Lee Says, " about going to heaven...first I must ask...do you think the Kingdom of God is a differnt place then heaven?
Luke 17:21 neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you."
Thank you for your views and your question.
I know that the Kingdom of God is different than the place we call heaven. The "Kingdom of God" is just that: it is a KINGDOM... a government. The Kingdom of God is the coming World-ruling Government of God.
God will soon send His Son Jesus, the Christ, back to this earth to take over and rule it with a rod of iron.
You mention Luke 17:21... well, that verse is totally misunderstood by millions, just as the god of this world prefers..
The true understanding of that verse is, that Jesus is the KING of that coming Kingdom.. What He was telling those rebellious Pharisees is, that HE, the King of that Kingdom, was "among" them... Not that the Kingdom, itself, was 'within' them.
King and Kingdom are often used interchangeably...
IF it had been 'within' them, they would have been subject to that Government, and NOT the rebellious individuals they really were.
Preachers of this world, led, and inspired by satan, are the ones who teach that the "Kingdom" is already here, and somehow, 'within' us... That is not true.
Thank you for the opportunity to share that information.
God Bless,Phil Barnes
..."To teach that the insufficiency of the law lay in man's moral inability to meet its simple demands on human behavior, is to err most radically." -unknown
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