- Day 1 – Woman, Why Weepest Thou?
- Day 2 – Peace Be Unto You
- Day 3 – Behold My Hands and My Feet
- Day 4 – Be Not Faithless, But Believing
- Day 5 – Children, Have Ye Any Meat?
- Day 6 – Lovest Thou Me?
- Day 7 – Follow Me
- Day 8 – All Power is Given Unto Me In Heaven and In Earth
- Day 9 – Go Ye Therefore and Teach All Nations
- Day 10 – Lo, I am with you always
- Day 11 – He Was Taken Up
- Day 12 – I am the light and the life of the world
- Day 13 – Arise and Come Forth Unto Me
- Day 14 – Blessed be the name of the Most High God
- Day 15 – Words of the Risen Lord
- Day 16 – After this manner shall ye baptize
- Day 17 – There Shall Be No Disputations Among You
- Day 18 – Ye must become as a little child
- Behold I have given unto you my gospel
Words of the Risen Lord
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. — Acts 1:8–9 (KJV)
The Moment
The Risen Christ gathered His disciples on the Mount of Olives. They still hoped for political redemption—asking, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” But Jesus redirected them to something far greater: the coming of the Holy Ghost and the worldwide spread of His gospel (see Acts 1:6–8).
Then, as He finished speaking, something remarkable occurred: “While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.” (see Acts 1:9).
Insights from Scripture and Prophets
The Ascension is not an ending. It is a transition—from presence to power. The Savior withdrew His physical presence so that He might pour out His Spirit and empower His servants across the earth.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught:
“With this majestic event, the risen Lord ascended to His Father… Now, from His throne on high, He rules in majesty and sends His Spirit and His servants to bring salvation to the world.”
— Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, Vol. 2
This was the end of Christ’s mortal, resurrected ministry among the Israelites. But it was also a beginning—the beginning of the Church’s mission, the unfolding of Pentecost, and the opening of His ministry to “other sheep” in distant lands.
The next chapter of His ministry begins not in Jerusalem—but across the sea, at a temple in Bountiful.