Are you qualified to be in the Kingdom of God?

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Originally Posted by Rico

Maybe. There is one scripture that comes to mind where Jesus specifically says the Kingdom of God is within you. That suggests to me that there is more than one Kingdom. The Kingdom of Heaven is a place we actually go to and will be able to see. The Kingdom of God can not be seen, according to what I am remembering. I need to study it out again because I am relying completely on memory right now and you know how that goes as ya get older! LOL!

I heard that idea before, but I cannot agree. When the two terms are used in speaking of the same thing as in the examples I provided, they are simply different titles for the one kingdom. Matthew usually uses one instead of the other. But the same parables in varying gospels use the two terms interchangeably when you compare each gospel version of the parable with the other's.