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 goes to great lengths to interview a bunch of people and compile 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, that 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

indwell 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 to dwell in his people. It'll be a new kind of baptism

that they haven't had access to yet, and it still won't be available until after Jesus

ascends. The disciples ask him, so now that you've raised from the dead, you're going to overthrow Rome and we can be free again, right?

After all this, they're still short-sighted, still waiting on an earthly kingdom.

Jesus says, you guys are asking the wrong questions.

There's no political takeover.

The only time frame you need to be concerned about

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