Joh 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
His Authority And His Ability
* First of all, His Authority
Why is the Lord Jesus an authority when it comes to the topic of heavenly things? (John 3 verse 12)
No one is like Him. He alone was the One who ascended to heaven and came back here to earth to tell us about it. All the prophets in the Old Testament never ascended to heaven and got their revelation there. It was God from heaven who told them about it here on earth. But not the Lord Jesus. This implies that the Lord Jesus had been ascending to heaven and descending to earth before His Incarnation. The theophanies in the Old Testament, the appearances of God in the Old Testament, was actually the Second Person of the Trinity appearing to certain people here on earth.
* Secondly, His Ability
He ASCENDED to heaven. Elijah did not ascend to heaven but was TAKEN UP there.
2Ki 2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to TAKE UP Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2Ki 2:11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah WENT UP BY A WHIRLWIND into heaven.
No man ASCENDED to heaven by his own power, only the Lord Jesus. He certainly can tell us about heavenly things for He had the ability to beam Himself up there and fetch revelation from God the Father.
