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Originally Posted by zeek
If the kingdom of God is within us as Jesus said didn't Christianity betray this crucial insight early on, whether by transferring the kingdom into the next world world and thereby devaluing this life, or by becoming political and seeking salvation through organizations, sacraments, and the clergy?
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YES
The kingdom is first and foremost right here among us because it is in us. And what is seen of that kingdom is what we display. If we display political ambition and a desire to criminalize/marginalize everyone that does not follow our God, then that is what is seen of that Kingdom in this life.
If we cannot find the way to display the Kingdom that Jesus taught, then we are going to be very surprised by what comes our way in the next age since we really didn't understand it in the first place.