1. 1 Acts 1:9-11 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

2. 2 Why Was the Ascension of Christ Necessary?

3. 3 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

4. 4 John 16:7 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.”

5. 5 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

6. 6 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit to Be “In” the Apostles

7. 7 John 14:16-17 “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”

8. 8 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

9. 9 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit to Teach the Apostles

10. 10 John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”

11. 11 John 16:12-13 “But I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

12. 12 John 16:14-15 “He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.”

13. 13 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

14. 14 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit to Testify of Christ

15. 15 John 15:26-27 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.”

16. 16 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

17. 17 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit to Confirm the Word of God

18. 18 Mark 16:19-20 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

19. 19 Hebrews 2:3-4 How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

20. 20 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit

21. 21 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Send the Holy Spirit to Reprove the World

22. 22 John 16:8-11 “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”

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24. 24 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Become High Priest

25. 25 Psalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

26. 26 Hebrews 7:11-13 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.

27. 27 Hebrews 7:14-17 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. For He testifies: "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

28. 28 Hebrews 8:1-3 “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.

29. 29 Hebrews 8:4-5 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

30. 30 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Become High Priest

31. 31 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Become High Priest to Complete the Atonement

32. 32 Exodus 30:10 “And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD."

33. 33 Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

34. 34 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Become High Priest

35. 35 The Ascension Was Necessary that Christ Might Become High Priest to Make Continuous Intercession

36. 36 Hebrews 7:23-25 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

37. 37 Hebrews 7:26-27 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

38. 38 Hebrews 7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

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