The Kingdom of God is not something that will happen only in the future.
It is not a place we go to after death.
The Kingdom of God that Jesus spoke about is a way of life where God is the true King.
Nothing exists outside God’s rule.
Yet human beings have freedom —
the freedom to live according to God’s will
or to live according to their own will.
In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the son was already in his father’s house.
But he chose to leave.
The father did not send him away; he left by his own decision.
The Kingdom of God is not a place,
it is a life lived in relationship with the Father.
In Jesus’ time, religious people were often the strongest opponents of the Kingdom.
Religion can become a barrier instead of a doorway.
That is why Jesus said that tax collectors and sinners enter the Kingdom before the religious.
Jesus did not come to establish a new religion.
Christianity developed later within Judaism.
Jesus’ entire teaching focused on one thing alone —
life under God’s reign.
Anyone who desires to live according to God’s will
— with or without religious identity —
can live within the Kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is not confined to churches or institutions.
Here and now, the Kingdom is present wherever God is allowed to rule.
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