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He that descended is the same also that ascended: he saith not, he that ascended is the same that descended, lest it should not be thought that Christ brought his body with him from heaven; but, on the contrary, he that descended is the same that ascended, to show that the Son of God did not by his descent become other than what he was, nor the assumption of the human nature add any thing to his person, as a man is not made another person by the clothes he puts on. Christ descended without change of place as being God, but ascended by changing place as man, yet, by communication of properties, whole Christ is said to have ascended.
Far above all heavens; all visible heavens, into the third heaven, or paradise. Act_3:21 Heb_9:24.
That he might fill all things; all the members of his church, with gifts and graces. This began to be fulfilled, Act_2:1-47, and still will be fulfilling to the end of the world: see Joh_7:39 16:7.