4petasake wrote:
Mark 9-1 And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power." ?
Mathew 5-20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. ?
First, get a 1611AV (King James). It is the purified word of God, Ps 12:6,7. Anything after that contains pollutions from corrupt manuscripts and the corrupt minds of men.
The kingdom of God and kingdom of heaven are two separate entities which share some things in common. The kingdom of heaven is the physical kingdom which is around us. It "suffereth violence and the violent take it by force", Mt 11:12. This kingdom was given to Adam, Noah, David and the body of believers, who all in turn lost it to Satan because of their disobedience to God's word. The Devil is the god of this world or kingdom of heaven. This is the kingdom the Jews thought the Messiah would restore to them. He, however, told them to seek first the kingdom of God which is within, Lk 12:31, 12:17. The Jews rejected this kingdom and lost the kingdom of heaven and are still being punished severely because of it.
The Non-Conformist Christians in England and America came closest to having both. They followed the Geneva Bible or the 1611AV. Rejected Papal paganism and holidays, and man's intellect as an authority over God for a time. They finally succumbed to being "smarter then God" as all men do. We are now falling to to the bottomless pit of "freewill and Paganism" described in Romans one. The heart of man is desperately wicked and who can know it! Trust the faith of Christ not your own faith! It is that that saved you, 2 Tim 2:10-13. His faith and grace is unconditional.