is of special meaning in the history of heaven. It reveals anew that the history of heaven is closely bound up with that of the earth. The diastase [separation] and the conjunction are clearly revealed. For Christ withdrew from the dwelling place of his people. The Greek puts it thus: he made diastase between himself and them [diestē ap’ autōn, Lk. 24:51]. But there is conjunction also; Christ carried his physical body to heaven, a pledge of the coming union between heaven and earth. And he sent