ACTS 1:6-11
COMMENTARY
Lord Jesus had called his disciples to Bethany (Luke
24:50-51). This must not be confused with the apparition He made at the mountain
in Galilee, where He went to give testimony of his resurrection to most of his disciples,
giving them all the Great Commission
(Matthew 28:16-20).
Here our Lord gave the final blessing to his disciples
present, and gave them the commission to announce the Good News of Salvation to
all humanity, starting from Judea, to the whole world (v.8), but asking them to
remain in Jerusalem until the day the Holy Spirit will descend into them, and
be gifted with supernatural power, in a different and more permanent way that
in the initial commission Jesus gave them when He started his ministry (Matthew
10:1).
Testifying once again about his eternal subjection
to the authority of YHWH, Lord Jesus declares that it is not for us to know the
time of his Reigning Kingdom, which has been already appointed by the Father
Himself.
As our Lord was elevated to the Father’s Glory to
take his position at his right side (Luke 22:69; Romans 8:34), and the disciples
remained looking into the clouds that covered Him, two angels appeared and
announce them that Jesus would return again from Heaven, publicly, as He was
taking up, on the same celestial clouds that now had taking Him up to Heaven.
The words of the angels: “Why do you stand looking
into heaven?”, are an encouragement to us not to be living of memories gone
passed, as if Jesus had left us; but to carry on his commission, knowing that He
promised He will be back to stay with us in the Holy Spirit (John 14:18), every
day, until his return again from Heaven in Glory (Matthew 28:20; Acts 1:11)
Omar Flores.
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