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   From: novalidemail@ymail.com   
      
   On 9/30/2023 4:19 PM, Michael Christ wrote:   
   > On 1/10/2023 1:17 am, Just a guy wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > 10/10.  Well said.   
   >   
   > The best thing I have read for a long time.   
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   > Michael Christ   
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      Hi Michael, and thank you.   
      
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