Patrick Schreiner
Lexham Press. 120 pp.
The Ascension is essential to the gospel. The good news of Jesus includes his life, death, resurrection, and future return but what about his ascension? Though often neglected or misunderstood, the ascension is integral to the gospel.
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The Ascension of Christ, Patrick Schreiner argues that Jesus’ work would be incomplete without his ascent to God’s right hand. Not only a key moment in the gospel story, Jesus’ ascension was necessary for his present ministry in and through the church. Schreiner argues that Jesus’ residence in heaven marks a turning point in his three-fold offices of prophet, priest, and king. As prophet, Jesus builds the church and its witness. As priest, he intercedes before the Father. As king, he rules over all.
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Sunday: Lying in a Feeding Trough
The fullness of time had come. For thousands upon thousands of years, God’s people waited for the coming of the greater son of David, the Messiah-King of Israel. The promised Prince of Peace. And now, their prophets’ wildest, God-wrought dreams finally materialized as angel choirs announced,
The King is here! Born this very day.
In the Messiah’s arrival, we marvel at but expect an angel of the Lord to proclaim it. We gape at but expect a whole army of angels to burst into praise. We might even expect this proclamation to ring through royal halls or in the temple anywhere other than some obscure field near Bethlehem . to shepherds.