It was an amazing moment. Everything that had happened before now seemed to lead up to this. All of those things — the stories and teachings, the miracles, the cross and the empty tomb, all of those things seemed to come together to create this one moment in time.

Jesus spoke with them, explaining once again how all of these things had to happen for him to fulfill the things his father wanted him to fulfill. He reminded them that repentance and forgiveness of sins was the message they were to carry out and proclaim to the world, and he promised that God would soon be sending them some power from on high. It would be a power that would help them fulfill their mission to spread the word.

The crowd was standing in a large semicircle facing Jesus. They were standing on the hill near Bethany,…