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Was
it the right time for Jesus to set up his Kingdom? |
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"'The
time has come' he said. 'The
kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the
good news.'"
Mark 1:15
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"For
there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the
man Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a ransom for all men- the
testimony given in its proper time.
I Timothy 2:5,6
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"...a
faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life,
which God, who does not lie,
promised before the beginning of time, and at
his appointed season he brought
his word to light through the preaching entrusted
to me by the command of God our Savior.
Titus 1:3
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"...But
now he has appeared once for
all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by
the sacrifice of himself."
Hebrews 9:26
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"But when
the time was fully come, God sent his son, born
or a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law that
we might receive the full rights of sons."
Galatians 4:4
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God
sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for Jesus.
"And he will
go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to
turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the
disobedient to the wisdom of righteousness-
to
make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
John 1:17 (Isaiah 40:3)
"Repent for the
kingdom of
heaven is near."
Matthew 3:3
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