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Who is this ascended Jesus? He is King, Priest and man and is still at work. Ultimately he is humanity in the presence of God. Here we discover how we are a part of the Ascension. With the Spirit's enlightening we can begin to understand the Ascension. Tim Chester introduces us to this important doctrine.

the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess’ (Heb. 4:14). It is an appeal to the ascension. Because Jesus has ascended into heaven, we can and must hold firmly to our faith. How does this work? Central to his argument is his identification of Jesus as a true high priest. Jesus is truly human so He is able to sympathise with us just like the old covenant priests (5:1–10). The old covenant priests had to be Levites and descendants of Aaron whereas Jesus was from the tribe of Judah (securing