When did Jesus ascend to the Father after His resurrection?
Jesus ascended to the Father immediately after His resurrection, before Mary Magdalene could touch Him. He told her, 'Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father,' then ascended in that moment while she ran to tell the disciples. Later He appeared and allowed them to touch Him.
Les explains that Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended to the Father. He ascended in that moment while Mary ran to tell the twelve, acting as the spotless High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, who could not be defiled by human hands. Later, when the disciples gathered, He invited them to touch Him and examine His wounds, showing that His ascension occurred before those later appearances.
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
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Did Jesus ascend before meeting the disciples after his resurrection?
Jesus had not yet ascended when he told Mary 'touch me not'; he ascended in that same moment while Mary ran to the twelve, and afterward he met the disciples and told them to touch his wounds.