For when the apostles, after our Saviour’s resurrection, and immediately before His ascension, asked our Saviour, saying (Acts 1:6), “Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times and the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power; but ye shall receive power by the coming of the Holy Ghost upon you, and ye shall be my (martyrs) witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Which is as much as to say, “My kingdom is not yet come, nor shall you foreknow when it shall come; for it shall come as a thief in the night; but I will send you the Holy Ghost, and by Him you shall have power to bear witness to all the world, by your preaching of my resurrection, and the works I have done, and the doctrine I have taught, that they may believe in me, and expect eternal life, at my coming again.” How does this agree with the coming of Christ’s kingdom at the resurrection? And that which
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