Daily Meditation: Saturday, October 16, 2010

‘Kingdom of God is near, the’ - commentary

10/16/2010

'The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is near,' said Jesus. Many people will point out that two thousand years have gone by since he said these words, and the kingdom of God is still a long way off - the earth is still such a place of unhappiness, poverty, famine and war! So how are we to understand this prophecy? Through his teaching, Jesus was laying the foundations of the kingdom of God. For those who have understood him, it has already come. Yes, in the souls and hearts of those who were sufficiently prepared for the teaching to take a hold, who were able to accept and apply his teaching about love, it has already come. For others, it is close, it is coming. And for a third category, it will come, but who knows when! So, it has come, it is coming and it will come - all three statements are equally true.