Jesus spent those forty days meeting with His followers, deconstructing their false notions about the kingdom of God, and then setting them on the right course. By the time He ascended to heaven, the disciples had been well provisioned with the truth. Unfortunately, they had no power. And truth without power accomplishes little in a world dominated by evil. As it happens, the Lord never intended to send them out powerless. Therefore, He told them to wait for a special event, describing it in terms