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I don’t want to play with this but I want you to understand
God’s plan. On the journey, He had to go to Gethsemane but
He was only there for a few hours. He had to go to the cross
but He was only there for six hours. He had to go into the grave
but that was only three days. He’s still on a journey. That was
not His destination. He provided a righteous ground for people
to get saved. So, you say that His journey took Him to
Bethlehem and Nazareth. That’s His journey. But even after
the resurrection He wasn’t finished.

Matthew 26:32, “But after I have been raised, I will go before
you to Galilee.” When He arose, the angels told them, Matthew
28:7 “And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen
from the dead; and behold He is going before you into Galilee,
there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.” Matt.
28:16&17, “But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to
the mountain which Jesus had designated.” More than five
hundred people gathered in Galilee after Jesus rose from the
dead. So, you might say that Galilee is the goal. But He said,
“No, I’m not finished yet.”

Acts 1:5, “For John baptized you with water, but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” He
told them, “After Galilee, go to Jerusalem.” Acts 1:9, “After
He had said these things, he was lifted up while they were
looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.” He
ascended and went back to His Holy Father God. Is that the end
of the journey? John 14:16, “And I will ask the Father, and He
will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know
Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. I will not
leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” It’s part of the
journey.

He goes to the cross. He goes to the grave. He rises. He goes
to Galilee. He goes to heaven. And on Pentecost He comes
back again to put God in man again, so we could live as God