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“The kingdom of heaven is within us already.”–Morning Star
Hi MS.
I'm not so much a believer that the kingdom is “in” his people, as his people are “in” the kingdom and are the kingdom.
REVELATION 1:6
“and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father.”
REVELATION 5:9,10:
“you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God.”Just as people make up a government and are in the government, the Bible indicates that people would make up the kingdom. (Verses above.)
So when you ask if the kingdom is yet “in his people” I have to wonder what influenced you to say that. It has to be this lonely verse. All other verses make plain what God's kingdom is. This is the only verse in the whole Bible that people use to show that God's kingdom is “within” people:
LUKE 17:21
“neither will people be saying, ‘See here!’ or, ‘There!’ For, look! the kingdom of God IS WITHIN YOU.”
(KJ, NIV)
(Both the KJ margins and the NIV footnote give alternate translations: (“among you” and “in your midst”)I have to think the alternate translations are the correct ones. Here's why.
…1. CONTEXT! Read Luke 17:20 and 21. (Not just 21)
(He “answered” the pharisees. His statement was directed towards them. Do you think the kingdom of God is in the hearts of the pharisses? Jesus called them “hypocrites” and “serpents” and said “how are you to flee from the judgement of Gehenna?”
Is God’s kingdom in such ones?
…2. MODERN BIBLES translate it “in your midst” or “among you.” (Even KJ and others that have “within you” also have “among you” as an alternate translation in the margins.)
…3. MANY SCRIPTURES SHOW KINGDOM TO BE A GOVERNMENT–dan 2:44; Is 9:6,7; 1 cor 15:24; Rev 1:6; 5:9,10.
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