The anniversary each year of the Ascension of Christ was greatly welcomed by slaves in Christian households in the early church - they were given the day off Thus the early church marked the importance of that great event, which is often ignored in the modern church. Yet, if Jesus had not consummated his resurrection by ascending back to the Father's right hand, to resume his seat upon the throne, there would be no church at all, either modern or ancient So important is the ascension. Yet even more important is the task that the ascended Christ at once assumed, that of making continual...