What did Jesus speak about during the forty days after His resurrection?
After His resurrection, during the forty days before His ascension, Jesus spoke to the eleven apostles about the Kingdom. He taught them things pertaining to the Kingdom of God, including its future earthly rule and their role in it, such as sitting on twelve thrones ruling the twelve tribes of Israel.
Les teaches that during the forty days between His resurrection and ascension, Jesus was speaking especially to the eleven apostles concerning the Kingdom. He explains that this is the one Kingdom in Scripture, the Kingdom that will be set upon this earth, where Christ will rule as King of kings and Lord of lords. Jesus spoke to them of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God and their role in it. That included the promise from Matthew 19 that they would sit upon twelve thrones ruling the twelve tribes of Israel. This Kingdom expectation filled the eleven, and it drove Peter in the early days after Pentecost to preach to Israel that the One they crucified was indeed their King.
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
More Questions
What time period are the forty days in Acts 1:3?
The forty days in Acts 1:3 are the time between Jesus' resurrection and His ascension.
Who did Jesus spend the forty days after his resurrection with?
After his resurrection, Jesus spent forty days in his resurrection body with the eleven disciples because they had not yet chosen the twelfth one.