06-29-2011, 12:00 AM
Lu 17:20
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:
Lu 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Lu 17:22
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Lu 17:23
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
Lu 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Outer and inner. Outward observation, as in scientific observation, will not help in finding this "kingdom" that Jesus is talking about.
It is interesting that it is the Pharisees that he is addressing when saying, "the kingdom of God is within you."
This is not a shared experience. In other words because one person experiences it does not mean that anther in the same time and place will also experience it. Just the opposite, in fact. Science is based on outward observation. Repeatable observation that can be agreed upon by all who do the same diligent research or experimentation.
This is the mentality of the earth and those who dwell upon it. Everything can be "proven" "scientifically."
Anyone not subscribing to this way of thinking are relegated to the sidelines as kooks or insane.
But what the "Dwellers on the Earth" do not realize is just because a thing cannot be witnessed by everyone, does not mean that the phenomena is not repeatable and not real. We can repeat what Jesus experienced in our own consciousness by doing what he did. doing what he said. The experiments can be repeated.
But those who don't believe that those experiences and awarenesses can can be repeated wont put the time and effort into the doing or thinking that is required to open themselves to what lies beyond this earth.
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:
Lu 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Lu 17:22
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Lu 17:23
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
Lu 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Outer and inner. Outward observation, as in scientific observation, will not help in finding this "kingdom" that Jesus is talking about.
It is interesting that it is the Pharisees that he is addressing when saying, "the kingdom of God is within you."
This is not a shared experience. In other words because one person experiences it does not mean that anther in the same time and place will also experience it. Just the opposite, in fact. Science is based on outward observation. Repeatable observation that can be agreed upon by all who do the same diligent research or experimentation.
This is the mentality of the earth and those who dwell upon it. Everything can be "proven" "scientifically."
Anyone not subscribing to this way of thinking are relegated to the sidelines as kooks or insane.
But what the "Dwellers on the Earth" do not realize is just because a thing cannot be witnessed by everyone, does not mean that the phenomena is not repeatable and not real. We can repeat what Jesus experienced in our own consciousness by doing what he did. doing what he said. The experiments can be repeated.
But those who don't believe that those experiences and awarenesses can can be repeated wont put the time and effort into the doing or thinking that is required to open themselves to what lies beyond this earth.