You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses... to the ends of the earth. -- Acts 1:8
... in asking about a restoration of the kingdom, it is clear that the apostles were still dreaming of a political liberation from Rome. But in his reply Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit giving them power to witness. The kingdom of God is his rule in the lives of his people. It is spread by witnesses, not soldiers, through the gospel of peace, not a declaration of war.
Through the Bible Through the Year p. 291
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