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Where Is
Jesus Now?
BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D.
"Wherefore if
they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he
is in the secret chambers; believe it not." (Matthew 24:26)
The above warning was given by Christ in His famous Olivet discourse
about His future second coming, right after He had predicted that many "false
Christs" would first come, deceiving many (verse 24).
That
prediction has been fulfilled many times during the following centuries, but He
Himself has not yet returned, in spite of the claims of these latter days.
However,
His present location is no secret.
After His resurrection and final instructions to His disciples, "he
was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God" (Mark 16:19).
We must remember that He arose bodily from the grave,
then ascended bodily to God's throne, and that "this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven" (Acts 1:11) will
return.
Until He
returns, therefore, He is seated bodily at the right hand of
the presence of the triune God in heaven.
In fact,
there are no less than 21 references in the Bible to the Lord Jesus now being
at the right hand of God.
It is not
strictly correct to say or sing that Jesus can come into our hearts, unless it
is clearly understood that He is there symbolically in the presence of the
indwelling Spirit of Christ.
In this way, "God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts" (Galatians 4:6), so
that "Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith" (Ephesians 3:17).
In the physical sense, however, the Lord Jesus Christ, still in His
physical, but now immortal, body, is at "the right hand of the
Majesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3) and
will remain there until He returns physically back to fulfill all the remaining
promises in the Scriptures and to establish the kingdom for which He created
us.
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to
know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and
why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and
receive all He has planned for us.
After almost 50 years of ministry, ICR
remains a leader in scientific research within the context of biblical
creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, the institute exists to
conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history, and
then to educate the public both formally and informally through graduate and
professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the
country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.
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