For forty days after His Resurrection, Jesus appeared to His apostles and various people on a number of occasions. The time had come now for Jesus to leave the earth…….

Jesus and his disciples arrived in Bethany, they gathered at the Mount of Olives. Jesus, in miraculous fashion, physically ascended – was lifted off the ground and began floating upward and this was a visible event, witnessed by His disciples on Mt. Olivet, about 2 miles east of Jerusalem.     

“Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,” Acts 1:9-10

“…Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”Acts 1:11

……. until the time of His Second Coming.

Jesus said of His Second Coming to Earth.

“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;  men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  Luke 21:25-27

“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Revelation 22:12,13