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216 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
into heaven ." These angels did not say those very
disciples would see Jesus come again nor that
Jesus would come in the same form as when he
ascended. The manner in which he returns is what
is to be the same as when he went to heaven .
Faithful disciples witnessed his ascension . None
of this world did so . On the night of his betrayal
to his enemies he said : "A little longer and the
world will behold me no more, but you will behold
me, because I live and you will live ." Acts 1 :11
and John 14 :19, NW The manner of his going
was quiet, without this world's perceiving it, and
with his becoming invisible when a cloud caught
him up from their vision . Moreover, it was as a
spirit that he ascended to his Father's presence .
All this requires him to come again quietly, without
great display to awe the world, but in an invisible
manner represented by clouds . Only his
watching faithful followers now discern his presence
in spirit with their eyes of understanding .
But at the climax of the consummation of this
system of things he makes an overpowering manifestation
of his presence in spirit, so that all on
earth, even his foes, become aware of his presence .
"Look! he is coming with the clouds, and every
eye will see him, and those who pierced him ; and
all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves
in grief because of him."-Revelation 1:7, NW .
3 At his first coming to earth he was present
and showed himself before the public eye for the
three and a half years of his ministry . It was then
3 . For the sake of what lineage did Jesus come first in
flesh?