The Book of Acts Concentrates on Christ's Ascension and Heavenly Rule

The Gospel of Luke concentrates on Jesus’ ministry on earth, the book of Acts concentrates on His ascension and heavenly rule.  Acts 1:6–11

Christ ascends on high; not fetched away, as Elijah was, with a chariot of fire and horses of fire, but rising to heaven, as he rose from the grave, purely by his own power, his body being now, as the bodies of the saints will be at the resurrection, a spiritual body, and raised in power and incorruption. Matthew Henry


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