So the point of Pentecost is not simply God giving his people a fresh injection of spiritual energy so that they can evangelise, teach, perform remarkable healings and so on. The point is the homecoming of God: God is doing at last what he had long intended and promised. Tom Wright

Scripture. For God, wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory. Observation Paul says, he is glad when he suffers for the church in his body. He is participating in … Continue reading Reflection on Colossians 1:24-29

With the ascension, the human body of Jesus is gloriously at home in his father’s territory, against the day when he comes again to bring everything to judgement and to the long-awaited universal restoration, of which Peter speaks a couple of chapters later (3:21). Tom Wright