With the ascension, the human body of Jesus is gloriously at home in his father’s territory, against the day when he comes again to bring everything to judgement and to the long-awaited universal restoration, of which Peter speaks a couple of chapters later (3:21). Tom Wright

In fact, the New Testament isn’t about our going to be with God; it’s about God coming to be with us. Tom Wright

Scripture As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. Observation The words of the preceding hymn apply to us. We were once far away from God, enemies even. Our evil thoughts and deeds alienated us from Him. … Continue reading Reflection on Colossians 1:21-23