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*2. A question of racial or [[Planet|world]] [[phenomena]]; that the kingdom was in the [[future]], something to look forward to.

*2. A question of racial or [[Planet|world]] [[phenomena]]; that the kingdom was in the [[future]], something to look forward to.

170:2.14 They looked upon the coming of the kingdom in the [[hearts]] of men as a [[gradual]] [[development]], like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven] in the dough or like the [[growing]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seed mustard seed]. They [[believed]] that the coming of the kingdom in the racial or [[Planet|world]] sense would be both sudden and [[spectacular]]. [[Jesus]] never tired of telling them that the ''kingdom of heaven'' was their [[personal]] [[experience]] of [[realizing]] the higher [[qualities]] of spiritual living; that these [[realities]] of the spirit [[experience]] are [[progressively]] [[translated]] to new and higher [[levels]] of [[divine]] [[certainty]] and [[eternal]] [[grandeur]].

170:2.14 They looked upon the coming of the kingdom in the [[hearts]] of men as a [[gradual]] [[development]], like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven] in the dough or like the [[growing]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seed mustard seed]. They [[believed]] that the coming of the kingdom in the racial or [[Planet|world]] sense would be both sudden and [[spectacular]]. [[Jesus]] never tired of telling them that the ''kingdom of heaven'' was their [[personal]] [[experience]] of [[realizing]] the higher [[qualities]] of spiritual living; that these [[realities]] of the spirit [[experience]] are [[progressively]] [[translated]] to new and higher [[levels]] of [[divine]] [[certainty]] and [[eternal]] [[grandeur]].

170:2.15 On this afternoon [[the Master]] distinctly taught a new [[concept]] of the double [[nature]] of the kingdom in that he portrayed the following [[two]] [[phases]]:

170:2.15 On this afternoon [[the Master]] distinctly taught a new [[concept]] of the double [[nature]] of the kingdom in that he portrayed the following [[two]] [[phases]]:

170:2.19 [[Jesus]] taught that [[sin]] is not the child of a [[defective]] [[nature]] but rather the offspring of a knowing [[mind]] [[dominated]] by an unsubmissive will. Regarding [[sin]], he taught that [[God]] has [[forgiven]]; that we make such [[forgiveness]] [[personally]] available by the [[act]] of forgiving our fellows. When you [[forgive]] your [[brother]] in the [[flesh]], you thereby create the [[capacity]] in your own [[soul]] for the [[reception]] of the [[reality]] of [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] of your own misdeeds.

170:2.19 [[Jesus]] taught that [[sin]] is not the child of a [[defective]] [[nature]] but rather the offspring of a knowing [[mind]] [[dominated]] by an unsubmissive will. Regarding [[sin]], he taught that [[God]] has [[forgiven]]; that we make such [[forgiveness]] [[personally]] available by the [[act]] of forgiving our fellows. When you [[forgive]] your [[brother]] in the [[flesh]], you thereby create the [[capacity]] in your own [[soul]] for the [[reception]] of the [[reality]] of [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] of your own misdeeds.

170:2.20 By the time the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] began to [[write]] the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christians] had [[experienced]] so much [[trouble]] with the kingdom-of-God [[idea]] as a breeder of [[persecution]] that they had largely abandoned the use of the term. [[John, the Apostle|John]] talks much about the " [[eternal]] life. " Jesus often spoke of it as the " kingdom of life. " He also frequently referred to " the kingdom of God within you. " He once [[spoke]] of such an [[experience]] as " [[family]] fellowship with [[God the Father]]. " [[Jesus]] sought to substitute many terms for the kingdom but always without [[success]]. Among others, he used: the [[family]] of [[God]], [[the Father]]'s will, the [[friends]] of God, the fellowship of [[believers]], the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], the Father's fold, the [[children]] of God, the fellowship of the [[faithful]], [[the Father]]'s service, and the [[liberated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

170:2.20 By the time the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] began to [[write]] the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christians] had [[experienced]] so much [[trouble]] with the kingdom-of-God [[idea]] as a breeder of [[persecution]] that they had largely abandoned the use of the term. [[John, the Apostle|John]] talks much about the " [[eternal]] life. " Jesus often spoke of it as the " kingdom of life. " He also frequently referred to " the kingdom of God within you. " He once [[spoke]] of such an [[experience]] as " [[family]] fellowship with [[God the Father]]. " [[Jesus]] sought to substitute many terms for the kingdom but always without [[success]]. Among others, he used: the [[family]] of [[God]], [[the Father]]'s will, the [[friends]] of God, the fellowship of [[believers]], the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], the Father's fold, the [[children]] of God, the fellowship of the [[faithful]], [[the Father]]'s service, and the [[liberated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

170:2.21 But he could not [[escape]] the use of the kingdom [[idea]]. It was more than fifty years later, not until after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies], that this [[concept]] of the kingdom began to [[change]] into the [[cult]] of [[eternal]] life as its [[social]] and [[institutional]] aspects were taken over by the rapidly expanding and crystallizing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity Christian church].

170:2.21 But he could not [[escape]] the use of the kingdom [[idea]]. It was more than fifty years later, not until after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies], that this [[concept]] of the kingdom began to [[change]] into the [[cult]] of [[eternal]] life as its [[social]] and [[institutional]] aspects were taken over by the rapidly expanding and crystallizing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity Christian church].

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