E Go Up Enter Di Clouds

One group of friends for di side of one hill, dem head raise up, dem dey look di sky. Small time before, Jesus stand right here, dey talk to dem. Now one cloud don hide am from dem eyes. And dem no fit stop to look up.

For forty days after e rise from death, Jesus keep dey appear to im apostles. E show dem, again and again, say e dey alive true true. E eat with dem. And e talk with dem about di kingdom of God. Now dem dey together near Jerusalem, and Jesus give dem one instruction. Make una no comot Jerusalem. Wait for di gift wey my Father promise, wey una don hear me talk about. John baptise with water, but for small days from now, dem go baptise una with di Holy Spirit.

Di apostles get one question. Na di question wey plenty of dem people don dey ask for many generations. Lord, na dis time you go restore di kingdom to Israel? Jesus no give dem date. E no be for una to know di times or di seasons wey di Father don set by im own authority. Then e tell dem wetin dem really need to know. And e big pass anything wey dem ask for.

Una go receive power when di Holy Spirit come upon una. And una go be my witnesses, for Jerusalem, and for all Judea and Samaria, and reach di end of di earth. Picture di map for dem mind. Jerusalem, di city wey dey round dem. Judea, di land wey dem know. Samaria, di neighbours wey dem don always dey avoid. And then, di end of di earth. Places wey dem never see, people wey dey speak languages wey dem never hear. Na there di story of Jesus dey go. And na dis ordinary men and women go carry am.

And as dem dey look, dem lift am up. One cloud carry am comot from dem eyes. Dem stand there, dey look di sky. Then sudden sudden two men wey wear white cloth stand near dem. Men of Galilee, dem talk, why una stand dey look up to heaven? Dis same Jesus, wey dem carry from una go heaven, go come back di same way wey una see am go. E be promise and push at di same time. E go come back. And before dat time, work dey to do. So dem go back to Jerusalem, like di distance wey person fit waka for Sabbath day, to wait and to pray, just as e tell dem.

Di book of Acts na di second part of one work wey get two volumes. Di first line talk about one former book, about everything wey Jesus begin to do and teach. Dat book na di Gospel of Luke. Di two volumes dey address di same person, one man wey dem dey call Theophilus, and im name mean friend of God. We no know exactly who e be. But di way Acts take begin tell us something important. Everything wey follow na wetin Jesus continue to do through im people.

E Go Up Enter Di Clouds. You go find am for Acts chapter one, verse one to eleven. Jesus go up, but e no leave im friends with empty hand. E promise dem power, e give dem mission, and e promise say e go come back. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Where be your own Jerusalem, di place wey dey round you, where you fit be witness for Jesus dis week?