...We affirm in the Apostles' and Nicene Creed that “he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” Jesus himself alluded to his ascension when he answered the disciples when they were complaining that his teaching was hard to accept, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.” (John 6:60-63)
What about this? The ascension can't be a sort of vertical take-off into outer space; or a disappearance in which Jesus changed his physical presence for a spiritual one so that he could be everywhere at the same time. What does it mean that he was taken up into heaven, and what does that mean for us today?
Where
is heaven?
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