When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
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Hilary of Poitiers
AD 368
For they longed for it now, they wished it now; that is, they wished to seize Him, and to make Him king.
But the prophets foretold His kingdom according to that wherein He is Christ made man, and has made His faithful ones Christians. There will consequently be a kingdom of Christians, which at present is being gathered together, being prepared and purchased by the blood of Christ. His kingdom will at length be made manifest, when the glory of His saints shall be revealed, after the judgment is executed by Him, which judgment He Himself has said above is that which the Son of man shall execute. Of which kingdom also the apostle has said: “When He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.(1 Cor 15:24)”
