@RDGStout To wit, Thomas à Kempis, no less, suggesting that the Bookish may well need to expand their understanding of what 'religion' and/or 'specialty', fully means: "On the day of judgment we will not be asked what we have read." The Kingdom, then, to the degree we open _its_ pages.
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Winged Heart painting with calligraphy reading: Time to close the books. Time to open the library of the world. - Dale Pendell
@BrianZahnd Ever wonder if Jesus felt like a broken record? If what you mean by 'here' is the thin veneer of reality denoting the demonic complex, I'm with you. Besides, Jesus never described the Kingdom as a heavenly futurity. C'mon. Let's get actualized. What is found here is found now.
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Copy of tweet here: The Messiah didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He said "peacemakers." A teleology of Being, then? The Kingdom-Paradise of the Heaven of Earth, with a homemaker's address. Only the Kingdom gives access to Paradise but only Paradise renders the Kingdom fully concretized.