Before you answer, please look at more than one version of Luke 17:21. Please feel welcome to comment on what your answer should mean to us.
2007-07-21 06:01:41 · 14 answers · asked by quaver 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Note that Jesus was talking to the Pharisees, a group of religious leaders that hated him.
2007-07-28 09:06:45 · update #1
real kingdom
2007-07-21 06:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It states the kingdom of God is within us. I believe that how I live and how I believe, that yes, the kingdom is within me. The joy and happiness along with the saddness over wondering why I may have been forsaken is all in one. I do also believe that when the tribulation is over and Satan is defeated, all of us faithful servants will have a place to go to be with the Lord. It will be a spiritual place where we will hug and kiss and laugh and sing. All of God's children will be by his side in a place more beautiful than anything we have seen thus far. God also said the kingdom does not come with careful observation. We cannot predict the coming of the Lord in all His glory. People said the world would come to an end in 2000. Now they are saying it will come to an end in 2012. It will happen when God is good and ready. What we can expect is that when He comes, every eye will see him and every ear shall hear Him. Yes, the days are getting shorter and the plagues and death and hunger and war are getting worse. The day that there is peace among every human being at the same exact time is a clue that the battle will begin. I love the kingdom I perceive and I love the kingdom that will come with the Lord.
2007-07-21 07:25:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The kingdom of God is the rule of an eternal sovereign God over all creatures and things (Psalms 103:19; Daniel 4:3). The kingdom of God is also the designation for the sphere of salvation entered into at the new birth (John 3:5-7).
The kingdom of God embraces all created intelligence, both in heaven and earth that are willingly subject to the LORD and are in fellowship with him. The kingdom of God is therefore, universal - includes created angels and men, eternal - as God is eternal, and spiritual - found with in all born again believers. We enter the kingdom of God when we are born again and we are then part of that kingdom for eternity. It is a relationship "born of the spirit" (John 3:5) and we have confident assurance that it is so because the Spirit bears witness with our spirits (Romans 8:16).
God is sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient and the ruler over all of His creation. However, the designation "the kingdom of God" compasses that realm that is subject to God and will be for eternity - the rest of creation will be destroyed. Only that which is part of the "kingdom of God" will remain.
Recommended Resource: The Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul Enns.
2007-07-21 06:07:16 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe that it is a physical place. The scriptures says "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..." I believe that kingdom in that verse means:
1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
God's kingdom should rule in our hearts. How can we be affective Christians if His kingdom doesn't rule in our lives. We have to ask that God's kingdom come (His dominion and power) and His will be done in our lives as it is in Heaven.
2007-07-21 06:13:48 · answer #4 · answered by HighlyFavored 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i believe that the Kingdom at this moment is in the third heaven which is Gods abode i belive we are laying the foundation right now for it here on earth and at the Second Coming of Christ is when it will be established here on earth so yes it is a real kingdom! hope this answers your question!
2007-07-21 06:07:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said "The Kingdom of Heaven is at HAND". Our hands are not in the future. Our hands are not in the clouds. Our hands are here and everything that is "at hand" is within reach now. One way to understand something is to find out what it is not. What is the Kingdom of Hell? What is not within your reach right now?
2007-07-21 06:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by phil8656 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is one of the most beautiful sentiments I ever read.
I think it's a matter of first loves and you owe that to your creator and your wife should believe the same.
I can't imagine going to heaven and not seeing all my ex wives there to meet the new one.
Is there a limit to your love. I have room for both God and mankind.
My God's promises keep me.
For as foolish as I am he loves me .
As sinful as I was and am he forgives me and he waits for me to come home as much as I want to get there when he says so.
The Kingdom of God is huge and it is within me and there is room to love everyone.
Attack my Lord though and I will defend him.
Greater is he who is within me than he who is in the world.
God Bless!
2007-07-27 03:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a real kingdom in heaven
we are building his kingdom down here with our hearts
2007-07-28 05:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by holly B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-07-27 14:04:20 · answer #9 · answered by johnnydepp1118 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a kingdom in heaven. or at least that is what i believe.
2007-07-21 06:10:05 · answer #10 · answered by THE UK WILDCAT FAMILY 10 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋