Questions About the Ascension 101. When did Christ ascend into
heaven? Christ ascended, body and soul, into heaven on Ascension
Day, forty days after His 102. Why did Christ remain on earth
forty days after His Resurrection? Christ remained on earth
forty days after His Resurrection to prove that He had truly
risen from the dead and to complete the instruction of the
apostles. (a) Saint Paul tells us that Christ, after His
Resurrection, appeared frequently to the apostles and to many
others. (b) Christ ascended into heaven from Mount Olivet, a
hill outside Jerusalem. 103. What do we mean when we say that
Christ sits at the right hand of God, the When we say that
Christ sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, we
mean that Our Lord as God is equal to the Father, and that as
man He shares above all the saints in the glory of His Father
and exercises for all eternity the supreme authority of a king
over all creatures. (a) Even as man, Christ of Himself has
dominion over all creation. His Kingship rest