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It was BOTH. It will be the restored and eternal kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of heaven.That only helps to make the point that the kingdom gospel Jesus was preaching was not the future restored kingdom of Israel on earth, but was the eternal kingdom.
And? Where is the problem? When they asked about restoring the kingdom, they knew what they were talking about. They had just been given a FORTY day training course on the kingdom and that was the FIRST question that they asked. Jesus did not rebuke them in any way. Jesus just told them that they were not to know the time.In fact Jesus even told the disciples that the future restored kingdom of Israel on earth was not for them to even know the times or seasons about.
Again, it was BOTH! The earthly kingdom WILL BE the "superior eternal kingdom". When this prayer is fulfilled:So it wasn't the kingdom Jesus was concerned with when He was preaching the kingdom gospel while He walked with His disciples during His earthly ministry or when He talked with them after His resurrection.
The kingdom gospel He preached was the superior eternal kingdom.
Matt 6:10 (AKJV/PCE)
(6:10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.