while he blessed them
The attitude of our Lord here characterizes this age. It is one of grace; an ascended Lord is blessing a believing people with spiritual blessings. The Jewish age was marked by temporal blessings as the reward of an obedient people. (Deuteronomy 28:1-15).
In the kingdom-age, spiritual and temporal blessings unite.
heaven
The Scriptures distinguish three heavens:
first, the lower heavens, or the region of the clouds;
second, the second or planetary heavens; and,
third, the heaven of heavens, the abode of God.