The Departing Savior

The Departing Savior. The departing Savior and the worshipping disciples was the theme of Richard Ebler's remarks on Luke 24:50-53. Jesus left them in a posture of blessing, after the manner of Aaron, His type, when he had made the rnn offering and before he entered the tabernacle (Lev. 9:22-23). So our Lord, after His death and resurrection for the offenses and justification of the world, as He was about to go into the sanctuary on high, "lifted up His hands and blessed" the assembled disciples. 

It is gratifying to know that He left us in a posture of blessing, Brother Dick remarked, and remains so, interceding for us as our Advocate with the Father in heaven. As Christ left, so will He return, it was pointed out (Acts 1:11), appearing "the second time without sin unto salvation" to those who look for Him" (Heb. 9:28). 

It is to be noted that, as the Lord "went up," the disciples were "steadfastly" looking "toward heaven," whither He was bound, the speaker remarked. Thitherward aiso is the church to be continually looking, as it anticipates His glorious return (Tit. 2:13).

In conclusion, it was observed that the disciples "returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple,praising and blessing God." That is the way God would have the church to be, it was observed, as was the case with the Jerusalem congregation (Acts 2:41-42, 46-47).