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Acts 1:9 "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight.". While Jesus was teaching these things, and all these people were watching and listening, Jesus was taken up into heaven. It appeared to man that it was a cloud, however it could have been a whirlwind, that same as what took Elijah up into heaven.. Acts 1:1:10 "And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;". While they had total concentration in observing Jesus Christ being taken up into Heaven, two men were there standing by them. This could be symbolic of the two witnesses. Jesus expects us to be witnesses for Him, as to how He walked the earth, how He suffered, and how He was raised, and how the power of the Holy Spirit came, or in this case, would come in ten days. This no doubt was the same two that appeared in the tomb, when Jesus was raised from the dead, and they went to the opened grave. . Acts 1:11 "Which also said, 'Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, Which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.'". Did you get that? You are going to see Jesus come back to earth, at the second advent, coming "in like manner" as these men and women have seen Jesus ascend up into heaven. Jesus is going to return "exactly" as He had left. There is not going to be a stopping in space, while some claiming to be Christians, are whisked away, flying out of here,No; it will be exactly "in like manner" as Jesus' going into Heaven. Jesus left from the Mount of Olives, and He ascended up into the clouds, and He is going to come back in the same manner. Not to park somewhere on a cloud, but, as you seen Him go, you will see Him return. It can't be hard to understand as many so-called religious scholars try to make it, with all their "hocus pocus rapture doctrines".. excerpt; Book of Acts chapter one http://americanwisdomseries.com/