ON THE WAY=TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON THE WAY=TO THE FATHER’S HOUSE

 

Throughout the NEW TESTAMENT=Jesus tells us=He is going to

HIS FATHER’S HOUSE=well today=He ACTUALLY DOES=Wouldn’t have

Been great=TO BE A WITNESS to that=None of us=are probably going to=

THE FATHER’S HOUSE=as Jesus did=But we can=still LIFT UP OUR HEARTS=to

Heaven=and be A LIVING WITNESS=to Christ’s life=to Christ’s death=and to

HIS RESURRECTION=On our way HOME=in hope=to THE FATHER’S HOUSE=the

House of God the Father and Jesus=”……..He was lifted up=and a CLOUD took

Him=from their sight”                                                                                                                         Acts 1:9

 

Jesus had an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP=with his Father=as MOST of us do=

With ONE MAJOR EXCEPTION=The Father God=Is NOT our ACTUAL FATHER=and

YET he is=For he has=ADOPTED all of us=and that makes us=CHILDREN OF GOD=

And brothers and sisters=to OUR Lord Jesus=Let us LIFT OUR HEARTS=to

THE FATHER=As we wait for Jesus=to ASCEND into HEAVEN=with the

FATHER GOD=ON OUR WAY=to the Father’s House too!

 

“He LIFTED me=Out of the slimy pit=Out of the mud and mire=He set my feet

On a rock=and gave me a firm space to stand”                                                                      Psalm 40:2

“No one has ever gone to heaven=EXCEPT the one=who came from heaven=--------

The Son of man=Just as Moses LIFTED up the snake=In the wilderness=so the

SON OF MAN=Must be LIFTED UP=That everyone who believes=may have ETERNAL

LIFE in him”                                                                                                                                       John 3:13-14

“And I=When I am LIFTED UP=from the earth=Will draw all people to myself=He

Said this to show =the kind of death=He was going to die”                                          John 12:32-33

 

 

THE SCRIPTURES=make some reference to the ASCENSION=but the details

Are very sketchy=and ASCEND HE DID=sending us HOPE=through the Holy Spirit

Of God=AT PENTECOST=May we Internalize=The HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD==Into our

Hearts and minds==ON THE WAY=TO THE FATHER’S HOUSE too!

“Jesus said to them’=’The times and occasions are set=BY MY FATHER’S =own authority=

And it is not for you=to KNOW when this will be……..After saying this=he was TAKEN

Up to HEAVEN=as the apostles watched him=and a CLOUD hid him=from their

Sight’”                                                                                                                                                            Acts 1:7-9

 

What a sight=THIS must have been=What an event TO WITNESS=for the apostles=

That were there=On their way=TO THE FATHER’S HOUSE=Someday=hopefully

YOU and I=Will MEET the Father too=We can then=LIFT UP our hearts=to the

Father and Jesus=IN hope of HEAVEN=And maybe we  will=even hear this=

“Well done=Good and faithful servant!=You have been faithful=with a few things=I

Will put you=in charge of many things=Come and SHARE=YOUR MASTER’S

HAPPINESS!”                                                                                                                                                Matthew 25:21

ON OUR WAY=to the FATHER’S HOUSE=When and IF we get there!

HAPPY ASCENSION THURSDAY!=My Brothers and Sisters=GOD and Jesus LOVE YOU!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our ever LIVING=ever LOVING=Ever guiding and

ASCENDING Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-27-2025

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by and article=IN LIVIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. James McKarns