The Kingdom of God Being a Person
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 17:20 And when He was questioned by the Pharisees as to
when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said,
The kingdom of God does not come with observation; (21) Nor
will they say, Behold, here it is! or, There! For behold, the
kingdom of God is in the midst of you. (22) And He said to the
disciples, The days will come when you will long to see one of
the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. (23) And
they will say to you, Behold, there! Behold, here! Do not go
away, nor run after them. (24) For just as lightning flashing
from one end of heaven shines to the other end of heaven, so
will the Son of Man be in His day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the Pharisees questioned the Lord about the coming of the
kingdom of God, He answered that the kingdom of God does not
come with observation. This means that the kingdom of God is
not visible or observable. Rather, the kingdom of God is
invisible; it is something that cannot be seen with physical
eyes.
In the Lord's answer to the Pharisees, there is a strong
indication that the kingdom of God is actually the Savior
Himself. The Lord seems to be saying to them, "You cannot see
the kingdom of God, but right now it is among you. Although the
kingdom of God is here now, you do not have the spiritual
perception to see it. You need spiritual eyes to see spiritual
things, to see the kingdom of God. Actually, this kingdom is a
wonderful Person. With your physical eyes you can see the
material existence of this Person. But you do not have
spiritual sight to perceive His spiritual reality. The
spiritual reality of this Person is actually the kingdom of
God. Therefore, I say that the kingdom of God is now here among
you. You, however, cannot perceive this spiritual reality."
Verses 22 through 24 prove that the kingdom of God is the
Savior Himself, who was among the Pharisees when He was asked
by them regarding the kingdom. Wherever the Savior is, there is
the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is with Him, and He
brings it to His disciples. He is the seed of the kingdom of
God to be sown into God's chosen people to develop into God's
ruling realm. Since His resurrection, He is within His
believers (John 14:20). Hence, the kingdom of God is within the
church today (Rom. 14:17).
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp.
330-331. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim,
CA. (Repeat 2/27/02)
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