Forty days after Jesus rose on Easter, he gathered his disciples with him on the Mount of Olives outside of Jerusalem. After giving them some final instructions, he ascended into heaven. This day is ...

Faith versus Evidence: Did Jesus Really Ascend into Heaven ? Following the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christians also posit that after 40 days Jesus rose through the clouds and ascended into ...

Without doubt, the above passages directly contradict with the view that Elijah ascended into heaven. If Elijah ascended up into heaven, why did Jesus who came from heaven make such an unqualified ...

The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ commemorates the Catholic belief of the bodily Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. This is considered a Holy Day of obligation. Following the ...

The Ascension of Jesus should remind Christians of the promise of Heaven and the power of earthly prayer, Pope Benedict XVI said at the Regina Coeli prayer on Sunday. When he ascended into heaven, ...

How high is up? Is that where heaven is? If Jesus ascended into heaven, might we still find his body up there? These are not questions that only children might ask; and if the children do indeed ask ...

Christian liturgical tradition has long associated this Psalm with the triumphal entry of Christ into heaven at the Ascension. The original hymn is equally triumphal and probably accompanied a ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What happened to Jesus after His resurrection? I know He was with His disciples for several weeks, but is it possible He lived on for a period of some years and maybe even had a ...

After Jesus was crucified, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian tradition and a scriptural ...

May 24 will be Ascension Sunday, and since the coronavirus in the Holy Land has resulted in the cancelation of all pilgrimages, expect the two sites associated with the Lord’s Ascension in Jerusalem ...