The submission into the murky pond distils Beowulf as he overcomes the evil of Grendel’s mother. He submerges from the water, just like Christ ascended into heaven. As Beowulf immerses from the battle with Grendel’s mother, he credits Christ again saying, “I’d have been dead at once...
so (in accordance therewith) I live by the Father." But in what character was He sent, and came down, save as Son of Man, even as He Himself said before: "No man hath ascended into heaven, save He that hath come down from heaven...
“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but...
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The fact that we teach that Christ Jesus ascended into Heaven, which is outside of all time and space, means that we can posit that he has an eternal and timeless priesthood. “You are a priest forever of the order of Melchizedek” (Ps 110:4). His sacrifice is for all time and spac...
Because of a sinless life on earth… Because He – the Son of God made human – surrendered his life to His Father in the ultimate test of faith… because He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven… we can once again be imagers of God. ...
“…the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and the Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it …” (...
Jesus, the God-Man, died, was resurrected, and ascended into heaven. When HE did, the curtain that separated humanity from God was ripped in two. No longer do people need to sacrifice animals, or work through a human mediator. Instead, every person now has direct access to our heavenly ...
“He ascended into heaven. . .”We say this every time we recite the Creed. But what does it mean? Why do we say it, and what are we being asked to believe? Is it an embarrassing myth, a problematic metaphor, or an inexplicable fact? Many Christians would prefer to hurry past the...
He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. WE BELIEVE in the Holy Spirit, the universal Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,