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Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

…to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.

As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.