Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display, Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]. Luke 17:21-21
The Kingdom of our Father is in us right now. Today is the day of our salvation and now is our accepted time, 2 Corinthians 6:2.
And Jesus said to them, Truly and solemnly I say to you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death before they see the kingdom of God come in [its] power. Mark 9:1
All of the Apostles who Jesus was talking to here in Mark have died. So the Kingdom of God has had to have come to be within us and it did. It came when the Holy Spirit was sent to dwell in us. We have now been filled with the very presence and power of our Father. We have been sealed with the Kingdom of God and we are secure in it until the day of our redemption, Ephesians 4:30.
Our Kingdom is not a city, it’s not a place; our Kingdom is not something that can be seen with our physical eyes. Yet our Kingdom fills us and surrounds us. The Kingdom of our Father is power, it’s energy, and it never leaves us or forsakes us. Our Kingdom teaches us all things. It brings us peace that passes all understanding. Our Kingdom allows us to be used to serve all, whether they acknowledge who and what we are or not. Our Kingdom flows from us as rivers of living water, John 7:38.
For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul). 1 Corinthians 4:20
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17
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