blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
I was just wondering what your thoughts were about these verses.
For a little over a month, Jesus spoke to the disciples about the kingdom of God. I'm curious, after being taught about the kingdom for 40 days, why they would ask him about restoring the Kingdom to Israel. If they were mistaken about the idea that the kingdom would be restored to Israel, wouldn't Jesus have just told them that it wasn't going to be restored to Israel. It sounds like in verse 7 that Jesus is saying it will happen, but it was not for the disciples to know when.
Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
For a little over a month, Jesus spoke to the disciples about the kingdom of God. I'm curious, after being taught about the kingdom for 40 days, why they would ask him about restoring the Kingdom to Israel. If they were mistaken about the idea that the kingdom would be restored to Israel, wouldn't Jesus have just told them that it wasn't going to be restored to Israel. It sounds like in verse 7 that Jesus is saying it will happen, but it was not for the disciples to know when.