Kingdom of GOD

Jesus Christ told the Pharisees long ago that the Kingdom of GOD comes not by observation, but that it is within you (Luke 17:20-21). What this does NOT mean is that the Kingdom of GOD is literally inside of you. What this DOES mean is that the Kingdom of GOD starts inside of you. Flesh and bone cannot inherit the Kingdom of GOD, because His Kingdom is incompatible with sin. However, His Spirit, which if you are elect, was placed within us before the world even came to be. We were all predestined by His Power.

Since the physical body cannot accept the Kingdom of GOD, then it is reasonable to say that: Our spirit is the receiver of the Kingdom of GOD - as in, it is a gift of GOD - and that gift is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ (No one comes to GOD, but by Jesus Christ). When His Spirit works with our spirit, our soul experiences miraculous things. When the physical body fails to operate, our soul and spirit ascend to Heaven where GOD appoints the elect spirit/soul to a new body (physically immortal).

We are made in the image of GOD, and became a son of GOD when we were elected to be with Him eternally (John 1:12-13).

Matthew, for some strange reason, is the only one that refers to the Kingdom of Heaven. It is mentioned no other time in the New Testament. The Kingdom of God is used the most in the New Testament, which is in 10 different books.

Matthew's Gospel is of a Jewish nature usually, which is probably why he used it when Jesus was likely saying Kingdom of God. Matthew had done "Heaven" instead of "God" in the phrase "Kingdom of God", because it was out of respect for the Jews (who were careful to use God in everyday speech). He would have either wanted to state "Yahweh" or "Heaven" when explaining the Kingdom of God.

This was really a problem for a context of verses, where Jesus using Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven interchangeable in Matthew 19:23-24. To say Jesus really meant the Kingdom of Heaven and then in the next verse say Kingdom of God would make Jesus look like a liar, in which He is not. This would mean that the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are the same meaning.

Comparing parallels will reveal the truth: Matthew (Mt) 11:11-12 to Luke (L) 7:28; Mt 13:11 to Mark 4:11 and L 8:10; Mt 13:24 to Mark 4:26; Mt 13:31 to Mark 4:30 and L 13:18; Mt 13:33 to L 13:20; Mt 18:3 to Mark 10:14 and L 18:16; and Mt 22:2 to L 13:29.

In most of those instances, it's two against one, and two witnesses are better.