Question 53. How was Christ exalted in his ascension?

 

Question 53. How was Christ exalted in his ascension?

Answer. Christ's exaltation in his ascension means that after his resurrection he often appeared to his apostles, talked with them, and spoke to them of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, and gave them the commission to preach the gospel to all nations; and then forty days after his resurrection he ascended into the highest heaven, in our nature, as our head, triumphing over his enemies, and in the sight of men, where he received gifts for men, and made us long for it, and prepared a place for us, where the Lord is, and will remain until his second coming at the end of the world.

In John 14:2-3, it says, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” Christ’s ascension is to prepare a place for the saints. When the angels sinned, God took away their dwelling place and confined them in the flesh, making them human beings. However, when they repented, took off their fleshly bodies, put on spiritual bodies, and returned to the kingdom of God, they returned to their original dwelling place. Where is the kingdom of God to which they will return? Although humans cannot know spiritual things, they experience the kingdom of God while their bodies are alive. This refers to the kingdom of God in their spirit.

In 2 Corinthians 5:1-2, it says, "For we know that if the earthly tent which is our home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, longing to be covered with our dwelling which is from heaven."

In 1 Peter 3:22, “Who has ascended into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.” Christ ascended and returned to the right hand of God. The saints also ascended with Christ. Ephesians 2:6, “And raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” And since Christ has come again into the hearts of the saints, the saints have also entered their hearts as spirits. That is why the saints establish the kingdom of God.

The second coming of Jesus Christ is for the saints to enter the temple established in the hearts of the saints and establish the kingdom of God. Therefore, the second coming has occurred, but for those who have not established the kingdom of God, there will be judgment at the end of time through the second coming of Jesus.

 

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