The Glory of the Ascension

“He was taken up in glory.” This is how Paul describes the ascension of Jesus in an early doctrinal summary of the Christian faith (1 Tim. 3:16). This event in the history of Jesus was then deemed important enough to be included in the Nicene Creed. Despite this, the doctrine has often been neglected in both the pulpit and the theological academy to such an extent that some have described as being in eclipse. A Doctrine in Eclipse Why might this be? Consider the following. First, the challenging cosmology of the ascension. What does his going up from Jerusalem mean...