We see in this message how in Acts 1 the risen Christ gave His apostles many infallible proofs of His resurrection while teaching them things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. He instructed them to remain in Jerusalem to receive the promised baptism with the Holy Spirit—a prophetic empowerment for Israel marked by miracles, not the Spirit baptism that forms the Body of Christ today. The apostles expected this to signal the nearness of Israel’s kingdom, but Jesus told them the timing belonged to the Father, while commissioning them to witness in the Spirit’s power. His ascension set the stage for Pentecost as the next step in Israel’s prophetic program rather than the beginning of the Church, the Body of Christ.