The Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ isn’t an insignificant event. This historical event is filled with theological meaning and it offers the believer tremendous benefit and blessing. Along with the universal church, we ought to treasure the truth of our Lord’s ascension.
He ascended to heaven and
is seated at the right hand of God
the Father almighty
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APOSTLES’ & NICENE CREED
Devotion: The Joy of the Ascension (Luke 24:50-53)
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The Heidelberg Catechism
Q: 46: What do you confess when you say,
he ascended into heaven?
That Christ, before the eyes of his disciples, was taken up from the earth into heaven (1), and that he is there for our benefit (2) until he comes again to judge the living and the dead (3).
1. Mk 16:19; Lk 24:50, 51; Acts 1:9-11.
2. Rom 8:34; Heb 4:14; 7:23-25; 9:24.
3. Mt 24:30; Acts 1:11.
Q: 49: How does Christ’s Ascension into heaven benefit us?
First, he is our Advocate in heaven before his Father (1). Second, we have our flesh in heaven as a sure pledge that he, our Head, will also take us, his members, up to himself (2). Third, he sends us his Spirit as a counter-pledge (3), by whose power we seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God, and not the things that are on earth (4).
1. Rom 8:34; 1 Jn 2:1.
2. Jn 14:2; 17:24; Eph 2:4-6.
3. Jn 14:16; Acts 2:33; 2 Cor 1:21, 22; 5:5.
4. Col 3:1-4.