“And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”” - Acts 1:11 (ESV)
Have you ever been caught daydreaming? Just gazing off with your mind on something else instead of what is happening right where you are? Our first verse today might sound like that is what the disciples were doing, “gazing intently into the sky.” But they were not daydreaming. They had witnessed an incredible event. Jesus, their friend, their teacher and Lord, had parted from them. Maybe they did not yet understand what was happening but they soon would catch up. The angels confirmed the promise that Jesus would return in the manner and place where He had left. Likely it wasn’t only the disciples there to see him part from them this way. They are near Bethany on the Mount of Olives, a mile east of Jerusalem. Not the Bethany near Galilee on the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized. This promise is the reassurance that Jesus will return. His return is the hope of all who by faith alone have believed in Jesus. This hope will not disappoint us nor will it in anyway let us down. He is coming back for us. He is coming back to settle all accounts and make all things right.
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