Jesus' Ascension Brings Sigh of Relief

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Jesus' Ascension Brings Sigh of Relief

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Topics:	Ascension; Authority; Believers; Body of Christ; Christ, authority of; Christ, deity of; Christ, Glory of; Christ, greatness of; Christian life; Christians; Christmas; Church; Distractions; Easter; Experiencing God; Family of God; Focus; Glory; Holidays; Holy Week; Hope; Human limitations; Humanism; Idolatry; Imagination; Intimacy; Knowing God; Lordship; Pentecost; Presence of God; Pride; Spiritual perception; Tradition; Traditions; Vision; Worship
Filters:	Christian Culture; Free; Quotes
References:	Luke 24:50-53 , Acts 1:1-11 , Ephesians 4:7-10
Tone:	Neutral/Mixed

To embrace the Ascension is to heave a sigh of relief, to give up the struggle to be God (and with it the inevitable despair at our constant failure), and to enjoy our status as creatures: image-bearing creatures, but creatures nonetheless.

—N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham (Church of England) and writer (1948—)

N. T. Wright, Surprised by Hope (Harper One, 2008), p. 114