5/17/15
Chris Breslin
Luke 24:44-53
“His ascent to heaven, like his ascent to the cross, is a journey undertaken on behalf of God’s people and with a view to the realization of their kingdom hopes. That is the context in which the disciples are commissioned for their journeys; the outward spiral of the apostolic mission is the ripple in the sea that makes the upwards passage of Jesus to receive what was promised.” –Douglas Farrow
Scripture Excerpts
Further Ascension Reading
The Ascension: Humanity in the Presence of God by Tim Chester & Jonny Woodrow
Jesus Ascended by Gerrit Dawson
Ascension and Ecclesia by Douglas Farrow
Upward by Anthony Kelly
Give Them Christ by Stephen Seamunds
How God Became King by N.T. Wright
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N.T. Wright
Animated Explanation of ‘Heaven & Earth’ by the Bible Project
