Where Is Jesus Now?
- Joe Venturo
- Dec 18, 2025
- 4 min read
Over the past few months we’ve viewed the Resurrection of Christ from multiple angles, covering both its crucial place in a Gospel presentation and its present comfort for believers today. What happened, though, after Christ rose from the dead? What is His place and role now?
The Bible teaches that Jesus ascended into Heaven after being raised alive from the dead, where He took His rightful place in an exalted position at the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9-10; Romans 8:34). God the Father sits on the throne of heaven, and Christ sits on his right hand in a place of honor and privilege as God’s only Son. In our last devotional, we looked at the intercessory work of Christ before the throne of God on our behalf. Let’s look at three additional wonderful implications of the reality that Christ has ascended into Heaven.
First, it is significant that Christ returned to Heaven. In other words, Heaven was His original abode and remains His rightful habitation. Jesus, as God, lives in the dwelling place of God. The Bible teaches that God’s dwelling place is in heaven (I Kings 8:30, 34, etc). Yes, He is omnipresent, but His “home” is in the exalted realm of Heaven, although at the same time the “heaven of heavens cannot contain thee” (I Kings 8:27 KJV). The Bible also teaches that God’s throne is in Heaven, where He sits as King over all things (Isaiah 66:1). Regarding Christ, Scripture reveals that He exists in heaven for all eternity with God the Father (John 1:1). He lives there still, having completed on earth the work that His Father had sent Him to do (John 17:4-5; 13). The return of Christ to His heavenly abode points to His deity.
Second, it is notable that Christ is exalted in Heaven. He possesses a lofty status that God has granted to Him in reward for His obedience to the divine will (Philippians 2:8-9). In fact, God has exalted His name above every other name, and someday all will bow the knee to Christ (Philippians 2:10-11). In the words of Colossians 1:18, “He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent.” To Christ God has given authority to judge, and He will come again to bring judgment on a sinful world (Acts 17:30-31). The exaltation of Christ to the right hand of the Father reveals His authority and reminds us that He is returning to earth to conquer and destroy His enemies (Revelation 19:11-16).
Last, it is important that Christ, Immanuel, has not left us alone. In John 16:7, Jesus told His followers, “I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” Jesus has gone away from us, but He has sent the Holy Spirit to help us in our walk with Christ. The Spirit leads, helps, comforts, and convicts believers, strengthening them to live righteously in a wicked world, to keep believing in Christ in the midst of suffering, to find encouragement in the face of trials, and to follow the will of God (John 16:7, 13; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7; Galatians 5:16-18). The ascension of Christ into the presence of God reminds us of Christ’s concern and care for His children as He has sent a Comforter to our aid.
It is never enough to simply know what the Bible says; you must appropriate its truth in your life. How can we appropriate the truths we have uncovered today? If you are a believer, you already believe in the deity of Christ (I John 4:15), and Jesus’ return to Heaven is a natural assumption of that belief. Yet there is more to Christ’s nature than that. As we learned in our second point, God has exalted His name above every name, and this means two things for believers: 1) Jesus Christ should be first in your life, controlling every decision, no matter how seemingly small and insignificant, and 2) the coming of Christ should motivate you to eagerly anticipate His arrival, live presently as citizens of heaven, and seek to share the Good News of the Gospel that will save unbelievers from Christ’s final judgment on evildoers. (Read Colossians 3-4 for practical ways to put Christ first in your life.) Believers can also take comfort in the fact that Christ has left us a Helper to help them as they seek to follow these two principles on a daily basis. They can place their confidence in the continuing work of the Holy Spirit to lead and keep them.
If you are an unbeliever, however, then it is time to come to grips with everything we have covered in our Bible study on the foundations of the Christian faith. While this series was written primarily to encourage Christians and ground them firmly in a more thorough understanding of the roots of their faith, I invite you to study deeply, too. There is no more study-worthy topic than what will happen to you after you take your final breath. And in this particular case, what you do with the results of your study will affect whether you spend eternity in the fiery, eternal prison of Hell or in the glorious realm of God and His Son.
As always, we are here to answer any questions you may have about the Christian faith: Contact Us. We also regularly pray for those who visit our website.
