02-27-2012, 07:02 AM
Shamasha,
Very, very interesting. Again, I haven't put too much thought into this, but I still find it a bit weird how I've never heard that explanation before.
So the kingdom of God is not an actual dwelling place within us? There's a book entitled, "The Interior Castle", which was written by St. Teresa of Jesus (or Avila). In that book St. Teresa claims that there are 7 dwelling places (for "us" - or our spirit) within our body - the last being where the "Divine" resides. I know this is going far out into left field, but I was intrigued by the connection to the 7 major chakras. More than one group of people holding similar beliefs and basically saying the same thing and it all seemed to tie in exactly into what Jesus was saying. I take it, though, that such beliefs are not held by the Assyrian church?
Also, when Jesus said, "repent, for the kingdom of God is near", He was implying time (minute, hour, day, month, year)? I've assumed for quite some time now that by "near", considering, as you say, God does not dwell within time, that it implied distance. I figured how much closer can God's kingdom be than within our very own bodies - which is where Jesus says the kingdom lies, and thus where "near" comes into play. But again, not the case as far as the Assyrian church goes?
Thanks.
Very, very interesting. Again, I haven't put too much thought into this, but I still find it a bit weird how I've never heard that explanation before.
So the kingdom of God is not an actual dwelling place within us? There's a book entitled, "The Interior Castle", which was written by St. Teresa of Jesus (or Avila). In that book St. Teresa claims that there are 7 dwelling places (for "us" - or our spirit) within our body - the last being where the "Divine" resides. I know this is going far out into left field, but I was intrigued by the connection to the 7 major chakras. More than one group of people holding similar beliefs and basically saying the same thing and it all seemed to tie in exactly into what Jesus was saying. I take it, though, that such beliefs are not held by the Assyrian church?
Also, when Jesus said, "repent, for the kingdom of God is near", He was implying time (minute, hour, day, month, year)? I've assumed for quite some time now that by "near", considering, as you say, God does not dwell within time, that it implied distance. I figured how much closer can God's kingdom be than within our very own bodies - which is where Jesus says the kingdom lies, and thus where "near" comes into play. But again, not the case as far as the Assyrian church goes?
Thanks.