promised in Daniel 2 and 7. They expected an earthly kingdom with Israel in ascendancy. Instead of answering the question in the form in which it had been posed, Jesus said that the times and seasons for things that God has set were not to be given to them. They were to follow instructions and not try to figure out matters about which they could not know until they occurred. He said nothing about the fact that they were wrong in their supposition that the kingdom would be restored to Israel, because