Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

E ASTERTIDE : T HE A SCENSION OF C H R I S T • 227

• Jesus • The disciples • Two angelic men

Major Characters

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Jesus is talking with his disciples on the Mount of Olives. They ask him if it is time for him to restore the kingdom to Israel. 2. Jesus explains that only the Father knows the times for these things. 3. He promises to send the Holy Spirit to empower them to be his witnesses to the whole world. Climax 4. As he is speaking he lifts off the ground and ascends into the sky until the clouds hide him. 5. The disciples are left staring into the sky. Falling Action and Resolution 6. Two angelic men appear and ask the disciples what they are doing. 7. They tell them that Jesus has ascended to heaven and remind them that Jesus promised to return in the same way.

Old Testament Foundation: The Triumph of the Son of Man (Daniel 7)

Elijah Taken into Heaven, 2 Kings 2 As Elijah was taken up into heaven never to taste death, so the risen Lord is taken up into heaven and eternal life.

Melchizedek, Genesis 14.17-24 (p. 54) The Lord Jesus ascends to the right hand of the Father where he waits for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet, where he is both king and priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.