Questions Concerning the Kingdom

Concepts developed in childhood are sometimes difficult to change. Such was certainly the case with the apostles' thinking about the kingdom Jesus would establish. They believed it would be an earthly kingdom that would conquer all of its enemies. So, "they asked Him saying, 'Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?'" The Lord told them only the Father knows the precise timing of events he has planned, which would include the establishment of the kingdom and the end of time (Acts 1:6-7; Matthew 24:36).

While they could not know God's timetable, it was important for the apostles to know they were to receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Then, they were to take their witness into all the world, radiating out in ever widening circles from Jerusalem (Acts 1:8).

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