The parting words of Yeshua (Jesus) have inspired his followers for two millennia:
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 ESV
Many Christians (including Messianic and Hebrew Roots believers) regard this verse as a job description, made possible by the gift of the Holy Spirit. That’s the emphasis I usually hear in teachings from this text. Some messages cover the geographic aspect, demonstrating how the expansion of the Early Church was exactly as Yeshua directed: from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria, and then to the end of the earth. That is true, but it’s also historical, which is a problem. If the Bible is, as we profess, the living Word of God, applicable in our present just as it was in the past, then the places of the Bible should be relevant to us as well. They are, of course, but few people know why those biblical places are relevant because they don’t know what they are called today and where to find them on a map.
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The parting words of Yeshua (Jesus) have inspired his followers for two millennia: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth