Acts 1:4

Do not leave Jerusalem. It was "poetic justice" that the church of Christ would begin right in the same city where the enemies of Christ lived. A false religion would have begun hundreds of years later and thousands of miles distant. See note on Acts 2:36-37. But also, Isaiah had prophesied that Jerusalem would be the place where the Good News was first preached (Isaiah 2:3). But wait for the gift. Note it is the Father who promised the gift. The terms of citizenship in the Kingdom must be spoken by the Spirit. [Note the command to "wait" applied only to this time of setting up of Christ's church.]