Jesus Christ ascended from the earth with a shout and the sound of the archangel's trumpet when He defeated sin. From His birth to His resurrection, He was continually ascending to God as a fragrant aroma—a pleasing Son. He delighted His Father in all things therefore the result was to be drawn back to the Godhead to become all in all with the Father and the Spirit.
Are we ascending to God today? Our ascent is predicated upon our obedience, beloved of God. When we are pleasing to the Father, He draws us higher and higher in the things of the Spirit. To ascend, we must descend first in surrender to His will. (Consider Enoch who pleased God to such an extent that He took Him bodily to heaven [Hebrews 11:5]). Only when we continue our ascent to God can we know with assurance that His final descent will be for our redemption. When the Last Trumpet sounds and He descends from the clouds, then we can be sure that the promise of our ascent will be confirmed.
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