Lord’s Day 18, Chapter 2: The Presence of the Ascended Lord (1)

"Christ," so the Catechism instructs us, "in sight of His disciples, was taken up from earth into heaven." "Christ," so the Catechism instructs us, "in sight of His disciples, was taken up from earth into heaven." This does not mean that the disciples on mount Olivet could, with their earthly eyes, behold the heaven of glory, and see the Lord enter into it. What they did see was that He was taken up from them, as a sign to them that He departed from them to see them no more, "and a cloud...