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   From: novalidemail@ymail.com   
      
   On 9/29/2023 7:32 PM, James wrote:   
   > Is the Kingdom within you?   
   >   
   > According to the popular King James Bible; yes. As well as many other   
   > translations:   
   >   
   > -- King James   
   > Luke 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,   
   > behold, the kingdom of God is within you.   
   >   
   > First, what is God's kingdom? Notice Dan 2:44:   
   >   
   > -- Revised Standard   
   > Daniel 2:44  And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set   
   > up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty   
   > be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms   
   > and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;   
   >   
   > Notice how the Bible is defining a "kingdom"; It is a nation's   
   > government.Thus God's Kingdom is God's government, which will soon   
   > take over all the governments of the world.   
   >   
   > So back to the question. Is God's kingdom "within you"?   
   >   
   > Of course not. God's Kingdom consists of Jehovah as its head, Jesus as   
   > its king, all of God's righteous angels, and some humans from the   
   > earth. (Rev 14:1; 7:4) All of that cannot be inside a person.   
   >   
   > And there is more proof. Notice who Jesus was talking to at Luke 17:21   
   > and who is the "you" in that verse? See the verse directly before it:   
   >   
   > -- King James   
   > Luke 17:20  And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the   
   > kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of   
   > God cometh not with observation:   
      
      I disagree.   
      
      Luke 17:20  And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God   
   should come, he answering them and said: The kingdom of God cometh not   
   with observation.   
      
   Luke 17:21  Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For   
   *lo, the kingdom of God is within you*   
      
      
   >   
   > Yes, Jesus was talking to the Pharisees. The ones he called "offspring   
   > of vipers". (Mt 3:7)   
   >   
   > So even if the Kingdom could be inside a person, they are the last   
   > persons who would have it.   
      
       I disagree with this as well. Why? You must search your own heart   
       for this answer. Does Christ live in you? Does the love for all men   
       live in you for the good of all living?   
      
       If you have examined your own heart and found love living there then   
       indeed, God lives within you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)