Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Theme · christological

Ascension

Psalm 110 anticipates it: 'Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool.' Daniel sees one like a Son of Man approaching the Ancient of Days and receiving an everlasting dominion. After the resurrection, Jesus ascends from the Mount of Olives and is received into a cloud. The apostles interpret this as his enthronement — he is now Lord of all, interceding for his people and pouring out the Holy Spirit. Hebrews portrays the ascension as Christ entering the true holy of holies, the heavenly sanctuary, to present his own blood once for all.

Passages expressing this theme

  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
  • Acts 1:10 — And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
  • Acts 1:11 — Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
  • Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
  • Acts 7:56 — And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Dan 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
  • Eph 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Eph 4:8 — Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
  • Eph 4:10 — He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
  • Heb 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
  • Heb 4:14 — Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
  • Heb 8:1 — Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
  • Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Ps 47:5 — God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
  • Ps 68:18 — Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  • Ps 110:1 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.