There is a riddle in the resurrection accounts that most people read right past. Early on the first day, Yahshua tells Miryam of Magdala, 'Touch me not.' Yet that same day He tells the disciples, 'Handle me and see,' and other women are already holding Him by the feet. What changed between sunrise and evening? The answer is a hidden, first ascension on resurrection morning, when our High Priest went up to present Himself to the Father as the wave sheaf of firstfruits, before He could be touched again. This is not the final ascension forty days later. This is the morning ascension, and it is...
There is a riddle in the resurrection accounts that most people read right past. Early on the first day, Yahshua tells Miryam of Magdala, 'Touch me not.' Yet that same day He tells the disciples, 'Handle me and see,' and other women are already holding Him by the feet. What changed between sunrise and evening? The answer is a hidden, first ascension on resurrection morning, when our High Priest went up to present Himself to the Father as the wave sheaf of firstfruits, before He could be touched again. This is not the final ascension forty days later. This is the morning ascension, and it is written in the pattern of the Law.