Ascension of Christ

Bibliography: B. K. Donne, Christ Ascended, 1983; Peter Toon, The Ascension of Our Lord, 1984.——PT Ascension (of Christ) ASCENSION (OF CHRIST) (עָלָה, H6590, ἀναβάινω, go up; also ἀναλαμβάνεσθαι, to be taken up, ἐπαίρεσθαι, to be lifted up). The exaltation of Christ to the presence of the Father in glory after His Resurrection from the dead. Biblical information. Anticipations in the OT and later Judaism. During our Lord’s earthly ministry. Description of the event in the gospels and Acts. Further references in Acts. The speeches in Acts reveal that the essence of the apostles’ preaching was that the same Jesus who went about doing good and mighty deeds, and who died in accordance with God’s plan, was raised from the dead (of which the apostles, and all in Jerusalem, are witnesses [2:32]), and ascended to heaven, where He is now seated at God’s right hand. From there He has bestowed the gift of the Holy Spirit, and will one day come to establish His kingdom. Foundatio