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May 24, 2006

Da Vinci Lies versus the ASCENSION OF OUR LORD - SURE CERTAINTY THAT HE WILL COME AGAIN

During these past two years, the proponents of Da Vinci Code, have turned into pseudo historian and theologian caring too little for the truth of the matter. The Feast of the Ascension comes to remind us of the fact that Jesus has ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again to judge the quick and dead. And His kingdom will have no end. Its easy to buy into a sleezy and cheap stories that the emissaries of the evil one promote, while denying all that is truthful, tested by the sands of time. The certainty of Jesus' return is in the words of the angels:

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."

While the liars continue their utterances, the freedom that God has given them is taking them in the wrong direction. The two millenia apostolic tradition and the New Testament and the church is a standing testimony to the truth about the Son of God, who came among us.If anyone has ears, let him hear what the evangelist Luke has to say in the Acts of the Apostles:

1In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
6So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

7He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8But 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."

9After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

10They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11"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."

In the meantime with our hopes fixed on Jesus's certain coming, as St.Peter says,we need to "Be calm, but vigilant. Because your enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to eat. Stand up to him strong in faith.

Posted by bpleo at May 24, 2006 9:06 PM

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