Ascension, the Right Hand and the New Name
“…to bring you up out of your graves, My people; and I will put breath in you, and you will live” (Ezekiel 37:13-14).
86. That He will go up into the heavens. David says in the 47th Psalm, “God went up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet” (Psalm 47:5). And Amos says, “He who builds His ascent into heaven” (Amos 9:6).
87. That He Himself was the one who preached. Isaiah says, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord and a day of recompense for our God” (Isaiah 61:1-2). And again, “My people will know My name on that day, that I Myself am the one who speaks. I am here, like one fair among the fair, like one who announces the good news of peace, making your salvation heard” (Isaiah 52:6-7).
88. That His name is in all the earth. Zechariah says, “And all who are left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year by year to worship the Lord Almighty” (Zechariah 14:16). And Ezekiel says, “I will cleanse you, and I will put My Spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:25, 27). And again, “I will give them another heart, and I will give them a new spirit” (Ezekiel 11:19). And David says in the 19th Psalm, “His voice went out into all the earth, and His words to the ends of the world” (Psalm 19:4). And Jeremiah says, “I will give them another way and another heart, to fear Me all their days” (Jeremiah 32:39).
89. That He took His seat at the right hand of the Father not from the time He ascended, but even before that. Isaiah says, “I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up” (Isaiah 6:1). And David says in the 93rd Psalm, “Your throne is prepared, Lord, even from of old; You are from everlasting” (Psalm 93:2). And again he says in the 110th, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet” (Psalm 110:1). And Isaiah says, “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is the footstool of My feet” (Isaiah 66:1).
90. That we shall be called Christians. Isaiah says, “Nations will see your glory, and all kings your righteousness; and you will be called by the new name, which the Lord will name” (Isaiah 62:2). And again, “But those who serve Me will be called by a new name, which will be blessed on the earth” (Isaiah 65:15-16).
91. That the marking on the forehead was also foretold. David says in the 60th Psalm, “You have given those who fear You a mark, to flee from before the bow” (Psalm 60:4). And Isaiah says, “Those who are sealed will be made manifest, so as to learn the law” (Isaiah 8:16). And Ezekiel says, “The Lord said to the man clothed in the long robe, Put the mark on the foreheads of the men who groan and are in anguish over all the iniquities; and go through the middle of Jerusalem…” (Ezekiel 9:4).
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τοῦ ἀναγαγεῖν με ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῶν τάφων ὑμῶν λαός μου· καὶ δώσω πνεῦμα εἰς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ζήσεσθε. 86.t π ὅτι εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνελεύσεται– 86.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ μ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἀνέβη ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ, Κύριος ἐν φωνῇ σάλπιγγος. 86.2 Καὶ Αμως λέγει· Ὁ οἰκοδομῶν εἰς οὐρανὸν τὴν ἐπίβασιν αὐτοῦ. 87.t πζ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ κηρύξας– 87.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με· εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς ἀπέσταλκέ με, κηρύξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν, καλέσαι ἐνιαυτὸν Κυρίῳ δεκτὸν καὶ ἡμέραν ἀνταποδώσεως τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. 87.2 Καὶ πάλιν· Γνώσεται ὁ λαός μου τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτὸς ὁ λαλῶν· πάρειμι ὡς ὡραῖος ἐπὶ τῶν ὡραίων, ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἀκοὴν εἰρήνης, ἀκουστὴν ποίων τὴν σωτηρίαν σου. 88.t πη ὅτι ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ– 88.1 Ζαχαριας λέγει· Καὶ ἔσται ὅσοι ἐὰν καταλειφθῶσιν ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν ἐλθόντων ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ, ἀναβήσονται κατ' ἐνιαυτὸν προσκυνῆσαι Κυρίῳ παντοκράτορι. 88.2 Καὶ Ιεζεκιηλ λέγει· Καθαριῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά μου δώσω ἐν ὑμῖν. 88.3 Καὶ πάλιν· ∆ώσω αὐτοῖς καρδίαν ἑτέραν καὶ πνεῦμα καινὸν δώσω αὐτοῖς. 88.4 Καὶ ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ ιη ψαλμῷ λέγει· Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ. 88.5 Καὶ Ιερεμιας λέγει· ∆ώσω αὐτοῖς ὁδὸν ἑτέραν καὶ καρδίαν ἑτέραν τοῦ φόβεισθαί με πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. 89.t πθ ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρὸς οὐκ ἀφ' οὗ ἀνῆλθεν ἐκάθισεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸ τούτου– 89.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Εἶδον τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπηρμένου. 89.2 Καὶ ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ β λέγει· Ἕτοιμος ὁ θρόνος σου, Κύριε, καὶ ἀπὸ τότε, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος σὺ εἶ. 89.3 Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ ρθ λέγει· Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Κυρίῳ μου· κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου. 89.4 Καὶ Ησαϊας λέγει· Ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος, ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου. 90.t ὅτι κληθησόμεθα Χριστιανοί– 90.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Ὄψονται ἔθνη τὴν δόξαν σου καὶ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, καὶ καλέσει σε τὸ ὄνομα τὸ καινόν, ὃ ὁ Κύριος ὀνομάσει αὐτῷ. 90.2 Καὶ πάλιν· Τοῖς δὲ δουλεύουσί μοι κληθήσεται ὄνομα καινόν, ὃ εὐλογηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 91.t α ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου σημείωσις προκατηγγέλετο– 91.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ νθ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἔδωκας τοῖς φοβουμένοις σε σημείωσιν τοῦ φυγεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου τόξου. 91.2 Καὶ Ησαϊας λέγει· Φανεροὶ ἔσονται οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τὸν νόμον μαθεῖν. 91.3 Καὶ Ιεζεκιηλ λέγει· Εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἐνδεδυκότα τὸν ποδήρη, δὸς τὴν σημείωσιν ἐπὶ τὰ μέτωπα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν καταστεναζόντων καὶ κατωδυνωμένων ἐπὶ πάσαις ταῖς ἀδικίαις, καὶ διέλθετε μέσην τὴν Ιερουσαλημ·