Lectionary passage: Acts 1:6-8 - So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He replied, "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
When they met together the apostles said to Jesus, “Lord,
is it your desire at this time that the kingdom be restored?”
The apostles’ question showed that they did not yet understand
what the nature of their mission soon would be throughout their land
and beyond, as they fulfilled the Great Commission they’d receive
to be witnesses to Jesus that the whole world might believe.
But they had to be empowered to discharge their mission role.
Till the Spirit came upon them that was out of their control.
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