Luk 17:20, Act 1:6, 2Th 2:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come , he answered them , The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed ,

Luke 17:20

The Coming of the Kingdom

20 Being asked by the Pharisees ^awhen the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God ^bis not coming in ways that can be observed,

Acts 1:6

The Ascension

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^cwill you at this time ^drestore the kingdom to Israel?”

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3

The Man of Lawlessness

1 Now concerning ^ethe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our ^fbeing gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 15} 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or ^halarmed, either ⁱby a spirit or a ^jspoken word, or ^ka letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that ^lthe day of the Lord has come. 3 ^mLet no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, ⁿunless the rebellion comes first, and ^othe man of lawlessness ^{▼▼Some manuscripts sin} is revealed, ^qthe son of destruction, ^{▼▼Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)}