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of the disciples forty days later (Acts 1:9-11), He ascended secretly early in the morning of the day of His resurrection to the Father for the Father's enjoyment and satisfaction.
The Lord's secret ascension was the fulfill ment of the going predicted in 16:7, where He said, "It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you." John 16:7 was not fulfilled in Acts 2 but John 20. Most Christians think that it was fulfilled in Acts 2, but it was fulfilled in chapter twenty of John.
COMING AS THE SPIRIT WITH THE RESURRECTED BODY
Christ ascended to the heavens with a resur rected body, and now, in John 20, He comes back to the disciples also with a resurrected body (Luke 24:37-40; 1 Cor. 15:44). With a resurrected body, the Lord came into the room where the disciples were with the doors shut (20:19). Since the doors were shut, how could He enter with a body of bones and flesh? Our limited mentality cannot comprehend it, but it is a fact, and we must re ceive it according to the divine revelation. Ac cording to Luke 24:37-40, the Lord showed His disciples His physical body, and according to