Did Jesus really leave bodily and visibly on a cloud to ascend to heaven from mount Olive, , or is that not literal, either?
Because the angel said this same Jesus will return in like manner as you have seen Him leave:
Act 1:9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Act 1:10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
Act 1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?
This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Act 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
That means literally and visibly returning on a cloud, in the air, back to Mount Olive - which occurs in Zechariah 14:5.
And occurs in Revelation 1:7
Rev 1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
And occurs in 1 Thessalonians 4:
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
And Matthew 24:30:
Mat 24:30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
It is preposterous to claim He doesn’t literally and visibly return on a cloud exactly as He left.
Maranatha