--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within", also, > "Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and all else will be added unto you". > This jives perfectly with Maharishi's teaching...
Robert, s Maharishi your primary source of biblical scholarship these translations an contextual meanings? If I were to ask you where in the Bible says this, and in what context, could you cite chapter and verse without looking? Have you even read Luke 17 to see the context of the statement? Are you aware that kingdom of heaven is within can and has also been translated as the "kingdom of god is amongst us", the reign of heaven has come upon us. Are you aware that it is quite reasonable that "Jesus assumes his hearers understand the Kingdom foundation that was laid in the Hebrew Scriptures. When Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God/Kingdom of Heaven ... he speaks of the time of the fulfillment of the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants. A time of a restored earth where the faithful will worship and serve their God forever under the rulership of a righteous leader of the Davidic line. This was the Messianic hope of the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures and was carried over and echoed in the words of John the Baptist, Jesus, Peter, Paul and others in the Greek Scriptures. Can you cite any Christian tradition that feels that "kingdom of heaven within" is a beacon call to transcend via TM? Was the passage in Luke 17 about the healing of 10 leepers in anyway related to the KoH statement in verse 20? Does the fact that most of the remaining verses in Chapter 17 after verses 20-21 are about when the Son of God would be revealed have anything to do with V 20-21? I am sure you are answering yes to these questions, and have insightful follow-ups for them. Can you share?
