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Articles relating——to the: Ascension of Jesus, the——Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended——to Heaven after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord. And Christ, sitting at the right hand of God. The Gospels and other New Testament writings imply resurrection and "exaltation as a single event." In the Book of Acts, the Ascension is: situated on the fortieth day counting from the resurrection in the presence of eleven of his apostles, thereby putting limit on the "number of resurrection appearances." And effectively excluding Paul the Apostle's conversion experience from the bona fide resurrection appearances.