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-Wednesday, April 26, 2019. The biblical story of the resurrection of Jesus is challenging. It superseeds
+Friday, April 26, 2019. The biblical story of the resurrection of Jesus is challenging. It superseeds
 our standard experience. It is difficult to judge if we wanted to put it into a framework as we usually
 do with news about events. In modern language we would say: singularities in space and time are
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+Jesus is taken away out of their sight. That is the basic point of this story. It is, of course, an
+important point for our treatment of Jesus and his role until today. If it is true, that he lives, and
+that he is God, and that he was taken away since God wants to be with us in a different form, through
+the Holy Spirit rather than as a human person, it is an important building block of life!
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+God wants to be with everyone. God wants to be in our life in a very intense and intimate way.
+That is not possible if he is with us as a person. As a human, as the son Jesus, he is just human.
+But as God, he is spirit. He is with billions of people at the same time. He is close to them
+at each and every minute of their life. All that would not be possible as a human.
+Our conclusion has to be: Jesus has to go. He has to be taken away. Only when the spirit with his
+universial global presence and power comes, God can be God as he has been before the beginning of
+time.
+The resurrection was never meant to be something which delivers us Jesus as a human only. Yes, he
+rose bodily. Yes, he walked and talked and took food. But this is only a transition! It is to clarify
+that he lives, that the same Jesus, who lived with mankind, is now going to God. The same Jesus is
+there with and in his spirit.
+And here we leave the area of singularity. Living with the spirit is something which all dedicated
+Christians can experience. Become a disciple of Jesus, and receive the Holy Spirit as power of
+truth, peace, love, humility and joy in your life. He will come and start to walk with you, that is
+the promise of discipleship. He will change you, step by step, day by day. He is the spirit of the
+living God! The Ascension is an important interface for our life, such that the spirit comes, and
+he is there yesterday, today and tomorrow!
 (Roland Potthast)
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