OC | Question 47-48

47. If his humanity is not present wherever his divinity is, then aren’t the two natures of Christ separated from each other?

Certainly not. Since divinity is not limited and is present everywhere,135 it is evident that Christ’s divinity is surely beyond the bounds of the humanity he has taken on, but at the same time his divinity is in and remains personally united to his humanity.136

^ 135. Jer. 23:23-24; Acts 7:48-49; Isa. 66:1
^ 136. John 1:14; 3:13; Col. 2:9

48. How does Christ’s ascension to heaven benefit us?

First, he pleads our cause in heaven in the presence of his Father.137 Second, we have our own flesh in heaven–a guarantee that Christ our head will take us, his members, to himself in heaven.138 Third, he sends his Spirit to us on earth as a further guarantee.139 By the Spirit’s power we make the goal of our lives, not earthly things, but the things above where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand.140

^ 137. Jer. 23:23-24; Acts 7:48-49; Isa. 66:1
^ 138. John 14:2; 17:24; Eph. 2:4-6
^ 139. John 14:16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5
^ 140. Col. 3:1-4