Jesus - Ascension

Ascension — going or being taken up; the event forty days after the resurrection when Jesus returned to glory in Heaven

‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father’Jesus

Importance

• Confirmation that Jesus is divine

• gives Christians hope that Jesus will return and that Christians can be united with Jesus in Heaven after death

• Jesus could send the Holy Spirit into the world [because Christians believe in salvation through the spirit']

Influence

• To feel hopeful for eternal life in Heaven with Jesus

• To follow Jesus’ teachings as this confirms he is divine