Discovering the Kingdom of God
I could never quite understand what the Kingdom of God was, where it was, or how one entered there, until I removed so much misconception that I had about Reality. Believe it or not, it has been due to the scientific method, logic and critical reasoning along with searching deep inside my own soul that the blindness gradually fell away and the Real Truth was uncovered.
For years I studied the Gospels and was never able to understand the Real Truth behind the teachings. As I started weeding out the evil seeds that had been sown, I slowly began seeing how it all came together perfectly and beautifully. The Real Truth is so much different than what most of the teachers of Christianity deceive us with. Many are probably sincerely blindly deceived leading others into the same ditch that they have been lead into and are being lead into. But I have climbed out of that ditch and refuse to enter that ditch of delusion again.
Where the Gospels say “believe on him” or “believe in him” or just “believe him”, I interpret that as meaning “believe his teaching”, as opposed to accepting him as the substitutionary atonement for sin. The Gospels have forgeries and lies mixed in with much Truth. The Light must be shown to expose the seeds darkness that evil men have sown over the centuries for their own selfish gain and power for control and manipulation over the masses.
Because of years of research, the reality of Reincarnation has been scientifically proven to be reality. Without this basic, fundamental Truth that had been a basic doctrine of Christianity for several centuries, it would be impossible to understand the teachings of Jesus and perceive the Real Truth of reality.
It has also been thanks to scientific research, that spiritual Truth about the afterlife has been revealed, many fictitious teachings invented to create fear in the minds and hearts of people, such as Hell, the reason for this physical existence, and much more, are starting to enter “the dust bin of history”. Thousands of people who have had “near death experiences” (NDEs) and have come back to tell about it and even write whole books about their experiences which have served to shed so much light on the darkness that our world has been in for centuries.
Truth should be able to withstand the test of Logic, and along with critical reasoning many of the falsehoods mixed in with the Truth contained in the NT are being exposed and thrown out. The Christian church is largely going through and drowning in a death struggle, desperately trying to stay alive, taking down anyone within their reach in order to avoid going under the waves. People searching for Truth are steadily leaving religion, since it is becoming more and more obvious that something is seriously wrong, though they can’t put their finger on what it exactly is.
The following series of articles are an analysis of Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God in light of the realities of Reincarnation. I felt it was necessary to make a comparison between the dogma of substitutionary atonement and the Truth and Reality of Jesus’ teaching about “entering the Kingdom of Heaven” with a focus on how Reincarnation is involved in the whole process and why. Particularly I wanted to show what this whole teaching is about and how one is able to “enter the Kingdom of Heaven”.
When, Where, How and Why?
According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God:
- Isn’t something that comes at a certain time
- You can not even see it, because it’s inside of you
- It’s something that you have to merit to enter
- It is not a place you can enter with the physical body
- It takes longer for some people than others to enter
- It takes many lifetimes to be able to enter, being born again into a different body, many times
- A man must be born again to acquire a new experience for the purpose of purification and perfection, before he can enter the Kingdom of God
- Entering the kingdom comes at a different time for different people, but most (if not all) eventually get there.
“The kingdom of God cometh not with observation … the kingdom of God is within you. ”(Luk 17:20, 21)
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (Jn 3:3)
“the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you” (Mat 21:31)
Perfection
One of the best detailed descriptions of perfection can be found in The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5). Another picture of perfection is the forsaking of worldly riches that are greatly deceitful (Mt 19:16 – 28).
Perfection can be summed up in the love of God and one’s fellow man.
Perfection is not the absence of mistakes, it is the presence of love.
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” (Mar 12:30)
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Mat 5:48)
“If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.” (Mat 19:21)
“The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.” (Luk 6:40)
“Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer” (2Th 1:5)
“Blessed are they who suffer many experiences, for they shall be made perfect through suffering.” (Gospel of the Nazirenes 37)
Salvation
The Kingdom of God that Jesus taught is a very different concept than the Church’s teaching of “salvation”. Salvation is a religious construct that is based on the idea that there is something one must be saved from — because God is angry at the “sinner”, because of his sins, and if he doesn’t accept God’s free gift of vicarious atonement, he goes to Hell for an eternity. The Truth is that God loves the sinner, and no one died in our place to pay for anyone’s sins. Every man must make amends for his own sins.
“I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Mat 9:13)
“…what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:6-8)
“The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it” (Numbers 35:33).
It comes at a different time for different people. Everyone comes to an end of life at some point, and since the kingdom of God can’t be seen, but is inside of you, it is evident we all must leave the physical body to enter therein.
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.” (Luk 10:)
“Where, Lord? … Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.” (Lk 17:37)
Whether you believe in the salvation from Hell or not, one thing is for certain: if you enter into the kingdom of Heaven you can be sure you won’t be going to Hell to suffer anguish for eternity.
Even Paul knew that the physical body could not enter the Kingdom of God:
“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit (enter) the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.” (1Co 15:50)
Next: The Kingdom of God | The Kingdom of God Part 2