Has God restored the kingdom to Israel? Yes he has, but not according to the shadow and type of the OT that the modern Ziochristians would like to reestablish in modern Palestine/Israel but rather according to the substance and antitype--a kingdom of righteouness,peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, not a kingdom of meat and drink as in the shadow kingdom of the OT.
6: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
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.
8: But(forget your ideas about a worldly kingdom after the shadow and type that I used in the OT) ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:(The Kingdom of God will operate through the power of the Holy Ghost) 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:
Is this interpretation correct? Did the Apostles and disciples get a NEW understanding of what is the Kingdom of God after receiving the baptism of the Holy Soirit on the Day of Pentecost? One way to prove this is to examine the writings of the Apostles and disciples after the occurences in the first chapter of Acts.
In the next post we will examine the writings of the Apostles to get a glimpse of how they understood the Kingdom of God after Pentecost! |
