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lemonrock 68M
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6/4/2007 7:03 pm
Heaven is Our Destination
Heaven is Our Destination

The Ascension of Jesus to heaven–not the event as past event, but the mystery. As such, the event is over and done with. But as mystery, the Ascension has a deep significance for our life. It teaches us many things and feeds our soul. What does it tell us that can profit us during my life’s journey.

One thing it spells out very clearly is the destination of our journey. For by rising bodily into the sky, Jesus is telling us in a most graphic way that the goal of our life is heaven. He had said to his disciples at the Last Supper: “In my Father’s house there are many dwellings places… I am going to prepare a place for you… I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be” (John 14:2-3 ). And a little later he had said in a prayer to this Father; “Father… I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory” (John 17:24 ). Here Jesus prays so that we may ultimately join him in heaven and happily gaze at his beauty face-to-face forever. Now, on the occasion of his Ascension, Jesus is beginning to execute his great plan. He is physically showing us that he is launching on his return to the Father, there to prepare our residence. In other words, when he entered the glorious phase of his life at the Resurrection, he has not forgotten us. Everything he does, he still does for us. Even his Ascension is a gift of reassurance. For from abandoning us, he is on his way to facilitate our blesses eternity in heaven.

Another thing which the Ascension teaches by the same token is that I must never get so involved in our various activity that we lose sight to our ultimate destination. And this can be a temptation for some of us who have a super active temperament and are always trying to do three things at the same time. It is possible to become so involved in certain activities (even religious ones!) that we eventually forget the ultimate purpose of our lives. The Ascensions reminds us of our orientation. As the apostle Paul tells the Colossians; “Seek the things that are above, where Christ is” (3:1). He likewise reminds the Philippians that “our city is in heaven” (3:20 ).


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