Ascension.

Ascension Day is like a door we walk through. It leads us from the season of Easter, which the feast closes, towards Pentecost, which it anticipates.

The story records the moment Jesus returns to heaven following his resurrection and his several post-resurrection encounters with his disciples. It is a transition moment, a turning point, when Jesus promises his disciples they will be gifted with God’s Spirit, to be their comfort and strength for the work of mission that lies before them.

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