Acts 1:7 (CSB) He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

1 Timothy 6:15 (CSB)
15 God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords,

1 Thessalonians 5:1,2 (CSB)
1 About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

Mark 13:32 (CSB)
32 "Now concerning that day or hour no one knows -- neither the angels in heaven nor the Son -- but only the Father.

Daniel 2:21 (CSB)
21 He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Deuteronomy 29:29 (CSB)
29 "The hidden things belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Acts 17:26 (CSB)
26 "From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Psalm 37:23 (CSB) A person's steps are established by the LORD, and he takes pleasure in his way.

It is comforting to know that no matter what God is still in control. The devil has his limited power for a limited time, but God has the final power and the final word in the final day! Man can only runaway for so long till God gets a hold of him and then he will do the will of the father.

God does not do anything until He lets righteous people know about it. So it was not for the disciples to know when, but in the end times He will be telling people, "In your life time I will return" (Amos 3:7, Luke 2:25-30)!

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