He Holds Open the Doors to Heaven

Luke 24:51

While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

In the old testament, each person needed a priest to represent him or her before the throne of God.  Through their high priest and the accompanying sacrifices, each person's sins were atoned for.  Without the intercession of the high priest, the individual person had no hope for salvation nor for their prayers to be answered.

Jesus changed it all when He ascended into heaven after His death on the Cross.  He was welcomed by His Father, by all the glorified saints and holy angels.  He was seated at the Father's right hand.  He remains there forever as Our Mediator in restitution for all of our sins.

He rules eternally from His seat next to the Father so that our fears may be silenced, our sorrows may be sweetened and our hopes may be kept up.  He holds open the doors of heaven so that we can go directly to the throne of God with our praise, our worship, our prayers and our solicitations.  More importantly, He holds a place for us because we are His redeemed lambs.

Let us go to the throne of grace.  Let us call on the promises of Our Risen King.  Let us set our affections on the high things above.  Let us expect Our Savior to complete His good work in us.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You that you allowed Your Son to ascend into heaven to sit at Your right side and stand in intercession for all of us that call Him Lord. We thank You that You allowed Your Son to return to earth after His resurrection to confirm to the world the victory over sin and death that we, who have received Him as Our Savior, partake in.  We ask that we will receive the fullness of His blessings as Our High Priest.  We pray that we may share those blessings with those people who You place around us.  We ask all these things in the name of our Risen Savior and King, Jesus Christ.