I know that there are plenty of things that God still wants me to do (although what idk). I know my wife would be extremely saddened if I suddenly died, I know that I HAVE to wait just like every other Christian. But, I want to be with Jesus RIGHT NOW. I don't want to have to wait for death. You know what's unfair? The thief on the cross didn't even have to wait a day for paradise. I've been waiting since November 2013. That's a LONG time to wait to be with God. I want to be with God NOW!
I WILL wait because I HAVE to and because God and my wife WANT me to. But honestly? I want to be cured now. I know I don't have to wait for Eternal life. I've always had it but... I don't want to have to wait to be with God. I want to be with my Lord and Savior now! Does anyone else feel this way? Will I ever get through this?
"The thief on the cross didn't even have to wait a day for paradise."
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We know this not to be true ... because of the book of Acts ... Jesus himself did not ascend to heaven that very day.
John 20 - 2 days after His crucifixion - Jesus Appears to Mary
17 Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Acts 1
1In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
2until the day He was taken up to heaven,
after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
3After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive.
He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
We know from the Bible that Jesus ascended 10 days before Pentecost and that He was crucified during the Passover. So, that would mean he was on earth approximately 40 days before His ascension.
There were 10 days between His ascension and Pentecost. How do we know this? Jesus arose from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits (the Jewish festival of Shavuoth) A "wave offering" was made on this day
Leviticus 23:9-10. The Feast of Weeks, also known as Pentecost (from the Greek word "
Pentekoste" meaning fiftieth -50th) began 50 days after the wave offering
Leviticus 23:15-16,
Deuteronomy 16:9-10. Jesus was on the Earth for 40 days before His ascension
Acts 1:3.
Acts 1 - Jesus appears to the disciples and ascends into heaven
... 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
God Bless.
