Where did Jesus go, and where is he now? \u00a0Of course, the standard answer would be ‘in heaven’, but what does that actually mean? \u00a0Especially if we consider the time between Jesus’s resurrection and his ascension, when he came and went from the presence of the disciples in inexplicable ways. \u00a0Where did he go, physically, in between times. \u00a0Presumably, to heaven?<\/p>\n
If Jesus came and went from heaven then in bodily form, does that mean that heaven is an actual, physical place? \u00a0That might fit in with some aspects of scripture but not with others. \u00a0And does that mean that Jesus is presently in a physical heaven in bodily form waiting to return to earth (our universe?) at the Second Coming? \u00a0And is that physical heaven a replica of our physical world, only ‘somewhere else’?<\/p>\n
It is all very difficult once one goes beyond the simple notion that heaven is somewhere else that is inexplicable and mysterious. \u00a0Certainly there are many mysteries in the Christian faith (and all faiths). \u00a0But is it good enough to simply assign Jesus’s present whereabouts to the realm of mystery? \u00a0After all aren’t we promised that we will go there too!<\/p>\n
I wish it were that simple, and I could safely tuck the whole question of heaven and Jesus’s whereabouts away as a mystery. \u00a0Unfortunately, the question keeps coming back and I want a better answer.<\/p>\n
My present answer lies in the notion of time. \u00a0Wherever Jesus (and heaven) is, it is not shackled to our time. \u00a0It is totally independent of our world although it is linked to it. \u00a0So when Jesus leaves\/left our world and returns to it, that does not need to have any relationship to the events of our world. \u00a0Jesus can step in and out of our time anywhere he chooses so to speak. \u00a0He is not carried along by time; just as God is not carried along by time. \u00a0So Jesus can depart from our world at any given point and ‘instantaneously’ reappear at any other point (even millennia apart) without spending any ‘time’ elsewhere. \u00a0So, in a sense, Jesus’ bodily form hasn’t gone any where; it is simply transferring instantaneously from one point of time in our world to another.<\/p>\n
So the question of Jesus’ whereabouts is essentially tied to the parameters of our physical world. \u00a0The moment we depart from these limits to our world (especially time) this question ceases to have any real meaning. \u00a0Once more we return to a sort of mystery; but one that perhaps is a little more understandable.<\/p>\n
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