The Kingdom of God Is Within You -

A Meditation on Luke 17:21

What does Yeshua mean by saying "the Kingdom of God is within you?" The Kingdom of God is the Holy Spirit within you, filling your heart.

You don’t have to search far and wide for a physical location to find the Kingdom of God. You don’t have to abstain from eating this or drinking this or that to find the Kingdom of God.  Romans 14:17 tells us that the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

To access the kingdom of God, you must be born again and filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

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Matthew 11:28 (CJB)

“Come to me, all of you who are struggling and

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Hello and Welcome to What Does Yeshua Say? -- the only podcast with meditations on Scriptures spoken by Yeshua Ha Mashiach, also known as Jesus, the Christ.

Whether you call Christ Jesus - Yeshua, Jesús, or Isa, the name means - God is Salvation.

So, we invite you to meditate on the Words of God.

Remember, Scripture meditation, day and night, leads to spiritual growth and divine insight!

John 11:25 (ESV)  

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

I Corinthians 15:51-52, 54 (WEB)

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

54 But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written [In Isaiah 25:8] will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Yeshua said to her, “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die. (NOG)

I Thessalonians 4:15-18 (WEB)

For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. (TLV)

Rev. 22:12 (WEB)

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

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Revelation 3:7-13 (ESV)

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. 

8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. 11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ 

Reflect: 

Reflecting on the Scripture. In this message, Jesus speaks to His Church, the Body of Christ, as a whole and to each individual member. Both yesterday, today, and forever. To all those who profess to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. The following Scriptures, Revelation 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 confirm that there will be a time, in the very near future, when 1) the dead in Christ will be resurrected, 2) immediately afterward, those in Christ who are left, will be caught up (raptured), and 3) these end-time believers in Christ (those with a Philadelphian-like spirit) will not go through the tribulation.

Rev. 4:1: After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 

I Thessalonians 1:10 -. . . and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come. 

I Thessalonians 4:15-18:  For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. 

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Luke 9:23 (CSB) & (AMP)

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing

Galatians 2:20 (WEB:

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Colossians 3:3-4 (AMPC):

When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.

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The Sleeping Church

Revelation 3:1-6 (ESV)

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He

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Revelation 21:1-5 (WEB)

1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the

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Revelation 3:14-20 (ESV)

. . .The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. 15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 

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John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.

CHRIST IS: The way, The truth, and The life.

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