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After the resurrection, the apostles asked, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6) Witnesses of the Messiah will guide you through Acts of the Apostles and show you how the Church, founded upon the apostles, is the restoration of the kingdom. As insightful as it is easy to read, Witnesses of the Messiah is ideal for individual or group study.

the restored kingdom (1 Cor. 15:20–24), in which the “whole house of Israel” will be brought to life by the Spirit (Ezek. 37:11–14). Luke continues and extends the new exodus typology in Acts, beginning with Pentecost. Because it occurs fifty days after Passover, Pentecost was associated with God’s revelation of the Mosaic Law on Mount Sinai. In first century Judaism, the Sinai theophany was understood as God’s greatest act of self-revelation. Philo, for example, describes the Sinai theophany as
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