<p>4:10 <i>He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things</i>- It was &quot;the same&quot; essential Jesus who died as who ascended; in terms of personality, He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb. 13:8), just as who we essentially are is who we shall eternally be. The Jesus who loved little children and was pitiful to the weak is the same Jesus with whom we have to do now, and whom we shall meet at judgment day. Likewise &quot;that same Jesus&quot; who was crucified is the one who is now exalted Lord in Heaven (Acts 2:36).</p><p>Paul's description of&nbsp;Christ 'ascending up far above all heavens' seems to be rooted in his vivid re-living and imagining of the scene in Lk. 24:51, where the record says that Christ was &quot;parted from them, and carried up&quot;.</p><p>The risen Lord has filled &quot;all things&quot; with His spirituality, &quot;the whole universe&quot;, i.e. the believers (Eph. 3:19; 4:10 NIV). This is based on God's attitude in the OT; that Israel were His people, His 'world', and the other nations were &quot;not a people&quot;; effectively, they weren't people, in God's eyes (Dt. 32:21). Is this Biblical evidence for a social Gospel? These words are true of all those who are out of covenant relationship with Him, including those who have fallen away. Thus Elisha told the apostate king of Israel: &quot;Were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, <i>I would not look toward thee, nor see thee</i>&quot; (2 Kings 3:14). The 'filling' surely refers to the filling of believers with the Holy Spirit in their hearts, leading to the fruits of the Spirit such as joy, peace etc. (Rom. 15:13; Eph. 3:19; 5:18).</p>