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To: Stan who wrote (36963)	4/28/2004 8:33:32 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

"what did the disciples mean when they asked Jesus, "Will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" Great question! After the Crucifixion the Apostles were in great confusion about the meaning of Jesus's life as the Messiah. Despite the fact that they had lived and learned at Jesus's feet for three years, they remained confused about the Kingdom of God. Jesus simply had not focused on the restoration of a worldly kingdom because there would be NO physical/geographical restoration. Jesus always focused on the spiritual dimensions of the kingdom. Adding to this confusion was the false traditions of the Pharisees that demanded the restoration of a physical worldly kingdom as a sign of the Messiah. The Pharisaical ideas had been developed in Babylon during the Babylonian Captivity and brought back to Judea after the rebuilding of the Second Temple around 539 B.C. These false Pharisaical ideas and oral traditions (the beginning of the oral Talmud) developed in Babylon were now imposed upon the entire Judean society because of the power and prominence of the Pharisees in religious and political circles. Many of these false traditions still influenced the thinking of the Apostles prior to Day of Pentecost (baptism of the Holy Spirit). Reflecting on this brief historical and religious background helps us understand the mindset of the Apostles concerning the prophetic Messianic promises for the establishment of the Kingdom of God. Again, remember the fact that they had not yet received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The false teachings of the Pharisees concerning a worldly kingdom still lingered in their minds as they asked the resurrected Jesus: "Will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" Without the help of the indwelling Holy Spirit, they were still thinking in carnal terms. It is also very instructive to read the two verses preceding their question: 4: And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, 5: for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." Their question was tarnished with the politics and false kingdom traditions of the Pharisees, but Jesus was about to establish the Kingdom of God in their hearts with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Christ then says: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth." And a few verses later the completion of the establishment of the Kingdom of God: Acts 2 1: When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2: And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3: And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. 4: And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. This is why the Apostles could later say: The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteouness, peace in the Holy Ghost. The question of the Apostles about the Kingdom was answered in a dramatic way and the Apostles became the authority and leaders in the Kingdom of God--the Christian Church. Their authority and power was as humble servants and martyrs for the building of the Body of Christ and not as pompous worldly leaders of a worldly kingdom that the Pharisees envisioned.

To: Stan who wrote (36963)	4/28/2004 8:54:56 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 39621

Stan, one final note on the Kingdom of God. The modern antichrist Talmudic Jews and the modern cult of Christian-Zionism is still trying to restore the worldly kingdom envisioned by the antichrist Pharisees two thousand years ago. So the modern antichrist Israeli nation being built in Palestine is not the fulfillment of a biblical prophesy or the vision of Christ and the Apostles, but rather the dark satanic vision of the antichrist Pharisees. The modern Pharisees have recruited the Christian-Zionist fundamentalist as collaborators in their evil deed.