Episode
Ascension Day
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- Thought For Today
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- May 14, 2026
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- 198
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Summary
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 14th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Gospel of Luke 24:50-53: “And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.” Wow, what a day! Forty days from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb to the time that He went back to Heaven to be with His Father. Yes, I am talking about Ascension Day. It is a very important day in the Christian Calendar and it is a glorious and victorious day. I remember it so well. I have been there many times. You go from the Old City where the Temple was standing, down into the Kidron Valley, you go across the Kidron Valley, up the other side, you go passed the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus suffered so terribly for our sins, sweated drops of blood when He was thinking about the crucifixion the next day, then you go right up this hill, right to the very top. When you get to the top, if you carry on, you come to this little village called Bethany, a very special place for Jesus, where His friends Lazarus, Mary, and Martha lived. He spent a lot of time there. But right up on the top of that hill is where the ascension took place, and if you look carefully you can look right across the valley to the other side. That is where the Old City of Jerusalem in situated. Today, just remember one thing. Jesus is not in the grave. He is in Heaven. He is sitting at the right hand of our Heavenly Father and He is coming back very soon. I want t…