live in His life; they work His work; they suffer in His sufferings; they die in His death; they rise in His Resurrection; they ascend to the heavenly places in His Ascension; they sit with Him upon His throne; they accompany Him as His assessors when He comes to judge the world at the last day; they reign thereafter as kings and priests with Him, the King and Priest of the new creation, for ever and ever. This doctrine of the union between the Lord Jesus Christ and His people is the central doctrine