Acts 1:3,6-11 During the forty days after He suffered and died, He appeared to the apostles from time to time, and He proved to them in many ways that He was actually alive. And He talked to them about the Kingdom of God.
6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking Him, “Lord, has the time come for You to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 After saying this, He was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see Him. 10 As they strained to see Him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday He will return from heaven in the same way you saw Him go!”
One of the famous quotes from The Terminator movie is when Arnie says in his droning robotic voice: "I'll be back"! That's fantasy, just Hollywood garbage!
But we, as believers in Jesus, cling on to Jesus' Promise of His Actual Return. He spent much time explaining the signs that would be a precursor of this.
Here, in Acts, we read that the disciples were constantly asking Jesus, during the forty days AFTER His Resurrection, are you going to restore to he kingdom to Israel?
He made it plain that no one knows when God's kingdom will be set up on the earth, but it definitely will happen.
Just as the Resurrection was a physical one, so was Jesus' Ascension into the clouds and it will be a physical meeting with Him in the clouds when He comes back for us.
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 AMPC
Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! [18] Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
Let me say this loud and clear: "Jesus is coming back" - not in some airy, fairy, "pie the sky when you die" way, but in a strong, tangible, unmistakable way!
If you're feeling low about the state of the world, losing freedoms, climate change, threats of war, new more lethal viruses, corruption in governments and on and on!
Look up, your redemption is on the way, Jesus said so:
Luke 21:28 AMPC
Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near.
JESUS WILL BE BACK!
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