Upon This Rock (16): Robbing Christ of His Honor (8)
This article from Don Doezema's series examines the disciples' question about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel in Acts 1, arguing that despite their spiritual instruction from the risen Christ, they still harbored misconceptions about an earthly, political kingdom. Doezema explores how the disciples gradually abandoned their carnal expectations while learning to understand Christ's heavenly, spiritual kingship in light of Old Testament types and New Testament fulfillment.
Previous article in this series: December 15, 2013, p. 139. "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" That was the question of the Eleven with which we concluded our previous article in this series. We might, on first thought, be surprised by that question. After all, had not Christ "breathed on them" and said to them "Receive ye the Holy Ghost" (John 20:22)? Had He not "opened their understanding" that they might "understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45)? And had He not...
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