1. What goes up must come down! The ascension of Christ

2. The facts - prophecies/pronouncements  Psalm 110:1  John 14:12  Matthew 26:64  John 20:17  John 6:61-62

3. The facts - b eyond the resurrection  40 days  Witnesses  Things to say

4. The facts - t he event  Mystery  Taken up  An end and a beginning

6. The significance  Received into heaven – Ps 24  End of the cycle  Giving the gift – Acts 2:32-36  A word in the ear – Hebrews 7:24-25  Omnipresence  Housework – John 14:2

7. The legacy  … must come down – Acts 1:11  … but with a difference – Rev 1:7, 1Thessalonians 4:13-18  Are you ready? – Mark 13:32-37

8. At the ascension Jesus left the here for everywhere He left the time for the eternal He left the first century to fill all the centuries