Acts 1:9-11 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 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.
The disciples were staring up into the sky. The two men dressed in white (angels) came along and asked why they were staring up into the sky. The two men then wondered why the disciples were staring up into the sky and said that the same Jesus who was taken up to heaven will return as He went to heaven
. It does not say that the disciples saw a physical body go up.
Jesus ascended in a spiritual body, not on a physical body, which is why the angels wondered why the disciples were staring into the sky, since the disciples could not see the spiritual body the way the angels could. That makes perfect sense since angels can see spirits.
Descending from heaven upon the clouds means that the spirit of Jesus, the Christ Spirit, will be made manifest from the heaven of the will of God and will appear in the form of the human temple. Though delivered from the womb of Mary, Jesus in reality descended from the heaven of the will of God. Baha’u’llah descended
in like manner, from the heaven of the will of God.
Many men have come claiming to be Christ (in the name of Christ)
List of people claimed to be Jesus, but Baha'u'llah did not come in the name if Christ, as was pointed out on the 10 minute video called
The Return of Christ that I posted a little while ago. I hope you watch that video.
Indeed, many false Christs have come, and that is why Jesus warned of false Christs:
List of people claimed to be Jesus but Jesus never said there would not be a true Christ. Baha’u’llah came from the east and flashed like lightening to the west, and I can explain that in another post if you want me to because I do not want to get off track right now.
Whenever the Glory of God is mentioned in the prophecies in Scriptures it is referring to Baha’u’llah, because Baha’u’llah means the Glory of God in Arabic. Indeed, the name Baha’u’llah appeared in Arabic Bibles before that were taken from circulation.
I do not want to get too far off track, but here is an example of some verses that refer to Baha’u’llah:
Isaiah 35:1-2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Carmel and Sharon had seen the appearance of Bahá'u'lláh, the Glory of the Lord, and the desert blossomed as the rose. I can explain that in another post if you want me to, because I do not want to get off track right now.
Where does it say that Jesus would be the Son of Man who would come in the clouds?
The title ‘Son of man’ is symbolic of the perfect humanity that Jesus represented, but it does not apply exclusively to Jesus. It ultimately comes from the Book of Daniel, where it refers to the Messiah. It is a Baha’i teaching that the title applies to both Jesus and Baha’u’llah.
I highly suggest you read this post I wrote about the Son of Man:
#1199 Trailblazer
I also suggest you read what I wrote this thread:
Who is the Son of man who will come in the clouds of heaven?
To explain in brief, I believe that ‘Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven’ means that the return of the Christ Spirit promised in the Bible will be made manifest from
the heaven of the will of God, and will appear in the form of a human being. The term “heaven” means loftiness and exaltation. Although Jesus was delivered from the womb of His mother, in reality He descended from the heaven of the will of God. Though dwelling on this earth, His true habitation was the realms above. While walking among mortals on earth, Jesus soared in the heaven of the divine presence.
The term “clouds” as used in the Bible means those things that cloud our judgment and prevent us from seeing what is really there. Just like the physical clouds prevent the eyes of men from beholding the sun, the desires of men hindered men from recognizing the return of Christ.
To further explain the teaming of clouds, the term “clouds” as used in the Bible means those things that are contrary to the ways and desires of men. They signify, in one sense, the annulment of laws, the abrogation of former Dispensations, the repeal of rituals and customs current among men. In another sense, they mean the appearance of a Manifestation of God in the image of mortal man, with such human limitations as eating and drinking, poverty and riches, sleeping and waking, and such other things as cast doubt in the minds of men, and cause them to turn away. These “veils” to recognition of a Manifestation of God are symbolically referred to as “clouds.” Just like the physical clouds prevent the eyes of men from beholding the sun, these things hinder the souls of men from recognizing the light of the Manifestation of God.
Thus the meaning of clouds is symbolic, not literal. Their judgment was clouded. When Christ returned Christians were looking for
the same man Jesus in the same body that resurrected and ascended to appear in the actual physical clouds in the sky with power and great glory, trumpets and angels, but when that did not happen that way they rejected Christ when he came with His New Name.
The reason Christians missed recognizing Baha’u’llah in the mid-19th century (and still do not recognize Him) is because they are waiting for the “literal fulfillment” of those Son of man in the clouds of heaven prophecies. They expect the same physical body of Jesus to come floating down on a physical cloud from heaven, but I am sure you already know this since it is a basic Christian belief.
