“Q.49. HOW DOES CHRIST’S ASCENSION TO HEAVEN BENEFIT US?
A. First, he pleads our cause in heaven in the presence of his Father. Second, we have our own flesh in heaven – a guarantee that Christ our head will take us, his members, to himself in heaven. Third, he sends us his Spirit to us on earth as a further guarantee. By the Spirit’s power we make the goal of our lives, not earthly things, but the things above where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand.”
– The Heidelberg Catechism, Question # 49
(HT: Of First Importance)
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