while he blessed them

The attitude of our Lord here characterizes this age. It is one of grace; an ascended Lord is blessing a believing people with spiritual blessings. The Jewish age was marked by temporal blessings as the reward of an obedient people. (Deuteronomy 28:1).

In the kingdom-age, spiritual and temporal blessings unite.

heaven

The Scriptures distinguish three heavens:

first, the lower heavens, or the region of the clouds;

second, the second or planetary heavens; and,

third, the heaven of heavens, the abode of God.

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