And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it. And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am
the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon you liest, to you will I give it, and to your seed;And your seed
shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you
and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And,
behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you would
go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you,
until I have done that which I have spoken to you of. And Jacob awaked
out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I
knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place!
this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Who
have ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who have gathered the wind
in his fists? Who have bound the waters in a garment? Who have
established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and What is his
son's name, if you can tell?
And no man have ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Wherefore
he says, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and
gave gifts unto men.(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is
the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill
all things.)
Jesus says unto her, Touch me not; for I
am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto
them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your
God.
But you shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they
beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;Which also said, You men of
Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have
seen him go into heaven.
Gen. 28:12-17;Prov. 30:4;John 3:13;Eph. 4:8-10;John 20:17;Acts 1:8-11