The Ascension Of Christ And It's Meaning

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Dive with me into the scriptures related to the ascension of Christ. Let's cross examine the texts to extract fuller details of the event and its meaning.

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Bible verses related to the ascension of Christ

Mark and Luke wrote about some of the Lord's appearances on the day of His Resurrection. However, they did not write about the forty day period that He spent with them.

Mar 16:19

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Mar 16:20

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Luke's account of the ascension of Jesus

Luke said that Jesus led the disciples out to Bethany and ascended there.

 

Luk 24:50

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Luk 24:51

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

Luk 24:52

And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

Luk 24:53

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Book of Acts account of the ascension of Jesus

The writer of the Book of Acts said that Jesus remained with His disciples ascended on the Mount Olives.

Act 1:1

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Act 1:1

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Act 1:2

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Act 1:3

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:...

Act 1:9

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Act 1:10

And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

Act 1:11

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Act 1:12

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

 

Apostle Paul documents appearances of the Lord to the twelve and to His Church 

1Co 15:6

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

Significance of the ascension of Christ

The ascension

Jesus ascended to Heaven and is alive forevermore. The scriptures documents post ascension visions of the Lord:

• Stephen - Acts 7: 55 & 56.
• Apostle Paul - 1 Corinthians 15: 8.
• He is at the right hand of God - texts
• He rules over angels, powers and authority - 1 Peter 3: 22.
• He is the Head of the church and all fullness dwells in Him - Colossians 1:  18 & 19

Meaning of the 40 day stay with the church

For completion of the work - He had to give infallible proofs of His resurrection

Location of the ascension

Jesus ascended on Mount Olives (Acts 1: 12) in the region of Bethany. Bethany means "house of dates" or, "house of misery." It was  a village on the Mount of Olives, about two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, on or near the normal road to Jericho.

According to the AI review,  Biblical Bethany is located on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives. Modern day Bethany is the Palestinian town of Al-Eizariya (or al-Azariyeh), which is derived from the name Lazarus.

Bethany featured during the Lord's ministry:

• The home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha was located here, and He often spent time with them. 
• It was that Lazarus who He raised from the dead. 
• Lazarus' sister Mary was the one caught in the act of adultery, was the one out of whom He had cast seven devils; and it was this Mary who had anointed His feet with an expensive ointment.
• The house of the Pharisee Simon the leper was here, and Jesus was hosted in him home.

Mount Olives will  be the location of His return as King of Earth

Jesus will touch down with His saints on Mount Olives when He returns in the ninth millennium to reign in the earth. The Angels thus confirmed Zechariah's prophecy when they said, "this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1: 11):

Zec 14:1

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zec 14:2

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zec 14:3

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zec 14:4

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Zec 14:5

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Zec 14:9

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

 

  Bethany in Jerusalem, Israel

Appearance of the Angels at the ascension of Jesus

Angelic visitations were normal in the life of Jesus. They appeared to Mary and Joseph before His birth, to shepherds at His birth, during His temptation, at His resurrection and now at His ascension.

The purpose of the Angelic visitation is to bear witness on behalf of Heaven that He indeed ascended to Heaven. 

So we have, in keeping with the order of  God, the witness of His disciples and the witness of Heaven via the Angels of God. The order of God is to establish His Word by two or three witnesses:

Mat 18:16

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

2Co 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

1Ti 5:19

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

Heb 10:28

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Jesus' Ascension maps the first resurrection

The first resurection is documented in the scriptures as  the ascension of the saints into Heaven to be with the Lord. We must watch and pray and keep our lives clean in order to be counted worthy:

1Th 4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

 

1Th 4:17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1Th 4:18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1Co 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

1Co 15:51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

1Co 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Co 15:53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

 

Rewards wull be given to those who are resurrected

Luk 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Luk 20:35

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

The saints will rule and reign with Christ over the earth for 1000 years

The first resurrection will precede the 1000 year rule of Christ with His saints. People who died outside of Christ will remain in the graves until the second resurrection which will take place at the end of the world:

Rev 20:1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Rev 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Rev 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Rev 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Rev 20:5
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

NB: 

Enoch ascended and never died

Elijah ascended and never died 

Saints in the earth live the heavenly life because of the ascension of  Christ

The scriptures teach that the saints are assigned a priviledged position in the heavenly places because of Christ's ascension:

Eph 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Eph 1:20

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

 

Eph 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Eph 2:5

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

 

Eph 2:6

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Conclusion 

Jesus ascended to take up His position of authority as Head of the Church and to continue to rule over all of the powers of darkness. 

Everything in heaven and earth is under His authority. They must obey His commands.

He arose to continue His ministry of edifying or teaching His church through he elders He appointes.

We believe He ascended and is returning - first to catch His saints away in the First Resurrection then secondly to rule as King over earth for 1000 years:

Revelation 1: 18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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Bible text related to the power of the resurrected body

1Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Apostle Paul contrasts between the weakness and power of the resurrected body

Weakness in the Greek is - Strong's G769 - astheneia.  It means:

- infirmity, infirmities.

- sickness.

- diseases.

- weakness.

Scriptures in which weakness = infirmity and infirmities.

When we group the texts together and read them through, we understand that Paul conveys two meanings. 

First, the body is frail.   

Mat 8:17

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, G769 and bare our sicknesses.

Luk 5:15

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. G769

Luk 8:2

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, G769 Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils.

Luk 13:11

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity G769 eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

Luk 13:12

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. G769

Jhn 5:5

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity G769 thirty and eight years.

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Scriptures in which weakness = sickness.

Jhn 11:4

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness G769 is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Scriptures in which weakness = disease

Act 28:9
So when this was done, others also, which had diseases G769 in the island, came, and were healed:

Scriptures in which weakness = weakness

1Co 2:3

And I was with you in weakness, G769 and in fear, and in much trembling.

1Co 15:43

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; G769 it is raised in power.

It seems to me that another meaning for weakness is the  humility of God to which Christ subjected Himself. He could have called legions of angels to save Him from the cross, but He did not. The saints also follow His example by living with the same meek spirit that dwelt in Christ: 

2Co 13:4
For though he was crucified through weakness, G769 yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

Heb 11:34

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness G769 were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

He is not here. He is Risen

The Power (Strong's G1411 - dynamis) of the Resurrected Body

The resurrected undergo transformation from weakness to power. It will no longer be subject to sickness, infirmities or weakness of any kind. When Jesus was resurrected, He bore the scars of His suffering, but He had a new body that:

- was completely healed of the wounds.

- could appear and vanish

- could ascend and descend between Heaven and earth.

- possessed immortality - His human body died, but His resurrected body was immortal:

Rev 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Rev 2:8

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive

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Bible verse about the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit

Jhn 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach  (g1321/didaskō) you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Biblical usage of the  phrase shall teach in John 14:26 

shall teach  (g1321/didaskō):

1. to teach

   1. to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses

   2. to be a teacher

   3. to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher

2. to teach one

   1. to impart instruction

   2. instill doctrine into one

   3. the thing taught or enjoined

   4. to explain or expound a thing

   5. to teach one something

One Example From Jesus' Teaching Ministry

Jesus taught His disciples about His coming suffering, death and resurrection after three days. However, they did not understand and did not seek clarification.

Mar 8:31
And he began to teach G1321 them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mar 8:32
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Mar 8:33
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Mar 9:31
For he taught G1321 his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

Mar 9:32
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

The disciples did not believe the message that Jesus had risen from the dead

Some of the females went early to to the tomb the first day of the week and saw a vision of angels who told them Jesus had risen. They told the disciples who did not believe:

Luk 24:10
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

Luk 24:11
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Luk 24:12
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

He expounded the scriptures related to His sufferings to those on the Road to Emmaus

Luk 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Luk 24:26
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

Luk 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Jesus' Used The Word of God as the text book

Jesus began at Moses and the Prophets means that He spoke about all of the prophecies about Himself. He gave the disciples a complete panorama of scriptures and did not hop around.

In the same way, the Word of God is the text used by the Holy Ghost.

Jesus taught by expounding the scriptures or by giving the meanings

The Lord expounded the scriptures or interpreted the scriptures about His ministry, sufferings, death, burial and resurrection.  He showed the meaning - e.g Isaiah's prophecy comparing Him to a Lamb.

This is how the Holy Ghost teaches. He is "another comforter." He  teaches us by comparing spiritual with spiritual:

 

1 Co 2:12

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

1Co 2:13

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1Co 2:14 

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

We must immerse in the Word in order to be taught by the Holy Ghost 

Jesus walked along the  Road to Emmaus with the disciples. The walk might have taken about two hours.

He immersed the disciples in the scriptures, and gave expansive information about the topic of His death, burial and resurrection.

To immerse means to focus on a theme and spend time going over the content, just as Jesus did. When we begin to take time in the Word of God, the Holy Spirit is then able to reveal information and truths that He needs us to know.

Jesus talked about a singular theme and did not talk about parables or some other topic

In order to grow in understanding of the scriptures, we need to study by topics or themes. Don't do bible hopping. 

Like the disciples on the Road to Emmaus, take time to listen and even ask the Holy Spirit questions about the content.

Conclusion

Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you the Word of God and spend time on the themes and doctrines in order to grow in grace and the knowledge of God.

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