Improvement Era, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 3: April, 1900The saying of Christ, The kingdom of God is Within you. (luke 17: which is mainly relied upon to prove the correct ness of the Christian tradition, is not at all conclusive after we discover that the word translated here within is the same word that is elsewhere translated among, as where John says, There standeth one among you Whom you know not. The Revised Ver sion gives the alternative reading, The Kingdom of God is in the midst of you.The Kingdom was the theme of the prophets, and the hope of John the Baptist (matt.11:1 and the apostles (acts 1: none of whom supposed they were as yet in the Kingdom nor the Kingdom in them. Paul and the others always looked forward to a Kingdom yet to be.That which I believe to be the scriptural view, representing the general belief of the Latter-day Saints as to the Kingdom, is summarized in what follows. Owing to the length of the article some desirable quotations are omitted and no comments beyond the headings are made upon the texts quoted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.