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 ** Jesus and The Holy Spirit ...**
-The gospels end do not end alonw with the resurrection of Jesus. He died and rose again, and then
+The gospels do not end with the resurrection of Jesus. He died and rose again, and then
 continued his mission to explain his message to the disciples. He sent them, to continue. And he left
 them after 40 days. Luke reports this in the last paragraph of his gospel:
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-In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with2 the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
+In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
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 ** Change and Continuity ...**
+There is a lot of change in these stories, but also much continuity. First, there is change! Jesus was
+not meant to stay. He was meant to leave, but not through a normal death. Of course, this story is
+quite challenging for the modern mind. What happened? How do we understand these events? Many scholars
+of different kind have made their version of the story, usually trying to avoid any supernatural
+components. Two arguments:
+First: If you think there is no God, and it is all man made: you should look for another approach to
+life! But think deeply: what will you find? What is your basis? You are your own anchor point, your
+own reference. Here, Jesus offers himself as anchor point. He offers the creator as reference, as
+beginning and end. Ultimately, it will all be a qustion of the facts! We will see clearly, what truth
+is. If God is the creator and maintainer, if he is with and in Jesus, if God is father and son and
+holy spirit, we will see. And much can be seen already now ...
+Second: how can you sincerely talk about the God of heaven and earth without very supernatural elements?
+And when you think about God's relationship to mankind, the story about father, son and holy spirit
+starts to become a very natural approach. It makes sense! It is a great concept. It is really good.
+There is the continuity in this concept. It is one God, in father, in the son Jesus, and in the Holy
+Spirit. He wants to be with us, truly with us. That comes with the Holy Spirit, who live in those
+who believe in Jesus. With Jesus God comes really close to humans. He became a human. He is not the
+abstract something, he comes very close. The idea of the son Jesus becoming human is a much better
+concept than any other idea of God I have ever heard of. But ultimately, it is a question of facts,
+of truth. God is alive, much more than we are!
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/topics_collection_ix|... further texts]]
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