Ascension Sunday: The Relationship Between Heaven and Earth
May 17, 2015
14 min
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May 17, 2015
Ascension Sunday: The Relationship Between Heaven and Earth
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Ascension Sunday: The Relationship Between Heaven and Earth
Summary
We tend to read the Ascension along enlightenment lines, as if Christ has gone to a distant, irrelevant place. The reality point is this: Jesus, in ascending into heaven, has not gone "up, up, and away." Rather, he has gone to heaven to direct operations more fully here on earth. Jesus has not abandoned earth, but rather, he intends to return in order to bring about the full reconciliation of heaven and earth. In the mean time, he has commissioned his follows to begin that work now... within the Church.
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