Hundreds See Him Prior to Pentecost- Continue

 The apostles are on the Mount of Olives with the resurrected Jesus when he begins to rise heavenward.  Soon a cloud obscures him from their sight. After his resurrection, Jesus had materialized fleshly bodies. But now Jesus dematerializes the body he used on  this occasion, and he ascends to heaven as a spirit creature.  (1 Corinthians 15:44, 50; 1 Peter 3:18)  As the faithful apostles are gazing after him, "two men in white garments" appears beside them.  These are  materialized angels, who ask:  "Men of Galile, why do you stand looking into the sky?  This Jesus who was taken up from you intot he sky will come in the same manner as you have see him going up into the sky." - ACTS 1:19, 11. 

Jesus left the earth without public fanfare, his faithful followers being the only observers. He will return "in the same manner" -without public fanfare, with only his faithful followers discerning his presence in Kingdom power.

Next time: Hundreds See Him Prior to Pentecost  - Conclusion

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