Ephesians 4:10

He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

See under Ephesians 4:9 for the thrust of Paul's argument. These words counteract any thought that by his ascension to heaven Christ thereby, in any sense, deserted the earth. On the contrary, he fills the entire universe. As Barclay expressed it, "The ascension of Christ meant not a Christ-deserted, but a Christ-filled world."[22] The manner of Christ's "filling" all things, of course, is not in a physical sense. It is his all-pervading power and sovereign authority; it is his omniscience and universal presence in all places simultaneously - these are the qualities of our Lord in view here (see Matthew 18:20).