Ephesians 1:20-23
1:20 This power
he exercised
in Christ when he raised him
from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms
1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
1:22 And God
put all things under Christ’s
feet,
and he gave him to the church as head over all things.
1:23 Now the church is
his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Acts 1:9
1:9 After
he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 1:11
1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here
looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven
will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:1
Jesus Ascends to Heaven
1:1 I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach
Acts 3:16
3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’
name,
his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The
faith that is through Jesus
has given him this complete health in the presence
of you all.
Hebrews 4:14
Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest
4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 7:26
7:26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 8:1
The High Priest of a Better Covenant
8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Hebrews 9:23-24
9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches
of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,
but the heavenly things themselves required
better sacrifices than these.
9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation
of the true sanctuary
– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.