“After Jesus said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been TAKEN FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME WAY you have seen him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:9-11)
These angels announced that Jesus was coming back…
“Do not let your hearts be troubled…I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE YOU TO BE WITH ME that you also may be where I am.” (John 14:1-3)
Jesus said: “don’t worry I’ll get everything ready and come back to get you…
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS to meet the Lord in the air. And so, WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.” (1 Thess. 4:16-18)
THEREFORE ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS…
-Bill Stockham