Waiting for Christ's Return
Acts 1:10-11
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;…


The Rev. T. Brown, in The Watchword, tells of a gentleman, accompanied by his little son, having an errand at the East India House, who left the boy upon the steps, telling him to wait till he returned. Shortly afterwards, being much engrossed, with the business which he had in hand, he left the building by another door, and went home, entirely forgetting his son. When the family assembled at dinner the mother noticed the child's absence, and made anxious inquiry for him. Then the incident of the morning flashed upon the father's mind. He hurried back to the East India House, and there he found the little boy, tired and hungry, waiting, as he had been told to, at the door. He had been there four hours. "I knew you would come, father," said he; "you said you would." Such secure and childlike trust is the faith of all who die "in Christ." All who fall asleep in Jesus, know that Jesus will come for them again, for He said He would, and He never forgets. In like manner the living believer should anticipate His second coming.



Parallel Verses
KJV: And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

WEB: While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,




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