Living by the word: power point: the ascension is not merely a matter of visualizing Jesus as lifted up into the clouds.

From: The Christian Century | Date: May 3, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Sunday, May 8

Ephesians 1:15-23

AS LONG AS the ascension is in any way related to upward movement (like an elevator going to the clouds), I am and will continue to be unmoved. The vertical directional imagery just doesn't do it for me. I am not even moved to argue about whether or not "it" happened.

The doctrine of the ascension may have been given bad press because of its popular meaning, which seems related to ideas like "ascending to the third floor," and less often to "ascending to the place of power." That is, it's vertical. Most people's views of the ascension ...

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