Psalms 68:18
68:18 You ascend on high,
you have taken many captives.
You receive tribute from men,
including even sinful rebels.
Indeed the Lord God lives there!
Luke 24:49
24:49 And look, I am sending you
what my Father promised.
But stay in the city
until you have been clothed with power
from on high.”
Acts 1:4-5
1:4 While he was with them,
he declared,
“Do not leave Jerusalem,
but wait there
for what my
Father promised,
which you heard about from me.
1:5 For
John baptized with water, but you
will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Acts 2:33
2:33 So then, exalted
to the right hand
of God, and having received
the promise of the Holy Spirit
from the Father, he has poured out
what you both see and hear.
Ephesians 4:8-13
4:8 Therefore it says
, “
When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”
4:9 Now what is the meaning of “
he ascended,” except that he also descended
to the lower regions,
namely, the earth?
4:10 He, the very one
who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
4:11 It was he
who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
4:12 to equip
the saints for the work of ministry, that is,
to build up the body of Christ,
4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to
the measure of Christ’s full stature.