Question 32 of 118
Wherein consists Christ’s exaltation?
Christ’s exaltation consists in His rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.
Scripture proofs
- 1 Corinthians 15:4
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Acts 1:11
who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
- Mark 16:19
So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Acts 17:31
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
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