Luke 17:20–21 (NKJV)
"The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
The Pharisees wanted a timetable. When is it coming? What sign do we watch for? (Religion has been asking the exact same question ever since — charts, dates, escape plans.) Yeshua shuts the whole search down in one breath: it does NOT come with observation.
No "See here!" No "See there!" No evacuation to somewhere else, no kingdom you fly to when this world burns. WITHIN YOU. That is the address he gave. Not metaphor, not poetry to soften the blow — cosmology, plain and in the open. The kingdom is an inside reality you AWAKEN to, not a destination you escape to.
So stop scanning the sky for what God already placed inside you. They did not hide it FROM you — they trained you to look everywhere EXCEPT within. Close your eyes. Go inward. That is where they have been waiting all along.
— Jillian Devona Rogers
Written November 11, 2026
