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6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:6-8
Now that Jesus had shown Himself to be the Messiah-Christ, would He at this time finally restore the Kingdom of Israel? The disciples had in mind, still, an earthly kingdom. One with military and executive government, taxes and territory.
Jesus does not reject the question outright. It was a valid question. The Kingdom of Israel would eventually be restored. But the question was too narrow.
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