Joh 16:28, Act 1:9-11, 3:21, Eph 1:20-22, 4:8-11, Col 3:2, 1Pe 3:22 | ESV | STEP | I came from the Father and have come into the world , and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father .

9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^che was lifted up, and ^da cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^etwo ^fmen stood by them in ^gwhite robes, 11 and said, ^h“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ⁱwill ^jcome in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Acts 3:21

21 ^kwhom heaven must receive until the time for ^lrestoring all the things about which ^mGod spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Ephesians 1:20-22

20 that he worked in Christ ⁿwhen he raised him from the dead and ^oseated him at his right hand ^pin the heavenly places, 21 ^qfar above ^rall rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^severy name that is named, not only in ^tthis age but also in the one to come. 22 And ^uhe put all things under his feet and gave him as ^vhead over all things to the church,

Ephesians 4:8-11

8 Therefore it says,

^w“When he ascended on high ^xhe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}
9 ( ^zIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^aathe lower regions, the earth? ^{▼▼Or the lower parts of the earth?} 10 He who descended is the one who also ^acascended ^adfar above all the heavens, that he might ^aefill all things.) 11 And ^afhe gave the ^agapostles, the prophets, the ^ahevangelists, the ^aishepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers}

Colossians 3:2

2 ^alSet your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

1 Peter 3:22

22 who has gone into heaven and ^amis at the right hand of God, ^anwith angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.