The kingdom of God begins here on earth.

Folk wisdom says: “He who is like a bed will also lie down.” In this wisdom, we should not only see a material problem, laziness, or diligence of a person in acquiring material goods, but we, believers, should also realize the goal of our life. Therefore, it will not harm us to remind ourselves from time to time of the question: What are we in the world for?  The Catechism tells us: We are in the world to know the Lord God, to love him, to serve him, and thus to get to heaven.  Therefore, it is a call to us that we were preparing here on earth for that moment, possibly so that we would not be discouraged and led astray by the journey we had begun, but on the contrary, so that we would take our lives even more seriously and more zealously. “The kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be observed. They don’t even say: Ah, here it is! or: There it is!, for the kingdom of God is among you” (Luke 17:20-21).

When will the kingdom of God come? The kingdom of God, properly understood, is spiritual. Lord Jesus is King, but not in an earthly sense, and therefore the events surrounding him are different from what the Jewish people expected from the awaited Messiah. When we talk about the Lord Jesus as the King who is God and Lord of all creation, both material and spiritual, his answer to this question is understandable: the kingdom of God is among you. After all, Jesus proves his love for people with his power; heals, heals, raises the dead, feeds the hungry…

The kingdom of God is a state. The kingdom of God cannot be limited from here to there, but as Jesus says: “The kingdom of God is among you” (Luke 17:21). So God is here. In him, we l, we live, move, and are. However, God will end this state one day in space and time. Then we will know him as he is. When and under what circumstances it will come, no one knows. Not even the angels, not even the saints in heaven. And that is why it is we must before this meeting. After all, on the rise, ask: “When will the kingdom of God come?” (Luke 17:20). The second coming of the Son of man will come very quickly, in a moment. It is a short time when the worbeforeill sees its God. It will happen so fast that nothing wilcanange for the better nr for the worse. This second coming – parousia will be a reward for some and a punishment for others.

We realize that the kingdom of God is among us. Although Jesus is not present among us as a person, he is among us as God, who created everything, controls it, and judges it all. We realize that for thousands of people, every day is the day of judgment when they leave this world. This is not yet the second coming of Christ to earth as Judge, but it is already a personal judgment in which everything will be decided. The Last Judgment is the absolute understanding of the end of everything for God’s creatures.

The fact that God’s kingdom is among us already has specific values. A believing Christian should have the conviction that he already has serious obligations here on earth, which will decide the reward or punishment in the final reckoning. Through the teachings of Christ, man received sufficient knowledge of what awaits him when he perseveres in doing good or what awaits him when he does persevere in doing good. Therefore, we should become the architects of our eternal happiness so that we are always ready for this decisive meeting with Christ, the Judge of the living and the dead.

Even this meeting, when held in a ton as many graces as possible, is already usefulhelpfulight because although a person feels unworthy, he does everything possible for his salvation. Therefore, let us not slack off on doing good. Let us always rise from sin with God, and prepare to meet in eternity. Wisdom says: “He who is like a bed will lie down.” And today we will add: Whoever prepares himself and in what condition the Lord finds him, such will be the judgment on his.