Here is one scripture ,Acts1:11 " this same Jesus...shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven."and there are other scriptures:
"If therefore you shall not watch,I will come on you as a thief..."(Revelation3:3)
"...for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes."(Matthew 24:44)
"Behold,he comes with clouds;and every eye shall see him,and they also which pierced him:and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.Even so ,Amen."(Revelation 1:7)
We can easily discover that the scenes prophesied in these verses about the Lord's coming again are not the same.One says that he will come like a thief,without anyone knowing;another says that he will come with clouds,and every eye shall see him.Then,how exactly will the Lord come? Which one of them will be fulfilled? In fact ,all these verses will be fulfilled ,for no word of God will fail.Besides,these verses seem contradictory literally but are not contradictory in essence.Let's consider two examples to see how the prophecies are fulfilled,and we will be clear about all this.First ,let's see how how the Lord left.One verse records,“Touch me not;for I am not yet ascended to my Father….” (John 20:17) This is what the Lord Jesus said to Mary, who went to the tomb to see him when he was raised three days after his crucifixion. However, another verse records, “… Reach here your finger, and behold my hands….” (John 20:27) These are the words that the Lord Jesus said to Thomas, who didn’t believe he had been resurrected. What have we seen from these two verses? If Jesus had not ascended to the Father, how could he have let Thomas touch him? By this we know that the Lord Jesus had ascended to heaven once secretly before he did so publicly. That is to say, the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven twice altogether: one in a hidden way and the other in a public way. Thus, according to what the Lord said, “As I will go, so will I come,” won’t he also have to come twice, one in a hidden way and the other in a public way? At this point, we should be able to understand that the above two verses actually don’t contradict each other though they seem contradictory literally. It is only that people didn’t understand their implications. Let’s reread these verses. Revelation 3:3 says, “… I will come on you as a thief….” Matthew 24:44 says, “…for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.” And Matthew 24:50 says, “The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him….” These three verses all refer to God’s doing the work in a hidden way when he comes again in the end time. In Revelation 1:7, however, it says, “Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”
This shows that when God does the work in a hidden way, he is saving people, but when he appears publicly, he will begin to punish the evil and reward the good. As Matthew 24:37-39 says, “But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Why are the days of the Son of Man said to be the same as the days of Noah? Because before the flood came, the day was hidden and the people didn’t see the fact of God’s punishing the evil and rewarding the good, and when Noah preached that “the flood is coming,” none of them believed it and they all vilified him, but when the flood came, that is, when the day of God’s punishment came (the day was made public), they were all dumbfounded.
"If therefore you shall not watch,I will come on you as a thief..."(Revelation3:3)
"...for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes."(Matthew 24:44)
"Behold,he comes with clouds;and every eye shall see him,and they also which pierced him:and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.Even so ,Amen."(Revelation 1:7)
We can easily discover that the scenes prophesied in these verses about the Lord's coming again are not the same.One says that he will come like a thief,without anyone knowing;another says that he will come with clouds,and every eye shall see him.Then,how exactly will the Lord come? Which one of them will be fulfilled? In fact ,all these verses will be fulfilled ,for no word of God will fail.Besides,these verses seem contradictory literally but are not contradictory in essence.Let's consider two examples to see how the prophecies are fulfilled,and we will be clear about all this.First ,let's see how how the Lord left.One verse records,“Touch me not;for I am not yet ascended to my Father….” (John 20:17) This is what the Lord Jesus said to Mary, who went to the tomb to see him when he was raised three days after his crucifixion. However, another verse records, “… Reach here your finger, and behold my hands….” (John 20:27) These are the words that the Lord Jesus said to Thomas, who didn’t believe he had been resurrected. What have we seen from these two verses? If Jesus had not ascended to the Father, how could he have let Thomas touch him? By this we know that the Lord Jesus had ascended to heaven once secretly before he did so publicly. That is to say, the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven twice altogether: one in a hidden way and the other in a public way. Thus, according to what the Lord said, “As I will go, so will I come,” won’t he also have to come twice, one in a hidden way and the other in a public way? At this point, we should be able to understand that the above two verses actually don’t contradict each other though they seem contradictory literally. It is only that people didn’t understand their implications. Let’s reread these verses. Revelation 3:3 says, “… I will come on you as a thief….” Matthew 24:44 says, “…for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.” And Matthew 24:50 says, “The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him….” These three verses all refer to God’s doing the work in a hidden way when he comes again in the end time. In Revelation 1:7, however, it says, “Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”
This shows that when God does the work in a hidden way, he is saving people, but when he appears publicly, he will begin to punish the evil and reward the good. As Matthew 24:37-39 says, “But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Why are the days of the Son of Man said to be the same as the days of Noah? Because before the flood came, the day was hidden and the people didn’t see the fact of God’s punishing the evil and rewarding the good, and when Noah preached that “the flood is coming,” none of them believed it and they all vilified him, but when the flood came, that is, when the day of God’s punishment came (the day was made public), they were all dumbfounded.
