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Acts 1:6-8 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Notice that the apostles were not given to know the time of the establishment of the Kingdom, but were to be filled with the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Jesus' disciples did not at that time receive political power to rule the nations. The Kingdom of God was not then to be set up. But they were to receive spiritual power that would enable them to be "witnesses" to the world of Christ's resurrection and to "teach all nations" the ways of God (Matthew 28:18-20). While Jesus Himself was away in heaven, He promised He would be with them (and their successors) in spirit only until the end of this age—until the end of this present world of human misrule—until His return to set up the Kingdom of God on earth.
The Sensational Return of Jesus Christ!
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