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S ESSION 3: L AUNCH AND A SSEMBLE • 267

2. Exemplar Scripture references

a. God raised up Jesus, and has made him both Lord and Christ, Acts 2.32-36

b. Christ is exalted as Head of the Church, Eph. 1.19-23

c. Every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess Jesus as Lord, Phil. 2.9-11

d. God desires that Jesus have first place in all things, Col. 1.15-20

e. He has conquered the principalities and powers, Col. 2.15

3. Its meaning in Jesus’ history : His resurrection, with appearances to his disciples and other witnesses, as well as his infallible proofs offered between the time of the resurrection and the ascension to the Father’s right hand 4. The season of the Church Year : Eastertide, the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. a. On Easter Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. He who was betrayed by his own disciple, crucified on a Roman Cross, and buried in a borrowed tomb, rose triumphantly from death to life through the power of God. “Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!” b. For fifty days, from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, we ponder the risen Jesus in his appearances to his disciples. Given all authority, Jesus ascends up to heaven to God’s right hand, and sends to us the promise of the Father, the Holy Spirit. c. On Pentecost we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the people of God, the Church. Jesus is now present with his people in the person of the Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. We ponder this mystery together on Trinity Sunday.

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