### 49. Q. How does Christ’s ascension to heaven benefit us?

**A**. First, he is our advocate in heaven in the presence of his Father.<sup>1</sup> Second, we have our own flesh in heaven as a sure pledge that Christ our head will also take us, his members, up to himself.<sup>2</sup> Third, he sends his Spirit to us on earth as a corresponding pledge.<sup>3</sup> By the Spirit’s power we seek not earthly things but the things above, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand.<sup>4</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Rom. 8:34](/get-passage/Romans+8:34); [1 John 2:1](/get-passage/1+John+2)
<sup>2</sup> [John 14:2](/get-passage/John+14:2); [17:24](/get-passage/John+17:24); [Eph. 2:4-6](/get-passage/Ephesians+2:4-6)
<sup>3</sup> [John 14:16](/get-passage/John+14:16); [2 Cor. 1:21-22](/get-passage/2+Corinthians+1:21-22); [5:5](/get-passage/2+Corinthians+5:5)
<sup>4</sup> [Col. 3:1-4](/get-passage/Colossians+3:1-4)