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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
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Christ's ascension into heaven was, as it were, his solemn enthronization, whereby the Father did set him upon the throne, and invest him with the glory of his kingdom which he had purchased for himself, that he might thereby obtain the success of his redemption in conquering all his enemies: Psal. cx.1. "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Christ entered into heaven, in order to obtain the success of his purchase, as the high priest of old, after he had offered sacrifice, entered into the holy of holies with the blood of the sacrifice, in order to obtain the success of the sacrifice which he had offered. See Heb. ix.12. He entered into heaven, the•e to make intercession for his people, to plead the sacrifice which he had made in order to the success of it, Heb. vii.25.
As he ascended into heaven, God the Father did in a visible manner set him on the throne as king of the universe. He then put ⟨p. 184⟩the angels all under him, and subjected heaven and earth under him. that he might govern them for the good of the people for whom he had die•, E•h i 20 21.22
As Christ rose from the dead, so he ascended into heaven as the head of the holy and forerunner of all the church; and so they, as it were, ascend with •im, as well as rise with him: so that we are both raised up together, and made to fit together in heavenly places in Christ, Eh ii 6