“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus — the believers share Christ's resurrection (synegeirō, 'raised together with') and ascension (synkathizō, 'seated together with'), a realized eschatology in which the church already inhabits the heavenlies with Christ, seated in authority and power.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:6
“He raised us up with Him and made us sit with Him.” Do you behold the glory of His inheritance? That “He has raised us up together,” is plain. But that He “has made us sit with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” how does this hold? It holds as truly, as that He has raised us together. For as yet no one is actually raised, excepting that inasmuch as as the Head has risen, we also are raised, just as in the history, when Jacob did obeisance, his wife also did…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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