The Apostles Creed 6 We Believe He Ascended into Heaven

The Apostles’ Creed — foundational to our Apostolic Christian faith

The Apostles’ Creed

We believe JESUS ascended into heaven..

Structure of Christian CREEDS

Here’s a brief outline of the fundamental objects of our faith found in The Creed:

1. God
2. Jesus Christ
3. the Holy Spirit
   • and the Virgin Mary
4. Jesus was crucified
   • and was buried
5. He rose from the dead
6. He ascended to heaven
7. He sits in the favored place of God the Father
8. more…

source: apostles-creed.org

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The early church taught what is basically in the Apostles creed…

It was not till heresies and divisions in the church that any creeds were established.

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We believe Jesus ascended into heaven

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.

Gospel of Mark 16:19 ESV

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Why we believe

Here we have further evidence that the crucified Son of Man, the risen Son of God IS was and will be God. The Apostles’ Creed reiterates the great mystery of the Trinity revealed by Christ.

During His incarnation as the Son of Man and prior to His crucifixion Jesus had confessed:

ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν

“I and the Father are [*] one.”

* One in substance, one and the same.

John 10:30 LSB

During Jesus' many appearances to more than 500 men for 40 days after His resurrection; unlike Lazarus, He appeared to be a man with certain spirit-like charactistics more similar to an angel or even God. 

And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight.

Gospel of Luke 24:30-31 LSB – Jesus on the road to Emmaus

Jesus himself stood among them.

But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit.

“See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

Luke 24:36-40 RSV excerpt

And after the days leading up to the Pentecost (50 days after the Passover feast), Jesus ascended. 

And from the Olde English of the King James Version of the Creed:

‘and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty’

“Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

“It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama’ria and to the end of the earth.”

And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said,

“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Acts of the Apostles 1:6-11 RSV excerpt

I believe that JESUS ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty

from The Apostles’ Creed

As Scripture states:

GOD IS ONE IN ESSENCE,

and as the Gospel reveals,

THREE IN PERSON.

More on Trinity from R.C. Sproul

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