Hello brothers and sisters of Our Daily Devotionals,
There is a question that I’d like to ask. As it is said in the Bible, “You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven” (Act 1:11), I’ve always thought that since the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven bearing the image and clothes of a Jew, He shall descend among us in the image of a Jew when He comes back. However, during a meeting, the preacher said that this prophecy doesn’t exactly say the Lord will descend in the image of a Jewish man, and that as we human beings are unable to fathom the mysteries in the prophecies, we cannot determine that the image of the returned Lord will be that of a Jew based on our imaginings, otherwise we will be very likely to miss the opportunity to welcome the Lord. So I’m very confused now. Will the Lord appear to us in the image of a Jewish man when He comes back? If He changes His image, how can we recognize Him and welcome His return? As for this question, I hope I can receive your answer.
Xiying