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| | [[File:Jesus ascending to heaven.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|The Ascension by James Singleton Copley (1738–1815) ]] | | [[File:Jesus ascending to heaven.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|The Ascension by James Singleton Copley (1738–1815) ]] |
| − | '''The Ascensionof Christ''' refers to [[Jesus]] going up bodily into the clouds while His [[The Twelve Apostles|disciples]] watched, after first giving them instructions to wait in [[Jerusalem]] until He would send them the [[Holy Spirit]] ([[Pentecost]]). The ascension occurred 40 days after his [[Resurrection]]. He has promised to return the same way some day. ([[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts]] 1:4-11). [[Paul]] discusses Jesus's bodily ascension in his letters. (Ephesians 4:8-10, and in Timothy 3:16) | + | '''The Ascension of Christ''', commemorated roughly 40 days after the [[Resurrection Sunday]], refers to [[Jesus]] going up bodily into the clouds while His [[The Twelve Apostles|disciples]] watched, after first giving them instructions to wait in [[Jerusalem]] until He would send them the [[Holy Spirit]] ([[Pentecost]]). He has promised to return the same way someday. ([[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts]] 1:4-11). [[Paul]] discusses Jesus's bodily ascension in his letters. (Ephesians 4:8-10, and in Timothy 3:16) |
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| | When [[Salvation|good]] people die, their [[soul]]s ascend to [[Heaven]], but not their bodies. | | When [[Salvation|good]] people die, their [[soul]]s ascend to [[Heaven]], but not their bodies. |
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| − | ''Although the place of the Ascension is not distinctly stated, it would appear from the Acts that it was Mount Olivet.''<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm Ascension], New Advent website</ref> The Feast of the Ascension, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2, take universal observance the fortieth day after Easter Sunday. | + | ''Although the place of the Ascension is not distinctly stated, it would appear from the Acts that it was Mount Olivet.''<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm Ascension], New Advent website</ref> The Feast of the Ascension, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to {{bibleref|Luke|24|51}}, {{bibleref|Acts|1|2}}, and {{bibleref|Mark|16|19}} (but see [[Mark ending]]) take universal observance the fortieth day after Easter Sunday. |
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| | == Feast of the Ascension of Jesus == | | == Feast of the Ascension of Jesus == |