Thematic Bible: Where jesus Christ ascended to


Thematic Bible



that is to say, master! Jesus said to her, touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, "I ascend unto my father and your father, even my God and your God."

Now after the Lord had convers'd with them, he was assum'd up to heaven, where he sat on the right hand of God.

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them, thus it is written, and thus it behov'd Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preach'd in his name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. read more.
you are witnesses of these things. and I am going to send you what my father has promis'd you. but continue in the city of Jerusalem, until you shall be endued with power from on high. At length he led them out as far as Bethany; and stretching out his hands, he gave them his benediction. and while he was blessing them, he was taken from them, and carried up into heaven.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven. but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus, though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God,

but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made; wherefore 'tis said, " when he ascended up on high, he made a number of captives, and gave gifts to men." now his having ascended, what does it mean, but that he had descended into the lower parts of the earth? read more.
he that descended, is the same too that ascended far above all heavens, to perfect all things.

thus baptism, which corresponds to the deluge, does now save us, not as it is a cleansing from external filth, but as it is an engagement to lead a divine life, from the belief of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who being ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God, where angels, dominations, and potentates have been subjected to him.