My Favorite Verses - Vol I (thru Sept 14)
… a collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
… a collection of brief commentaries
on some of the Bible’s most beloved
(and least understood) passages,
parables, verses & sayings
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Luke 17:20-21 … The Kingdom of Heaven<br />
(03/03/2011)<br />
In the 17 th chapter of Luke (specifically, verses 20 & 21), after being repeatedly<br />
pestered by scribes to be both more specific and more direct in describing the spiritual<br />
Hereafter, Jesus finally relents and offers his listeners a direct commentary on the<br />
nature of Heaven, saying “The Kingdom of Heaven is not coming with things that can<br />
be observed … For in fact, the Kingdom of Heaven is already within & all around<br />
you.”<br />
For earnest students of the scriptures, it is important to note that the Greek<br />
word entos in this verse, commonly written as “among” in many English translations<br />
(which more readily allows conservative Christians to believe that Jesus is actually referring to<br />
himself in this verse), is more accurately translated in the King James version of the<br />
Bible as “within”, and it is even more accurately translated as “both within and all<br />
around” in the passage above … Note as well that this is the only passage in the<br />
entire Bible where Jesus specifically and directly describes his version of the<br />
“Kingdom of Heaven”.<br />
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