PJP2 PROLOG 160331 PROLOG Focus - Acts 1:6-8....

Psalm 106:12 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."Then they Believed His Words; they Sang His Praise."....

PJP2 PROLOG POST 160331 - Acts 1:6-8 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."So when they (Jesus disciples) had come together, they asked Him, 'Lord, Will You at this time Restore the kingdom to Israel?'  He Said to them, 'It Is Not For you To Know Times or Seasons That The Father Has Fixed By His Own Authority.  BUT you Will Receive Power When The Holy Spirit Has Come Upon you, AND you Will Be My Witnesses in Jerusalem And in All Judea And Samaria, And to The End of the earth.'”....

You know we people, God the Father's 'Centerpiece of His Creation', we are an interesting bunch.  Here we find, in today's PJP2 PROLOG POST 160331 Acts 1:6-8, the 11 Apostles are gathered up spending time with The Risen Lord Jesus, just prior to His Ascension back to Be At The Right Hand of God The Father.  Now, of All the Questions they could have Asked The Risen Lord Jesus (for example:  Lord, so what is death like?  Or -  Lord, How Did God The Father Make You Whole again? Or - What was Happening from the Moment You Gave Up Your Spirit on The Cross, to When You Opened Your Eyes in The Tomb?....)....

They Ask our Lord Jesus - "Lord, Will You at this time Restore the kingdom of Israel?"  

Please don't hear me being judgmental - as I read this Passage Of the Word Select (POWS), I find myself nodding my head in agreement with them.  I mean The Eleven just witnessed the current religious and Roman rulers of the day brutalize, wrongly prosecute and execute their (and our) Lord and Master.  Wasn't it 'time' for God The Father to set the record straight?  Yet, look at their question - in the Three Years our Lord Jesus was with them, during His earthly Walk, He Never Once Preached about Restoring the kingdom of Israel.

Nope.

Our Lord Jesus Message was Very Clear - "Repent, for The Kingdom of God/Heaven is at hand." (Matthew 3:2).

Ok, so Here is What I am Hearing The Holy Spirit say to me this morning - Keep the FOCUS on our Lord Jesus.

Look at His Reply to their question - "He Said to them, 'It Is Not For you To Know Times or Seasons That The Father Has Fixed By His Own Authority.  BUT you Will Receive Power When The Holy Spirit Has Come Upon you, AND you Will Be My Witnesses in Jerusalem And in All Judea And Samaria, And to The End of the earth.'"

In other words - "Don't get sidetracked/distracted by that Stuff way out of your control.  When God The Father's Ready for My Second Coming, He's Got That.  You, Jeffery et al, You Keep Your FOCUS on (a) Be Prepared - Holy Spirit's Coming; (b) Share My Gospel 24x7x365x360"
May our answer to His Guidance ever be - "Roger That, Lord, WILCO."
My Prayer for us today - simply.....O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Thank You for Your Loving and Merciful Grace.  Lord Jesus, Help us to ever Keep our FOCUS on You and You Alone.  Holy Spirit, Empower and Embolden us to Live Following Your Guidance in our Lives.  Father God, Open the Door for us to Ever Share Your Word of Love and Light.  Lord Jesus, we Lift Up our Prayers in Your Holy Name....Amen and Amen....jaj