Ascension: When Jesus got raptured.

Forty days after Easter, Jesus left. For now. On Thursday, 15 May 33 (if we take Luke’s count of 40 days Ac 1.3 literally, and not as an estimate) this happened. Acts 1.6-9 KWL 6 So when they came together, the apostles questioned Jesus : “Master, is it at this time you’re restoring the Kingdom of Israel?” 7 Jesus told them, “It’s not for you to know times or timing. That, the Father sets by his own free will. 8 But you’ll all get power: The Holy Spirit is coming upon you. You’ll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the world.” 9 Saying this as they watched him, Jesus was raptured. A cloud concealed him from their eyes. Christians call this Jesus’s ascension , and celebrate it 40 days after Easter—and 10 days before Pentecost Sunday. ’Cause it’s when Jesus went up, or ascended , into heaven, to stand in service or sit in judgment, at the Father’s right. Ac 2.33, 7.55-56 Various people who don’t believe Christians are getting