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Sorry, I should have provided the verse. It is Acts 1:7. I checked with biblehub.com to make sure there weren’t different English words being used. Virtually all of them had times, but seasons is also shown as dates, epochs, periods, or moments.

http://biblehub.com/acts/1-7.htm

Also, could you keep my son and his mates in your prayers? Their sub has been out to sea for ten weeks. He said this deployment has not been like any he’s been on before. Nothing bad is happening but the schedule keeps changing. I guess no deployment is like any other, but there have been longer stretches between receiving e-mails than on any other deployment.

Thanks,
Rich

Rich, Here it is:
Acts 1:6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”…

I have always interpreted this as a specific answer to a specific question from a specific group of people. Jesus knew that it was going to be another 2000 years until the final dispersion of the Jews was to be over, and He knew that wasn’t going to start until 40 year hence. Jesus also knew that He had already introduced the Doctrine of Immanence of the Return, and that He was going to have Paul reinforce that, as a way of encouraging believers to always be ready. So He tells them that is not for them, specifically to know these things.

If this were to be universally applicable statement, then Revelation 12:1-2 would not have been included. Note, that the astronomical configuration noted there can only be recognized using star charting software on digital computers, so it was pretty clear that this would remain “symbolic” up until we got close to the End of Days. YHWH really has this all worked out. Trust Him!

I’ll pray for you son and his mates. You should know that there are special Angels assigned to watch over submariners. I know this from experience.