Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm. God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted. Psalm 47
The ascension in Luke and Acts summarises and rounds off the resurrection appearances of Jesus. They tell us that the resurrection is the truth of the incarnation. But the ascension is the thumbprint view of the whole narrative of God with man, and therefore the whole plot of the bible. Man is called and destined for communion with God, and in that communion, fellowship with all other creatures of God. Man in Christ now sits at the right hand of the Father and with us will fill all creation .
