After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, 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 ...

It culminates in Jesus’ Ascension into heaven, 40 days after His resurrection. Though quieter than Good Friday or Easter Sunday, Easter Monday holds a subtle yet powerful spiritual meaning.

The belief that Jesus died on the cross but rose three days later and ascended into heaven is the central tenet of ...

“A fundamental article of the Christian faith is that the resurrected Christ now dwells in Heaven. We are told that His resurrected body on Earth was physical and that this same, physical Jesus ...

And, on day 40, just before ascending into heaven, He preached the Great Commission, as it has come to be known (Matthew 28:18–20): Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven ...

This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’ ...

Summary: This assembly focuses on helping children identify the 'sad' and 'happy' parts of the Easter story and relate them to a promise Jesus made to his followers as he ascended into heaven.

Pentecost takes place 50 days after Easter. It celebrates the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the community after Jesus ascended into heaven. The story from the Acts of the Apostles describes this ...