djhwoodwerks
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What is the difference, if any, between the "Kingdom of God" and, the "Kingdom of heaven"?
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Is there a difference in Kingdoms?
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If you can read this, you are as lucky as I am.
Kingdom of God refers to the entire cosmos, the realms of heaven and earth, the plane of existence of this material plane, as well as the spiritual one.
Kingdom of heaven refers only to the sections of the cosmology that human souls are allowed to traverse.
Mostly these have a telescoping timeframe, in terms of how we can experience it.
For instance, while the Kingdom of God lasts somewhere around 20 billion years, the Kingdom of Heaven will only last around 1 Million Years.
But there's more.
There's also a Kingdom of Earth, which lasts about 100,000 years. This has the normal physicals laws, and we're limited in our movements by our bodies and how we interact from an anthropological standpoint. It's mostly concerned with how we interact with the social world and its institutions, and how the word of God gets dissemenatied through these institutions.
Finally, there's the Kingom of the Mind, which only lasts 100 years or less. It's limited by the shelf lives of our individual bodies, and is the place where we think and grow souls that can inhabit the other kingdoms. But mostly, this is where we make up silly things like "Kingdoms."
The definition of a kingdom is a government.
As the Kingdom of England is a government, or the Kingdom of Jordan is a government .
The Kingdom of God ( God's kingdom - Daniel 2:44; Matthew 24:14 ) is a real government.
God's kingdom government will be governed by Christ Jesus for a thousand years over Earth - 1 Corinthians 15:24-26; Revelation 22:2
The Kingdom of Heaven also includes God's and angelic proper heavenly dwelling place, and that its governmental rule is at hand.
I really don't see any difference in meaning. The translations, differences of opinions and word meanings has caused a lot of confusion in Christianity and in those trying to understand Christianity. Misunderstandings over archaic languages and wordings and understandings in the Bible is unfortunate.
Unfortunate for sure. These misunderstandings being the reason for countless denominations and interpretations. And some if not many lay claim to being more enlightened than others. It surely can be confusing.
My preferred spiritual teachers are from modern times; and there are plenty believe me. It also seems a shame to me that so many people seem to connect religion and spirituality with ancient texts and figures. Do they think God or spirit or whatever is not alive today with people who speak modern languages?
djhwoodwerks
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So, there's no difference between the two?
The phrase ' the kingdom of God ' is used often by Mark and Luke, whereas in Matthew's parallel phrase is stated ' the kingdom of the heavens '
- Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24 with Matthew 19:23-24
djhwoodwerks
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Matthew use both kingdoms
Matthew 19:23-24 (ESV Strong's) 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Yes, enter the kingdom of heaven / enter the kingdom of God.
Those who were still alive after Jesus died are the ones who had the opportunity to go to heaven to govern with Christ for a thousand years.
- Revelation 20:6; 1 Corinthians 15:24-26