A most priceless of knowledge: Message of Jesus that Kingdom of God is within

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, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> i will be posting a series of lectures that is most priceless in

> comprehending God Almighty, way over and above all that religious

> organizations have taught over the centuries. It is also the

> deepest truth that humans will ever realize, one that the Shakti

> within is part and parcel of. Perhaps it may allow us to

> understand why all the prophets and messengers of God on whom the

> various religions have been formed, without exception, meditate on

> the Shakti in the Spirit World. Again i repeat - without exception!

>

> But why do all - Shri Ganesha, Jesus, Hanuman, Sita, Rama, Buddha,

> Radha, Krishna, Shiva, Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak and others -

> meditate only on the Holy Spirit/Shakti/Ruh? The answer is the

> Spirit/God Almighty/Brahman and His Holy Spirit/Spirit/Shakti are

> one and the same.

>

> The Spirit/God Almighty/Brahman exists within us as The Light which

> is always above His Holy Spirit/Spirit/Shakti. At all times Shri

> Ganesha, Jesus, Hanuman, Sita, Rama, Buddha, Radha, Krishna, Shiva,

> Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak and others meditate on the Spirit/God

> Almighty/Brahman (Father) and His Holy Spirit/Spirit/Shakti

> (Mother).

>

> Shakti and Brahman are one and the same like the sun (Brahman) and

> its light (Shakti).

>

>

 

The Message of Jesus

 

" As related in my book For Christ's Sake, I can never forget the

sense of illumination and of liberation that came when I fully

realized for the first time that Jesus' main message and sense of

mission had very little to do with saving us from sin and with

proclaiming himself as the third person of the Trinity (that is, as

absolute Deity) and everything to do with proclaiming the reality of

the Kingdom of God. The opening verses of Mark, the earliest of the

four Gospels, make this absolutely clear. Jesus came preaching the

euaggelion or " good news " of God's Kingdom. The entire focus of the

parables and other sayings is upon the Kingdom of God, also known as

the pious synonym " the Kingdom of Heaven. " (Pious Jews used " heaven "

as a way to avoid saying the name of God.) Jesus announced by word

and deed that no matter what outward appearances may seem, God is in

complete control of human affairs. God reigns, nurtures, heals, and

finally delivers humanity into an entirely fresh dimension of being

and wholeness.

 

It is essential to notice that the primary emphasis of Jesus'

teaching about the Kingdom is not about some kind of escape from

this present world with its great joys, its grievous sufferings, and

its enormous challenges. Rather, his call is for a radical trust in

God now, in the present moment. The Kingdom is the offer of God's

loving presence with and within us today. " The Kingdom of God is

within you or in your midst, " he said.

 

Belonging to the Kingdom is not a matter of trusting some

deity " above all thing " or somehow " out there. " It is about a God

who is the ground and depth of the entire cosmos, and hence of each

one of us. This Kingdom or Presence of God in power is both a

current reality and a future or " eschatological " event.

 

In Jesus' teaching, one enters this Kingdom by childlike trust — not

in dusty dogmas or in rigid creeds, but in the living God. Yet, at

the same time, because of the very trustworthiness of this Presence,

there is the assurance that one day the Kingdom will come in all its

fullness. "

 

The Message of Jesus

www.wcg.org/lit/gospel/goodnews.htm

 

 

 

My Kingdom is not of this world

 

" When it comes to the subject of the Kingdom of God there seems to

be no end to the carnal minded reasoning of man as to what it is,

where it is and how it will come to pass. For many there is a long

held belief that, any minute, Jesus will appear in the sky to take

away (rapture) those who are saved and bring them into heaven to

enjoy the Kingdom of God. The " end time " means the destruction of

this universe and all wicked people and the establishing of a new

world in some far away oasis called, " heaven. " Still others believe

that God's Kingdom will come as a result of Christians becoming

politically active and getting elected to office and ruling the

earth through the power of outward government.

 

Things have not changed much in the thinking of God's people in the

two thousand years since Jesus Christ came. At that time the people

of Israel were also waiting for the Kingdom to appear and when Jesus

came declaring that the " kingdom was at hand " they could not

understand what he was talking about.

 

One of the more profound statements of Jesus was given when he was

demanded of the Pharisees to tell them when the Kingdom of God would

come. To this Jesus answered that, " the Kingdom of God cometh not

with observation. " Luke 17:20

 

To this day the people of God are told to expect an outward physical

appearance of Christ's Kingdom and yet here is the clear and perfect

answer given by our Lord concerning this " The Kingdom of God is

within you. " Luke 17:21

 

Jesus told Pontius Pilate that, " My Kingdom is not of this world. " "