Thread by @pj_schreiner

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

(1 Tim 3:16)

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"For Christ left us in such a way that his presence might be more useful to us….He withdrew his bodily presence from our sight, not to cease to be present with believers….but to rule heaven and earth with a more immediate power."

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“Heaven has the holy body and earth received the Holy Spirit.”

- John Chrysostom

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"So, far, from separating us from Jesus, the ascension makes the historical living Jesus. . . . our perennial meeting place with God until he returns."

- Douglas Farrow

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The ascension “is the setting of man, once and for all, within the open horizons of the trinitarian life and love.”

- Douglas Farrow

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“The unifying climax of the whole [kingly] story is contained in the ascension.”

- Douglas Farrow

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In the “incarnation the eternal joined the temporal, so with the ascension the temporal joined the eternal.”

- Giorgio Buccellati

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Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!

Psalm 24

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If we neglect the ascension, we may desert Christ’s work in the present.

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If we neglect the ascension, we might spiritualize Christ’s current reign.

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If we neglect the ascension, we might misunderstand the power and mission of the church.

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If we neglect the ascension, we might forget our call to the world.

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If we neglect the ascension, we might forget he will return in the same way he left.

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If we neglect the ascension, the story of Christ is incomplete.

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Here's a little taste of my book on the ascension (reflecting on the relationship between the ascension and the incarnation).

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