Jesus Ascended on the FIFTH day! Just by Accident?

Scott Pauline | 05/20/2017

Jesus ascended into heaven on the FIFTH day (though Thursday is the FOURTH working day in modern times, THEOLOGICALLY it is the FIFTH day, since the FIRST day of God's Mythical Creation is SUNDAY, not Monday)

Now, Jesus entered human history, according to some Fathers, at the conclusion of the FIFTH Age of human history.

"Five are the ages of the Old law...", St Methodius of Olympus

"Five ages of the world have now passed. There has entered the sixth." - St Augustine.

St Augustine delineates the ages in On the Catechizing of the Uninstructed:

1. Adam to Noah
2. Noah to Abraham
3. Abraham to David
4. David to Captivity
5. Captivity to Christ

Now, the first coming of Christ represents the definite end of all direct, earthly and Divine activity of God for human history. No longer is God present with us in a direct revelatory sense. He has, rather, left the completion of the Redemption of the world in the hands of MEDIATING Fathers: Priests and Bishops, and us, the faithful.

How appropriate then, that Christ completed His earthly ministry by leaving us, til the end of time, into heaven on the FIFTH day of the LITERAL week, even as God ended all earthly ministry of Himself on the FIFTH APOCALYPTIC day of the week.

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About the Author

Scott Pauline

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I found that every human creature is priceless when I was about 24 years old, when I was enduring a lot of ridicule.

From there, knowing that every person has immeasurable worth, I could go forward with confidence in the Lord that I am not junk.

I began to listen to Catholic pulpits and so called literature, but it was so liberal and pathetic, I became a Protestant. I thought I knew it all.

Then I realized the Bible has to be interpreted and how do I know what it means; how do I know what I have to do to get to heaven.

Eventually I learned that the Catholic Church possesses the history of succession and can give these interpretations so that I do not have to work out the gospel myself.

This greatly relieved me and now I ponder Catholic theology; you can read my articles on my site if you so wish:

Website: http://www.theologyoftheages.org