Just before he ascended into heaven, Christ's disciples asked him: "Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?"
Christ answered: "The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:6-8, NLT)
A couple of things to pull out of this statement:
1) Christ basically told them that the timing of God's plans was none of their business!
2) He told them that they would receive power when they were imbued with God's Spirit.
3) He gave them their marching orders. They were to focus on telling people everywhere about him!
In other words, Christ's final instructions to his disciples was to instruct them not to worry about what was prophesied to happen sometime in the future!
That destroys like 200 years of Adventist &etc main purpose for existing. Their entire core is (unfortunately false) prophecy.
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