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Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he returned to heaven. The Ascension is so important that all the major creeds of Christian faith affirm it.

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Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he ascended bodily into
heaven. The Ascension is so important that all the major creeds of Christian
faith affirm it.

Christ’s bodily ascension foreshadows our own entrance into heaven with
glorified bodies. 1 John 3:2 tells us: “Dear friends, now we are children
of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that
when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

Jesus not only redeemed us from sin, but made us righteous in his own
righteousness. He not only forgave our sins, but seated us with himself at
the right hand of the Father.

The apostle Paul wrote in Colossians 3:1-4:

“Since, then, you have
been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is
seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on
earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in
God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
him in glory.”

We do not yet see and experience the full glory of our resurrection and
ascension with Christ, but Paul tells us that it is no less real. The day is
coming, he says, the day when Christ appears, that we will experience it in
full.

What will our new body be like? Paul gives us an idea in 1 Corinthians
15.

“…The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it
is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is
raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body…”
(1 Corinthians 15:42-44)

“And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we
bear the likeness of the man from heaven.” (verse 49)

“When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the
mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” (verse 54)

 

God did not merely forgive our sins and then leave us on our own to try
to be righteous. As Paul tells us in Ephesians 2, because of his great
love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with
Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace
you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated
us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.

This is the foundation of our faith and hope. God has made us one with
Christ so that in him we can share in the love relationship he has with the
Father and the Spirit. In Christ, we are the Father’s beloved children in
whom he is well pleased.

I’m Joseph Tkach, speaking of LIFE.

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Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he ascended bodily into
heaven. The Ascension is so important that all the major creeds of Christian
faith affirm it.

Christ’s bodily ascension foreshadows our own entrance into heaven with
glorified bodies. 1 John 3:2 tells us: “Dear friends, now we are children
of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that
when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

Jesus not only redeemed us from sin, but made us righteous in his own
righteousness. He not only forgave our sins, but seated us with himself at
the right hand of the Father.

The apostle Paul wrote in Colossians 3:1-4:

“Since, then, you have
been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is
seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on
earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in
God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
him in glory.”

We do not yet see and experience the full glory of our resurrection and
ascension with Christ, but Paul tells us that it is no less real. The day is
coming, he says, the day when Christ appears, that we will experience it in
full.

What will our new body be like? Paul gives us an idea in 1 Corinthians
15.

“…The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it
is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is
raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body…”
(1 Corinthians 15:42-44)

“And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we
bear the likeness of the man from heaven.” (verse 49)

“When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the
mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” (verse 54)

 

God did not merely forgive our sins and then leave us on our own to try
to be righteous. As Paul tells us in Ephesians 2, because of his great
love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with
Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace
you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated
us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.

This is the foundation of our faith and hope. God has made us one with
Christ so that in him we can share in the love relationship he has with the
Father and the Spirit. In Christ, we are the Father’s beloved children in
whom he is well pleased.

I’m Joseph Tkach, speaking of LIFE.

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