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you know i never worry 'bout myself

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Luke 24:44-53: Prayer : Lord, may the words of my lips and the meditations of all our hearts receive your blessing. Amen. Today is Ascension Sunday. Today we remember that day when Jesus ascended into heaven. Today is that Sunday when we remember that Jesus has gone to heaven; the goal of the Christian life… The goal of Christian life… Yeah, that’s it; to make it to heaven. But wait, wasn’t it just last week that Pastor Carol preached about the lack of any rapture theology in John? If the rapture is not in the Bible why does Jesus go up into heaven to get ready for the end then? I mean, it seems pretty clear that heaven is the goal. I mean Luke ends his Gospel by depicting Jesus going off to heaven. That has to be the goal then, right? Heaven must be the goal, and that is why Jesus ascends their after his resurrection. But, if heaven is the goal why didn’t Jesus just suck up all his disciples up to heaven with him? Hmm . Okay, okay. Obviously there are many