1. NOW WHAT?

2. NOW WHAT? “Look at my hands and my feet, It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.” - Luke 24:39

3. I am called to live like the resurrection matters

4. JESUS IS POINTING US TO THE SCRIPTURES WITHOUT THE RESURRECTION, JESUS CHRIST CANNOT BE THE CENTRAL FIGURE OF BIBLICAL REVELATION “You study the scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very scriptures that testify about me…” - Jesus (John 5:39)

5. JESUS & HIS RESURRECTION POINT ME TO SCRIPTURE: “THIS IS WHAT I TOLD YOU WHILE I WAS STILL WITH YOU: EVERYTHING MUST BE FULFILLED THAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT ME IN THE LAW OF MOSES, THE PROPHETS AND THE PSALMS” - LUKE 24:44 THE TANAK - Three divisions of Hebrew Bible “TA” - Law (Torah) - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. “NA” - Prophets (Nebiim) - Joshua, Judges, Samuel (1&2), Kings (1&2), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, “The book of the 12” (Includes Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi) Luke 24:44 - “written” or “Psalms” “K” - Writings - (Kethubim) - Psalms, Job, Proverbs, (5 scrolls) - Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, (Historical) - Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles (1&2)

6. “THEN HE OPENED THEIR MINDS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES”

7. Jesus and the historical fact of His resurrection and ascension demand I align with Scripture.

8. “THIS IS WHAT IS WRITTEN: THE MESSIAH WILL SUFFER AND RISE FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY, AND REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS WILL BE PREACHED IN HIS NAME TO ALL NATIONS BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM.” - LUKE 24:46-47

9. Jesus and the historical fact of His resurrection and ascension demand I align with His mission.

10. “YOU ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS. I AM GOING TO SEND YOU WHAT MY FATHER HAS PROMISED; BUT STAY IN THE CITY UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN CLOTHED WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH.” - LUKE 24:48-49

11. Jesus and the historical fact of His resurrection and ascension demand I align in His Spirit.

12. LIVING LIKE THE RESURRECTION MATTERS I’m aligned with Scripture, clothed with the Spirit, and joined to the resurrected Christ for His specific command. …there is a time limit on my response ”Behold, now is ‘the acceptable time,’ behold, now is ‘the day of salvation’” - 2 Corinthians 6:2

13. LIVING LIKE THE RESURRECTION MATTERS - ALIGNED WITH: THE SCRIPTURE AND THE MISSION IN THE SPIRIT WITH URGENCY Acts 1:4-8 “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Highlights From Acts Chapter 2 “all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit…” “Then Peter stood up…Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain…” “this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit…everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, the the name of the Lord Jesus Chirst for the forgiveness of your sins.” Vs.38 “Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.”