He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;
as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
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