In Luke 17 when the Pharisees demanded an asnwer from our Lord Jesus when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered this:
Luke 17:20-21
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:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
KJV
The Greek word for "within" there is entos, and means 'inside'. So does that mean God's Kingdom has no literal establishing, that it's just a spiritual idea that exists floating in the ether, with no real substance?
That is exactly what the mystical fraternities believe today.
But that is NOT... the idea our Lord Jesus Christ meant when He said that the Kingdom of God is within you.
The mystical fraternities believe in a type of do-it-yourself type salvation, and that we each can become our own god, and that each must through initiation and spiritual meditation exercises overcome this world, and release the soul from the need of reincarnation again and again, similar to what eastern religion believe what those like Buddah did.
Many of today's mystics think that Christ is not an actual person, but that Christ is a supernatural force in the spirit realm which every person can attune to through mystical exercises, becoming their own Christ. They leave off the name Jesus because they believe Jesus was just a man like us that achieved The Christ by attuning his inner self to this Christ Spirit. They believe all the major religious honchos of history, like Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Zoroaster, etc., acheived the Christ Spirit. This is definitely... not what our Lord Jesus Christ meant, nor is The Christ just about a cosmic force.
Our Lord Jesus was pointing to the future resurrection when He said the Kingdom of God is within you. What happens at the resurrection in the future at Jesus' return? Those still alive are changed, at the twinkling of an eye Paul said, on the "last trump", the "spiritual body" being the change. So obviously today, that change has not happened yet, for it will occur on the day of Christ's return.
But the mystic thinks he can make that change without Christ Jesus, and achieve nirvana. Be very careful brethren when you hear others speak that way, thinking the kingdom of God within you means just a spirit thing inside our inner being, because those who practice the occult arts think that very thing, that it's just a spirit thing inside us, and that it can be developed through spiritual exercises, meditation and incense, chanting mantras and ceremonial ritual.
Luke 17:20-21
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:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
KJV
The Greek word for "within" there is entos, and means 'inside'. So does that mean God's Kingdom has no literal establishing, that it's just a spiritual idea that exists floating in the ether, with no real substance?
That is exactly what the mystical fraternities believe today.
But that is NOT... the idea our Lord Jesus Christ meant when He said that the Kingdom of God is within you.
The mystical fraternities believe in a type of do-it-yourself type salvation, and that we each can become our own god, and that each must through initiation and spiritual meditation exercises overcome this world, and release the soul from the need of reincarnation again and again, similar to what eastern religion believe what those like Buddah did.
Many of today's mystics think that Christ is not an actual person, but that Christ is a supernatural force in the spirit realm which every person can attune to through mystical exercises, becoming their own Christ. They leave off the name Jesus because they believe Jesus was just a man like us that achieved The Christ by attuning his inner self to this Christ Spirit. They believe all the major religious honchos of history, like Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Zoroaster, etc., acheived the Christ Spirit. This is definitely... not what our Lord Jesus Christ meant, nor is The Christ just about a cosmic force.
Our Lord Jesus was pointing to the future resurrection when He said the Kingdom of God is within you. What happens at the resurrection in the future at Jesus' return? Those still alive are changed, at the twinkling of an eye Paul said, on the "last trump", the "spiritual body" being the change. So obviously today, that change has not happened yet, for it will occur on the day of Christ's return.
But the mystic thinks he can make that change without Christ Jesus, and achieve nirvana. Be very careful brethren when you hear others speak that way, thinking the kingdom of God within you means just a spirit thing inside our inner being, because those who practice the occult arts think that very thing, that it's just a spirit thing inside us, and that it can be developed through spiritual exercises, meditation and incense, chanting mantras and ceremonial ritual.