This week on Things Unseen, we're reflecting on the fact that tomorrow in the Christian

calendar is actually Ascension Day, the day when some churches celebrate the ascension

of the Lord Jesus,

an event that in some ways was mysterious Jesus going back to heaven in the cloud of God's glory,

but also important.

And it raises a practical question for us.

What has Jesus been doing since his ascension and what is He doing now?

Sometimes we talk about the work of Christ in terms of His threefold office.

Remember we've talked before about the fact that Adam was created to be the prophet and priest and

king of creation, but he failed in that ministry.

So that when Jesus undertook our salvation and restoration, he fulfilled these three roles

in a new and redeeming and restoring way, and he did it through his incarnation, his life, his death,

his resurrection, his ascension, and now his heavenly session and reign.

He has done everything needed to accomplish our redemption.

But there's more.

There's even more to the good news than the fact that Christ has accomplished

our redemption. He's now ascended and gone to heaven to apply that redemption to us. And one of the ways

he does this is by continuing his ministry as prophet and priest and king.

So how does Jesus continue to be a prophet?

Well, he did it first of all by giving us his word in the pages of the New Testament.

Remember how he told the apostles in the upper room that when the Holy Spirit came to them and he was speaking

particularly and uniquely to them, they would be able to give the New Testament to the church.

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