"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
Luke 17:20-21
Christ is trying to explain something here to people that didn't even really understand what they were asking. Asking when the Kingdom of God will come... maybe you are asking when Christ will return, but since you haven't acknowledged him, are you asking when the world will end, when God will triumph over all enemies and erase sin? ... So, he answered one of the many possibilities, and perhaps the most important one for them in the short term: The kingdom of God isn't an external thing that we can watch for... it is an internal thing that we have to become.
He goes on to explain more to his disciples after this, but I'm going to stop here for now, becasue I think this is enough for us to think on today. :) We *are* the Kingdom of God... so the question is not when is that external event going to happen, but rather, when will we be ready? Let's think about that today, and then resolve to do something about getting ready. :)
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