According to the Bible Jesus was offered
up on the cross for the sins
of His people. After His death and resurrection, He was taken up into
the clouds and is perpetually seated at the right hand of God the
Father.
Before His departure from this world, Jesus had many conversations in
which He foretold the manner of His return. The Bible is clear that
Jesus Christ will return in the same manner that He was taken up and
that it will be just as obvious. Matthew 24:27 states, “For as the
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” To put it in
more simplistic terms, Jesus said that He would come back in bodily
form just as when He departed, He in no way every mentions in His Word,
that He would return in the from of a piece of bread.
Before He
left, Jesus promised His followers to send the Holy Spirit to comfort
and guide them, so they would not be as orphans. God has
given us a spiritual presence of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy
Spirit, “… And it is the Spirit that
beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that
bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are one.” 1 John 5:6-7. “…And I will pray the
Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with
you forever; Even the Spirit of truth, …ye know him; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you,"
John 14:16-17.
It is
imperative to know Jesus Christ spiritually by faith. For the written
Word of God will bear witness to the real Messiah. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: For false Christs and
false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce,
if it were possible, even the elect. Mark 13:21-22. Have
you come to know Jesus spiritually, are you trusting by faith in Him
alone?
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