Luke 24:50-53 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.… The ascension was the appropriate bloom and culmination of the resurrection. I. SINCE OUR LORD HAS ASCENDED, WE ARE NEVER TO THINK OF HIM AS DEAD, He has rounded the black and inscrutable Cape of Storms, and changed it for us henceforth into the Cape of Good Hope. It follows that all the great offices pertaining to His exaltation are in active exercise. 1. He stands in heaven to-day the Living Head of His redeemed Church. 2. He stands in heaven to-day our Priestly Advocate. 3. He stands in heaven to-day as the Controller of all things in God's providential government. II. SINCE OUR LORD HAS ASCENDED, WE ARE NEVER TO THINK OF HIM AS DISTANT. Contact of spirit with spirit — nothing can be nearer, more intimate. Christ's inner presence by the Holy Ghost is the special boon and issue of His ascension. III. SINCE OUR LORD HAS ASCENDED, WE ARE NEVER TO THINK OF HIM AS DIFFERENT. He has not laid aside His brotherhood with us. To our Brother's heart prayer must find its way; from Him to us a perfect sympathy must ever flow. (W. Hoyt, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.WEB: He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. |
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