p. 3 | The Ascended Lord by Ellen G. White

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 15, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 20.

The Ascended Lord.

By Ellen G. White

By Mrs. E. G. White.

THE disciples not only saw the Lord ascend, but they had the testimony of the angels that He had gone to occupy His Father’s throne in heaven. The last remembrance that the disciples were to have of their Lord was as the sympathizing Friend, the glorified Redeemer. Moses veiled his face to hide the glory of the law which was reflected upon it, and the glory of Christ’s ascension was veiled from human sight. The brightness of the heavenly escort, and the opening of the glorious gates of God to welcome Him, were not to be discerned by mortal eyes.

Had the track of Christ to heaven been revealed to the disciples in all its inexpressible glory, they could not have endured the sight. Had they beheld the myriads of angels, and heard the burst of triumph from the battlements of heaven, as the everlasting doors were lifted up, the contrast between that glory and their own lives in a world of trial, would have been so great that they would hardly have been able to again take up the burden of their earthly lives, prepared to execute with courage and faithfulness the commission given them by the Saviour. They were to keep distinctly before their minds the beauty and majesty of His life, and the mysterious union of the divine and human in His nature. His visible ascent from the world was in harmony with the meekness and quietness of His life. The disciples returned to Jerusalem, rejoicing because Jesus had wrought out salvation for man. He had ascended to heaven to carry forward the work of atonement, as man’s Advocate and Intercessor with the Father.