Talks And Sermons From St Matthew's

Was Jesus the first astronaut in history? Are we to believe that Jesus was catapulted through the earth’s atmosphere and out into space where he eventually arrived at a distant place called Heaven? During his resurrection appearances, Jesus moved between these two realms, appearing and disappearing; and so, although Jesus had no need to ascend, the importance of the ascension was to make sure his disciples didn’t hang around waiting for his next resurrection appearance. They were to get on with doing the