John 18:36
God's Kingdom
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”...And thus Jesus believed in two completely different worlds...He believed in Heaven...
Yet those who follow Jesus have to live in this world...But we also are to follow Another World called God's Kingdom...This is not only perplexing, but very difficult...It is also I believe a paradox...And Jesus knew and knows this...He did nothing wrong to be persecuted on a Cross...And so the Perfect One died on the Cross living in this world and believing in Another World and forgiving us all the Way...He LOVED sinners...And so we see another paradox...In this world we are flawed, mistaken, error prone and sinners...We often fall short of His expectations...Yet, in the Kingdom of God, in this Kingdom in Another Place, we will be loved, beautiful, and will be filled with the Holy Spirit of God...And the day is coming that we will worship in Spirit and Truth...