Do you remember how Jesus left this earth after He had finished the mission His Father sent Him to do? Acts 1:6-11 gives the account of Jesus ascension into heaven, and what did his disciples want to know; when are you coming back to restore the kingdom of Israel, and this is what Jesus said; “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” The Scripture tells the following, “And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
These witnesses have told what they heard and what they saw, I believe Scripture is very clear that this group of about 120 people never stopped looking and waiting for Jesus return, many were killed because they would not stop telling others about what they had seen or heard. In the seventh verse of Revelation 22, we have Jesus speaking, “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” My dear friends, God cannot lie, Jesus is coming back in the same way as the witnesses saw him go into heaven.
A man whom I love accused me of trying to save my friends, and I wish that I could do that, but it is written that Jesus is the only way to the Father; I am no more than a beggar telling other beggars where to find the living water that will take away their thirst.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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