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Restoring the Kingdom: Bigger than Politics

"While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promise. "This," He said, "Is what you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." So when they had come together, they asked Him, "Lord, are you restoring the Kingdom of Israel at this time?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1: 4-8 Observations: Who said what? Jesus commanded the disciples not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's Promise.  Jesus reminds the disciples that He told them that they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.  The disciples asked Jesus if that meant tha