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JUNE 15
Why does Your anger smoke against whom He also presented Himself alive after His
the sheep of Your pasture? suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen
2 Remember Your congregation, which by them during forty days and speaking of the
You have purchased of old, things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You
have redeemed—
This Mount Zion where You have
dwelt. 1:3 presented Himself…by many infallible
3 Lift up Your feet to the perpetual proofs. John 20:30; 1 Corinthians 15:5–8. To
desolations. give the apostles confidence to present His
The enemy has damaged everything in message, Jesus entered a locked room (John
the sanctuary. 20:19), showed His crucifixion wounds (Luke
4 Your enemies roar in the midst of Your 24:39), and ate and drank with the disciples
meeting place; (Luke 24:41–43). forty days. The time period
They set up their banners for signs. between Jesus’ resurrection and ascension
5 They seem like men who lift up during which He appeared at intervals to the
Axes among the thick trees. apostles and others (1 Cor.15:5–8) and provid-
6 And now they break down its carved ed convincing evidence of His resurrection.
work, all at once, kingdom of God. Here this expression refers
With axes and hammers. to the sphere of salvation, the gracious
7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary; domain of divine rule over believers’ hearts
They have defiled the dwelling place of (1 Cor. 6:9; Eph. 5:5; Col. 1:13,14; Rev. 11:15;
12:10). This was the dominant theme during
Your name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Christ’s earthly ministry (Matt. 4:23; 9:35; Mark
1:15; Luke 4:43; 9:2; John 3:3–21).
“Let us destroy them altogether.”
They have burned up all the meeting
places of God in the land. 4 And being assembled together with them,
He commanded them not to depart from Jeru-
Proverbs 18:22–24
salem, but to wait for the Promise of the
22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing, Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard
And obtains favor from the LORD. from Me; for John truly baptized with water,
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but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit
23 The poor man uses entreaties, 6
But the rich answers roughly. not many days from now.” Therefore, when
they had come together, they asked Him, say-
24 A man who has friends must himself be ing, “Lord, will You at this time restore the
friendly, kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It
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But there is a friend who sticks closer is not for you to know times or seasons which
than a brother. the Father has put in His own authority. But
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you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be wit-
nesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
18:24 must himself be friendly.The best text and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
says “may come to ruin” and warns that the 9 Now when He had spoken these things,
person who makes friends too easily and indis- while they watched, He was taken up, and a
criminately does so to his own destruction.On cloud received Him out of their sight. And
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the other hand, a friend chosen wisely is more while they looked steadfastly toward heaven
loyal than a brother. friend. This is a strong as He went up, behold, two men stood by
word meaning one who loves and was used of them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of
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Abraham, God’s friend (2 Chr. 20:7; Is. 41:8; Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heav-
1Sam. 18:1; 2 Sam. 1:26).
en? This same Jesus, who was taken up from
you into heaven, will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:1–26 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a
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1 all that Jesus began both to do and teach, un- Sabbath day’s journey. And when they had
til the day in which He was taken up, after He entered, they went up into the upper room
through the Holy Spirit had given command- where they were staying: Peter, James, John,
ments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew
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