And he said unto them,
It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power.
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
AD 1536
And yet, even in the meantime a spiritual kingdom will thrust itself forth. In vindicating and protecting this kingdom, God demands their service, as for the rewards, let them be his concern. So they are to give up their desiree to know what they should not know; prepare themselves for events that lie at hand.