Acts 1:6-7 “Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (7) And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.”
So, what about the scripture quoted above, where our Lord tells us that it is not for us to know times or seasons, which our Father has put in His own authority? The Lord answered the disciples in this manner, in response to their wanting to know the exact date that He would set up His kingdom on the earth. Although there are instances in scripture, when God has given exact times to His saints, this is not the norm. For example, God told Abraham exactly how many years the children of Israel would be in Egypt (Genesis 15:13). God also told the Jews, how long they would be in exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:10). But with regards to the end times, God has not given us knowledge of times or seasons. So, how are we to understand the end times, if it is not given to us to know times and seasons? Our Lord answered that question for us, when He taught us on the subject relating to the end times. For in His teaching, He revealed certain key events that will take place in the later days. He then stated, that when we see these key events taking place, that we will know just how close we are, to the end of the age. In other words, we are to look for the key events that scripture reveals to us, and by them, we will know how close we are, to the end of the age.
Michael E.B. Maher
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