The only other thing we have to say about the ascension of Christ is that it was a _wonderful_ ascension. There were two wonderful things connected with it. It was wonderful to think _where_ he went. He did not go simply to join the company of the angels, who have always lived in heaven, and of the good people who went there when they died. No; but he went where no one else had ever gone before, and where no one else could go. When he arrived in heaven, he rose above all the company that was there, and took his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. This was wonderful, indeed. When Jesus was on earth, he was so poor that he “had not where to lay his head.” He was despised and persecuted; “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” He was put to death as a criminal, by being crucified between two thieves. But when he ascended into heaven it was to take his place “far above all principalities and powers.” And so his ascension was wonderful when we think—_where_ he went. And it was wonderful, too, when we think _how_ he went there. If he had left his human body behind him, and had ascended to heaven simply in his divine nature, as God, it would not have been so wonderful. But he did not do this. He took his human body with him. The body that was nailed to the cross and laid in the grave, he took with him to heaven. He ascended, indeed, as the Son of God. But that was not all. No, for he ascended as the Son of man, too. It was Jesus Christ who ascended into heaven. But it was our human nature, as well as the divine nature which helped to make up the person of Jesus Christ. And so when he ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God, he took our human nature with him. He took a body like yours and mine, up to that high and glorious place. And he is sitting there now, on the throne of God, as our brother. _This_ is the most surprising thing connected with the great event we are now considering. This shows us how wonderful the ascension of Christ was. And so, in studying this subject, these are the things about it that we have noticed, viz.: the _time_ of the ascension—forty days after the resurrection; the _place_ of the ascension—the Mount of Olives; the _manner_ of the ascension—_visible—calm and tranquil—blessed—and wonderful_. There are several lessons that may be learned from the ascension of our Saviour, but we can only speak of one. This is _the lesson of obedience to the command of Christ_.