Oneness

submitted by EddieC from self.WritingsOnTheWall

 
Oneness
 
Jesus’s disciples asked him, “When will the Kingdom come?”

Jesus said to them:

“It will not come to those who wait for it.
No one can say, ‘It is here’ or ‘It is there.’
Instead, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out across the earth,
but people do not see it.”

 

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[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Credit: Stable Diffusion XL (AI)
Prompt: 'Drawing: Green forest with tree leaves and branches stretching upwards to the Sun in the blue sky, and tree roots interlinked under ground (Earth)'

 

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

What version of the Bible is this from?

Jesus said you cannot look over here or over there and see it. He told them, "The kingdom of God is within you."

[–]EddieC[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

"...God’s kingdom is ·within you [or among you; in your midst]”
 

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It looks like what you quoted is not in the Bible, but it is true that people do not see the kingdom of God when they look for it with their physical eyes. Going to a man-made church or temple does not make a man any closer to God. Those people who believe in Jesus and follow him wherever he leads them.... they are part of his true church which he himself established on earth. There are no walls to his church, so people do not see it. To follow him means to hear his commands and obey. Those are the ones who belong to his kingdom.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

To follow him means to hear his commands...

 
Thus: (re-)Agency-fy for Oneness
 

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I do not understand this wording: (re-)Agency-fy. You are the only one I have seen use that and it means nothing to me. Would you explain or use words that people could understand? But this is comprehended by me:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:37-40

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I left this reply previously.
 

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I saw that, but the term "(re-)Agency-fy" is still meaningless to me.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the term "(re-)Agency-fy" is still meaningless to me.

 
What did the monkey have?
What ought it have done?