  He went back to heaven.

But ascension also means that Jesus will come down.  He will return to earth again, and when He does He will make this world into heaven.

Will we be ready for when He does?

Ascen-SHUN!  Jesus went back to heaven but will return to earth again.