Memorable Ascension Sunday Quotes

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"I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."
Jesus Christ (John 20:17)
"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God."
Mark 16:19
"While he blessed them, he departed from them and was carried up into heaven."
Luke 24:51
"And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight."
Acts 1:9
"Heaven is not only a location but also a state of being."
Thomas Merton
"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit."
1 Peter 3:18
"We are citizens of heaven."
Philippians 3:20
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"Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name."
Philippians 2:9
"Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:2
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."
Hebrews 11:1
"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God."
Colossians 3:1
"He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe."
Ephesians 4:10
"I go to prepare a place for you."
John 14:2
"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ."
Philippians 3:20
"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself."
John 12:32
"The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalm 27:1
"Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later."
Romans 8:18
"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus."
Ephesians 2:6
"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die'."
John 11:25
"And after the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God."
Saint Mark
"Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things."
Isaiah 40:26
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"Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death."
Søren Kierkegaard
"To be with Christ, that is the all of heaven, and the fulfilling of all happiness."
David Dickson
"Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people."
Richard Baxter
"He was taken up that we might believe that we too shall ascend."
Saint Augustine
"“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.”"
1 Thessalonians 4:14
"“So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.”"
Mark 16:19
"“While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.”"
Luke 24:51
"“Looking intently into the sky as he went, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have seen him go into heaven.’”"
Acts 1:10-11
"“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.”"
Ephesians 1:17
"“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”"
Hebrews 6:19-20
"“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”"
John 12:32
"“Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.”"
Acts 2:33
"“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.”"
1 Peter 3:18
"“But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.”"
Hebrews 10:12
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"“He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”"
Nicene Creed
"“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”"
Psalm 24:9
"“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”"
Philippians 3:20
"“God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.”"
Psalm 47:5
"“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”"
Hebrews 12:2
"“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.”"
Philippians 2:9
"“Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”"
Hebrews 13:20-21
"“Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.”"
Acts 3:21
"“I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”"
John 20:17
"“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”"
Pope John Paul II
"“He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.”"
Acts 1:9
"“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”"
Colossians 3:1
"“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”"
John 14:3
"“Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.”"
Søren Kierkegaard
"“The Ascension is the removal of the last barrier between the spiritual and the material."
C.S. Lewis
"I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
Jesus Christ (John 14:2-3)
"He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight."
Acts 1:9 (Describing the Ascension)
"This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."
Acts 1:11 (Angel speaking to the Apostles)
"For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence."
Hebrews 9:24
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God."
Colossians 3:1
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf."
Hebrews 6:19-20
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:2
"He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father, and will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead."
The Nicene Creed
"After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God."
Mark 16:19
"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name."
Philippians 2:9
"The Ascension is the missing piece to the puzzle of the Gospel."
R.C. Sproul
"The Ascension, although it is a historical event, is not simply a historical event. It is a mystery."
Pope Benedict XVI
"Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ."
Philippians 3:20
"Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in."
Psalm 24:7
"Christ has not only been to heaven, but He is in heaven for us; He is there as our representative, our forerunner, our advocate."
John Calvin
"The Ascension marks the final stage of Jesus’ earthly existence. His return to the Father completes the Paschal Mystery."
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
"God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet!"
Psalm 47:5
"Ascension Day is of profound significance. It is the crowning of Christ's work."
Sinclair Ferguson
"The Ascension taught the disciples, and teaches us, that Christ's kingdom is not of this world."
Alexander MacLaren
"Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."
Hebrews 13:20-21
"He ascended triumphantly."
Martin Luther
"The Ascension is the guarantee of our own ascension."
Athanasius of Alexandria
"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."
Pope John Paul II
"The Lord Jesus Christ, who after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God."
Mark 16:19 (King James Version)
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