Father, when he had "ascended to the Father." The "ascension" was indeed nothing more than the glorification or completeness of union of the Father and the Son, when the "Father" descended, as it were, lower and lower into outward things, as the "Son" by reciprocation ascended into the very Divine itself. Our regeneration is indeed an image of it, but the glorification of Jesus infinitely transcended our regeneration; for we never ascend into oneness with the Divine that dwells in our Inmost, or Holy of Holies, whereas Jesus ascended into the bosom of the Father, and, as "sitting on the right hand of the Father," exercises all Divine power—is, in other words, the one and only Divine. He who has "all power in heaven and earth" is the only God of heaven and earth.
We in our regeneration go up step by step into higher and higher planes of spiritual living; but we never commingle with God as one with Him; we never go above the highest plane of the angelic heavens into oneness or identity with God. We remain forever creatures with life derived from God, never having life in ourselves, or self-existent life. And while God mediately descends through us as we become regenerated
