Notes of Faith August 13, 2025
Where Is the Kingdom?
Therefore, when they had come together, [the apostles] asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts 1:6
The Kingdom of God was part of Jesus’ conversation and preaching throughout His three-year ministry. But in spite of all Jesus’ teachings about the Kingdom, His disciples were still not clear on what and where it was. Just before His ascension, they asked Him if He was about to restore the Kingdom to Israel. He didn’t deny their question; instead, He told them that it was not for them to know the date at which God’s Kingdom would be manifest on earth (Acts 1:7).
Jesus focused more on the spiritual dimension of the Kingdom than the political. In His most pointed statement He said, “The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21). Some scholars suggest that “within you” should be translated “in your midst” or “within your grasp.” All three options point to the same understanding: The Kingdom of God now is a spiritual reality available to all who will receive it.
For now, the Kingdom of God exists wherever the King is. If Christ lives within you (Galatians 2:20), then the Kingdom of God is within you.
The only kingdom that will prevail in this world is the kingdom that is not of this world. (I love being NOTW. How about you?) dw
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Luke 19:11
11 As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
Judas was not the only chosen Apostle that was hoping that Jesus was going to overthrow the Romans and give Israel the kingdom that was promised in Genesis. The other Apostles argued about which one of them was the greatest even to the day before Jesus was crucified. They wanted the kingdom to come and thought that they would be given positions of prominence and power. They were wrong in thought and failed often in spiritual matters, but they were not traitors, except Judas Iscariot.
Is the kingdom of God within you? Like we might ask a child… “Has Jesus come into your heart?” Wherever the King lives, His kingdom is there. I should hear a hearty AMEN! My prayer is that each of you who read this are in the kingdom of Christ already and are awaiting His thousand-year earthly reign that is prophesied to come, perhaps soon. Keep watching the signs of the times. They speak of the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Pastor Dale