Well, you could ask an astronaut what "up" is. It all depends.

Anyway, Jesus' acts are not as important as his message: Love God and neighbor.

This all reminds me of an incident at my Dad's Catholic funeral. My nephew, a then recently converted fundamentalist evangelical, was beside himself with grief. My own children were angry because they said Gary was sure that Grandpa had gone to hell. It seems G. had tried to "convert" Dad with Bible stories, and Dad had told him good-naturedly that some of those were "fairy tales." This was 30 years ago.

I felt sympathy for Gary. But I just smiled and assured my kids that Dad wouldn't be offended and was probably laughing "up" there, and that if Gary or any of the rest of us lived as good a life as Dad, we'd all make it to the pearly gates.