Hebrews 7:1-28
Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. (v. 25) Quite often we hear that we are saved/redeemed through Jesus’ death and resurrection, but His ascension to the Father often goes unspoken. Yet without His ascension we are without an intercessor (Jesus at the right hand of the Father) and without the Holy Spirit (our paraclete/comforter/advocate), since the Holy Spirit could not come to Earth until Jesus had ascended. I do not understand the theology behind that statement, that the Holy Spirit could not come to Earth until Jesus had ascended; I can only point to Jesus’ own words: Now this He said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. (John 7:39) Bottom line – Jesus’ ascension gave us an intercessor in Heaven and an advocate here on Earth, both super important for our lives here on Earth! We have the Holy Spirit to help us in all that we do and Jesus to intercede for us when we fail. GLORY!!
See also: November 21 / Hebrews 7:1-10; November 22 / Hebrews 7:11-22; November 23 / Hebrews 7:23-28
And we have Jesus to intercede for us in success, too! 🙂