Acts 1:9-11 NASB
And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “ Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
How did Jesus go into heaven? The traditional answer is up into the clouds.
There is another aspect of His ascending into heaven that is not commonly pointed out. Jesus rose as the first new man of those who would follow. He had assumed our humanity and gave us a path to become a new and complete man, a new creature begotten of God.
We sit with Him on His throne because He became one of us so that we might become one of Him. He brought the divine with Him and lifted us into the sublime.
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