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In this final volume of a four-volume series, Michael Horton explores the origin, mission, and destiny of the church through the lens of covenantal theology. Arguing that the history of Israel and the covenant of grace provide the proper context for New Testament ecclesiology, Horton then shows how the church is constituted through the ascension of Christ, the Pentecost, and the Parousia and how...

and ascension standing between Palm Sunday and Christ’s return. It is this space—the “epicletic interim,” that the church would occupy in this age, so Jesus introduces the disciples to the Holy Spirit. Acts 1 marks the transition from the ascension to Pentecost. Ordered by Christ to remain in Jerusalem “for the promise of the Father”: the baptism with the Holy Spirit “not many days from now” (Acts 1:1–5). About 120 people were gathered in the upper room, near the temple, where
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