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Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you have crucified.

所以基督升天的意義，就是祂的正式就職。首先，祂被立爲主。作爲神，主耶穌在成爲肉體之前已經是主了。但是在祂成爲肉體之後，這位神成了一個人。神是主，但人就不是。然而這位主成了一個人，這個人被釘在十字架上，埋葬了，而且從死人中復活。就是在這時候，那人—耶穌—成了主。神要成爲主，不需要任何一種就職。但是一個從被藐視之地，寒微之城出來的微小的人要被立爲主，就需要有真正的就職。祂不是以神的身分被立爲主。以祂是神來說，祂已經是主了。現今是這一個從拿撒勒來的人，就職爲萬有的主R4

The meaning of the ascension of Christ was His official inauguration. First of all, He was made the Lord. As God, before His incarnation, the Lord Jesus was the Lord already. But after His incarnation, this very God became a man. God was the Lord, but man was not. Yet the Lord became a man, and this man was crucified on the cross, buried, and resurrected from the dead. It was at this time that the man Jesus became the Lord. For God to be the Lord, there is no need of any kind of inauguration. But for a small man from a lowly town in a despised country to be made the Lord requires a real inauguration. He was not made the Lord as God. As God He was Lord already. Now this man from Nazareth was inaugurated to be the Lord of all.

我很容易注意主耶穌為我們釘十字架，流血，救贖我們，但不是這麼珍賞他的升天。但是升天對我們是很重要的。他使這位救主能夠盡他的職任。在我註冊為慕尼黑工大的學生之前，我可以四處跟別人說我考上慕尼黑工大了，但是我沒有辦法去上課，沒有辦法跟老師討論，因為我還不是正式慕尼黑工大的學生。但是當我註冊為學生，我就可以行使做為一個學生的權利。同樣的，基督因著祂的升天，祂所行使的是什麼權柄呢？是遠超萬有之上的權柄。因著祂的升天，我們才能夠在這裡經歷祂自己，有權柄傳揚福音，有權柄禱告。我讀著讀著，主阿，願你開啟我的眼睛，帶我更多認識你的升天。

Before this message, I always focus on the crucifixion and salvation to us, but don’t treasure his ascension so much. But ascension is so important to us, that he can be declared by God and become the official savior. Before I complete my enrollment to the university, I can tell everyone I have been accepted by the university. I still can’t participate in the class, eating in the Mensa for a cheaper price. But after the enrollment, I can use the right of being a student. Also, through the ascension of Christ, he has carried out his right and govern the entire world through his church, which is above everyone and everything. Through his ascension, we can experience himself, assume the authority to preach the gospel, and pray to the Lord. So I prayed to the Lord, “May you open the vision of ascension to me!”