Sondag 18
Vraag 46: Hoe verstaan jy: “Opgevaar na die hemel”? Antwoord: Dat Christus voor die oë van sy dissipels van die aarde opgeneem is na die hemel¹ en dat Hy daar vir ons ten goede is totdat Hy weer kom om die lewendes en die dooies te oordeel².
Skrifverwysings: 1: Handelinge 1:9-11 2: Hebreërs 7:24-25
Vraag 47: Is Christus dan nie by ons tot die einde van die wêreld soos Hy ons belowe het nie? Antwoord: Christus is as ware mens nie meer op aarde nie¹, maar as ware God, majesteit, genade en Gees wyk Hy nooit van ons nie².
Skrifverwysings: 1: Matteus 26:11; Johannes 16:28 2: Matteus 28:20
Vraag 48: Maar as sy menslike natuur nie oral is waar sy Godheid is nie, word dan die twee nature van Christus nie van mekaar geskei nie? Antwoord: Glad nie, want aangesien sy Godheid onbeperk is en oral teenwoordig, moet dit noodwendig volg dat dit buite sy aangeneemde menslike natuur is en tog ook daarin persoonlik bly verenig¹.
Skrifverwysings: 1: Johannes 3:13; Kolossense 2:9
Lord’s Day 18
Question 46: How do you understand the words “He ascended into heaven”? Answer: That Christ, before the eyes of His disciples, was taken up from the earth into heaven,¹ and that He is there for our benefit until He comes again to judge the living and the dead.²
Scripture References: 1: Acts 1:9-11 2: Hebrews 7:24-25
Question 47: Is Christ, then, not with us until the end of the world, as He has promised us? Answer: Christ is true man and true God. As man He is no longer on earth,¹ but as God, in majesty, grace, and Spirit, He is never absent from us.²
Scripture References: 1: Matthew 26:11; John 16:28 2: Matthew 28:20
Question 48: But if His human nature is not present wherever His divinity is, are not the two natures of Christ then separated from each other? Answer: Not at all, for since His divinity is incomprehensible and everywhere present, it must follow that it is indeed beyond the bounds of the human nature which He has taken on, but is nevertheless personally united with it.¹
Scripture References: 1: John 3:13; Colossians 2:9