Catechesis Notes for the Week — The resurrection and ascension of our Lord in the flesh to the Father’s right hand belong together as the great concrete manifestations of our salvation. God’s will at creation—to give of Himself to us—has been fulfilled. In Christ Jesus we share in the glory of God Himself, and reign with Christ as eternal victors over sin, death, and the power of the devil. What the devil promised Adam and Eve but could not deliver because he was not the God of love, God gave in the person of His Son by whom He took humanity into Himself. The Lord God has withheld nothing form us. Through the redemption of Christ Jesus we share in all the glorious treasure of heaven, not as “gods” for ourselves, but as recipients of the divine love and life of the blessed Trinity.—Excerpt from Lutheran Catechesis.CP230514