And when he was demanded by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God comes not with outward observation:
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Asked by the disciples when the kingdom of God would come, the Lord said, “The kingdom of God is within you,” through the truth of grace and not through the slavery of guilt. Let those that would be free be servants in the Lord. As we share in service, we also share in the kingdom. He said, “The kingdom of God is within you.” He would not say when it would come. He said there would be a day of judgment, so that he instilled in all terror of the judgment to come, and he did not add the guarantee of its postponement.
