Kingdom language
The Kingdom Within
The kingdom does not begin when the world finally changes around us. It begins when love becomes the governing authority within us.
Scripture
Luke 17:20–21
World English Bible (Public Domain)20Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, ‘God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;’
21‘neither will they say, “Look, here!” or, “Look, there!” for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.’
When you hear “the kingdom of God,” do you naturally imagine a place, a future event, or a way of being?
What is a kingdom?
We often hear “kingdom” and imagine a place. But a kingdom is first a sphere of authority—the realm in which a king’s nature and will become the ordering power.
If God is love, then wherever God’s reign is being embodied, love must become recognizable. The kingdom is the realm in which God’s nature becomes the governing authority. It appears wherever truth has more authority than fear, compassion has more authority than condemnation, and freedom has more authority than control.
This means the kingdom can be present in an ordinary conversation and absent from a religious performance. It is revealed by what is actually ruling the moment.
The kingdom of God is not merely a place under God’s control. It is a life ordered by God’s nature.
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