Restoration

Shows Jesus’ perfect obedience to the will of God countering the disobedience of human sin
Acts as a sacrifice (self-sacrifice)
- “Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world” - John 1:29
- Refers to animal sacrifice in the OT
Opens the way to God for humans
- Which is why in the gospel, the moment Jesus died the temple curtain ,seperating God’d precense from the people, was torn in 2.

Physically resurrected
Proved that Jesus is the son of god & part of the trinity.
Shows power of sin &death was conquered
The harmony of creation ,which was destroyed by human sin was restored
- it is an ongoing process but will be completed in heaven
‘Because death is now no longer the end of everything, joy and hope came into the world.’ (Youcat 108)

Jesus returns to the father
Restoring things to how they were ; Jesus goes back to his father
Inspires christians to join God in heaven.
Jesus promised us the Holy spirit.
in Acts 1, the story does not really make sense – it suggests Jesus goes off like a rocket up into the sky, as if heaven is a place skies
Not all christians believe that the ascension happened
shows that the broken relationship between heaven and earth has been repaired or restored. hence cosmic order.