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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55048" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55048" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49624" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49624" /> == | ||
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== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47416" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47416" /> == | ||
<p> With peculiar reference to our Lord Jesus Christ, the [[Psalmist]] demands, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?" ( | <p> With peculiar reference to our Lord Jesus Christ, the [[Psalmist]] demands, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?" ( Psalms 24:3) And in answer to the enquiry, we may truly say, that the glorious doctrine of the ascension is never cordially received, nor indeed properly understood, until that we are taught by the Lord the Spirit, to have both a just apprehension of his person who is ascended, and the blessed purposes included in that ascension for his church and people. The personal honour put upon Christ in our nature, and the oneness and interest all his redeemed have in that honour, are among the first and most important views we are called upon everlastingly to cherish in the heart, concerning our risen and exalted Saviour. It is our nature in the person of the man Christ Jesus that is thus exalted. And the purpose of that exaltation is, to receive gifts for men: or, as the margin of our Bibles renders the expression, it is to receive gifts in the man, even the human nature of Christ. ( Psalms 68:18) Oh! precious, precious in the [[Godhead]] of Christ's nature, no gifts could be received, all things being his in common with the Father and the Holy Ghost; so when received by Christ, as the Head of his body the church, it is as the Head of communication in "the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." ( Ephesians 1:22-23) And when this blessed doctrine is fully received, and lived upon, and enjoyed, what unknown blessings are contained in this one view, which the soul hath in this unceasing contemplation of our glorious and ascended Lord Jesus! </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38596" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38596" /> == | ||
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89066" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89066" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. </p> | ||
== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18398" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18398" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See [[Jesus Christ]] sub-heading ‘Resurrection and exaltation of Jesus’. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1307" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1307" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15008" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15008" /> == | ||
