Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

We finished the Gospel of Luke yesterday, but let's refresh our memories on who he is.

He's a doctor who gives to great lengths to interview a bunch of people and compil a detailed

account of the life of Jesus.

He's probably a Gentile, not a Jew, and he writes for a Gentile audience, specifically a

guy named Theophilus.

But some say that since the name Theophilus means one who loves God, his letters are actually

addressed to all of us.

In Luke's Gospel, he talks about the life of Christ, and in the book of Acts, he focuses

on what happens after the life of Christ.

So this book could have easily been called Luke 2.

The primary theme of Acts is how God, the Spirit, works through the early church to spread

the gospel to all the nations, just like Jesus told his followers to do before he ascended

to heaven.

We read about that briefly yesterday and we covered it again today.

Let's jump in.

Jesus stayed on earth in his resurrection body for 40 days, and in that time, he continued

to remind the apostles to stay in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came to empower them.

Remember, this is a whole new thing.

The Holy Spirit has not come to indwelling believers yet, so he's letting them know that

the next phase of God's plan is about to be rolled out.

Just like when God the Son came to live alongside His people, now God the Spirit will come

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