# Jesus’ Last Days on Earth and the New Twelve - The Book of Acts

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 1 Apr 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 185. Join us on this episode where Jesus hangs out with His friends for forty days, sharing amazing stories and promising to always be with them. Then, watch as He zooms up to heaven, leaving His friends staring at the sky until angels promise He'll be back. Back in Jerusalem, the disciples pick Matthias to join their special group, making sure they're ready for whatever comes next! Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all
[0:03] Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
[0:08] Speaker 1: When he had said these things as they were looking,
[0:11] Speaker 1: he was taken up, and a cloud received him out
[0:14] Speaker 1: of their sight. Acts 1, 8-9 Dear God, thank you
[0:20] Speaker 1: that you have chosen us to be your witnesses. You
[0:23] Speaker 1: want everyone to know about your wonderful love, and we
[0:28] Speaker 1: get to be the ones to tell them. Please teach
[0:31] Speaker 1: us in our story today how we can do this well.
[0:35] Speaker 1: Thank you for loving us so much. We love you too.
[0:39] Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:16] Speaker 2: Jesus' last days on earth and the new 12. In
[1:22] Speaker 2: our last story, Jesus continued to appear to his disciples
[1:26] Speaker 2: like Doubting Thomas, and also appeared to the disciples as
[1:30] Speaker 2: they were fishing. He also restored Peter and commanded him
[1:35] Speaker 2: to take care of my sheep and follow me. In
[1:39] Speaker 2: this story, Jesus will ascend into heaven, and the disciples
[1:44] Speaker 2: will be told to wait for the Holy Spirit, as
[1:48] Speaker 2: inspired by the New Testament.
[1:54] Speaker 1: For 40 days.
[2:20] Speaker 2: Jesus was with his disciples and spoke to them about
[2:24] Speaker 2: what was prophesied about him, his death and resurrection. He
[2:29] Speaker 2: told them to go to Jerusalem and wait for the
[2:32] Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to help them on this earth when he
[2:35] Speaker 2: left it. During this period, Jesus spoke and appeared to
[2:39] Speaker 2: many after he was resurrected, speaking to over 500 men, women,
[2:44] Speaker 2: and children who became witnesses to his resurrection. At the
[2:49] Speaker 2: appointed time, He then took his disciples up to the
[2:53] Speaker 2: Mount of Olives. To his disciples, he made a promise
[2:57] Speaker 2: that he would remain with them always in spirit until
[3:00] Speaker 2: the end. He gave them all authority through his power
[3:04] Speaker 2: to make disciples of people of all nations and to
[3:08] Speaker 2: baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and
[3:11] Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. He lifted his hands up to the heavens,
[3:15] Speaker 2: blessed his disciples, and then was instantly taken up to
[3:19] Speaker 2: heaven in a cloud, taken out of sight. They kept
[3:24] Speaker 2: staring into the sky, and then suddenly two men clothed
[3:28] Speaker 2: in white approached them. Why are you standing here staring
[3:32] Speaker 2: at the sky? They said to the men, You look
[3:36] Speaker 2: for Jesus, but he's been taken up into heaven, and
[3:40] Speaker 2: he will come back on a cloud in the same
[3:42] Speaker 2: way you saw him leave. After Jesus ascended into heaven,
[3:47] Speaker 2: The disciples descended from the Mount of Olives and went
[3:50] Speaker 2: back into the city of Jerusalem as they were told.
[3:54] Speaker 2: Once in Jerusalem, they then went to the place where
[3:57] Speaker 2: they were staying. They all gathered together. Peter, John, Andrew, James, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, Bartholomew, James,
[4:07] Speaker 2: son of Alphaeus, Simon, the zealot, and Judas, son of James.
[4:13] Speaker 2: All of the men in the room began praying without ceasing.
[4:16] Speaker 2: With them was Mary, mother of Jesus, and the brothers
[4:20] Speaker 2: of Jesus. After a while, Peter stood and spoke up
[4:24] Speaker 2: among the people, about 120 people, saying, We all know
[4:31] Speaker 2: what was written in Scripture about Judas Iscariot, the man
[4:34] Speaker 2: who sold out our Lord Jesus Christ. He was one
[4:38] Speaker 2: of us, and he did ministry with us. But we
[4:42] Speaker 2: all know his fate, his death in the field of blood.
[4:47] Speaker 2: The psalmist wrote long ago that this man must be
[4:51] Speaker 2: replaced in his place of leadership. So that is what
[4:54] Speaker 2: we must do. We must choose someone who has been
[4:59] Speaker 2: with us from the beginning, someone who has followed the
[5:01] Speaker 2: leadership of our Lord. The men among Peter made their decisions.
[5:07] Speaker 2: They chose to nominate Joseph, Rassabas, and Matthias. After these
[5:12] Speaker 2: nominations were made, They all came together and prayed over
[5:16] Speaker 2: the decision to be made. They prayed for God to
[5:19] Speaker 2: reveal the hearts of the men up for nomination, and
[5:22] Speaker 2: they prayed for God's will to be accomplished in the decision.
[5:27] Speaker 2: After prayer, they cast lots for who was to join
[5:30] Speaker 2: the eleven. The lot fell on Matthias, and he was
[5:35] Speaker 2: elected and added to the eleven to take Judas' position
[5:40] Speaker 2: as an apostle.
[5:44] Speaker 1: Have you ever seen a relay race? Or have you
[5:47] Speaker 1: ever run in one at school? A relay race is
[5:51] Speaker 1: where four athletes run as a team instead of one
[5:54] Speaker 1: person doing all the work. All four take turns running
[5:59] Speaker 1: one section of the race. They carry a stick called
[6:02] Speaker 1: a baton. And when one is done running, he or
[6:05] Speaker 1: she hands it to the next runner who's ready to
[6:07] Speaker 1: take off. In a relay, everyone shares the work. so
[6:11] Speaker 1: together they can go farther than any one of them
[6:14] Speaker 1: can alone. Our story today is a little like a
[6:18] Speaker 1: relay race, isn't it? Jesus has been running really hard.
[6:23] Speaker 1: He's been teaching people about God's love and the kingdom
[6:26] Speaker 1: of heaven. He helped people understand the importance of loving
[6:31] Speaker 1: their neighbor and obeying God. And he even demonstrated real, true,
[6:36] Speaker 1: sacrificial love by dying on the cross for us. Then
[6:40] Speaker 1: he rose again to show everyone God's great power over everything,
[6:46] Speaker 1: even sin and death. But now it's time for Jesus
[6:51] Speaker 1: to pass the baton. He knows that if his message
[6:55] Speaker 1: is really going to spread all over the world, other
[6:58] Speaker 1: people besides just him need to carry it. He knows
[7:02] Speaker 1: that together we can carry God's message of love so
[7:06] Speaker 1: much further than any of us can alone. That's why
[7:10] Speaker 1: he gave his disciples special instructions when he left. More
[7:14] Speaker 1: than that, he gave them his very own power to
[7:18] Speaker 1: carry the baton of his message to the world. Do
[7:22] Speaker 1: you remember what he said? Right before Jesus went back
[7:26] Speaker 1: home to heaven, he said, Go and make disciples of
[7:30] Speaker 1: all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
[7:34] Speaker 1: and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. teaching
[7:38] Speaker 1: them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold,
[7:43] Speaker 1: I am with you always, even to the end of
[7:47] Speaker 1: the age. That's a picture of the race he wanted
[7:51] Speaker 1: his followers to run. And it's the race he wants
[7:54] Speaker 1: you and me to run too. So how do we
[7:58] Speaker 1: do it? By telling everyone everywhere how great God is
[8:03] Speaker 1: and then helping them live the way he told us to.
[8:07] Speaker 1: You see, Jesus came to invite everyone into his kingdom.
[8:12] Speaker 1: That's what he meant when he said, go and make
[8:16] Speaker 1: disciples of all nations. God wants people from Afghanistan to
[8:21] Speaker 1: Zimbabwe and every country in between to understand that he
[8:26] Speaker 1: loves them. And he wants them to follow him just
[8:30] Speaker 1: like Peter and John and all the other disciples did
[8:34] Speaker 1: when Jesus was on earth. He doesn't want anyone to
[8:38] Speaker 1: be left out. That's why he handed the baton to
[8:42] Speaker 1: his disciples back then and why he's handing it to
[8:46] Speaker 1: you and me today. Because even now, so many people
[8:52] Speaker 1: don't know about Jesus. They don't know God loves them
[8:56] Speaker 1: and that he wants them to be part of his kingdom,
[8:59] Speaker 1: part of his family. Millions of people don't understand what
[9:04] Speaker 1: it means to be Jesus' disciple or how to obey
[9:09] Speaker 1: what the Bible says. They don't know God keeps his
[9:12] Speaker 1: promises or that they can trust him. And Jesus is
[9:16] Speaker 1: passing his baton to you and me so we can
[9:19] Speaker 1: tell them. Now, you might worry that you won't be
[9:23] Speaker 1: able to answer every person's questions perfectly or explain everything
[9:28] Speaker 1: just right.
[9:30] Speaker 3: That's okay.
[9:31] Speaker 1: Because even though Jesus isn't running... He's cheering you on
[9:35] Speaker 1: from the stands. Did you hear what he said? I
[9:39] Speaker 1: will be with you even to the end. God sees
[9:43] Speaker 1: you and he's trusting you with the special message of
[9:46] Speaker 1: his love. He hasn't left you to carry his message
[9:50] Speaker 1: into the world alone. He is with you. And together
[9:54] Speaker 1: with him, you'll go farther than you ever could alone.
[9:57] Speaker 1: I am so happy you joined. me today come back
[10:02] Speaker 1: next time to hear what happens when the holy spirit
[10:04] Speaker 1: comes to live with the jesus's followers remember the bible
[10:09] Speaker 1: is the best story ever told it's god's story to
[10:12] Speaker 1: you and it's all true did you love our story
[10:17] Speaker 1: Pass on the joy to someone you love and together
[10:20] Speaker 1: let's bring these messages to more kids and their families.
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