Ascension and the Kingdom of God

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 ESV 

Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after  destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he  has put all his enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is  death. 27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says,  “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in  subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself  will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God  may be all in all. 

Acts 17:1-9 

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came  to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2And Paul went in, as was  his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the  Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer  and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” 4And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great  many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. 5But the Jews were  jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city  in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the  crowd.6And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the  brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the  world upside down have come here also, 7 and Jason has received them, and they are  all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king,  Jesus.” 8And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. 9And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest,  they let them go