The phrase “The Kingdom of God is within you”, Luke 17:21. The phrase “The Kingdom of God is within you” (Greek: ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν) is often cited by Christian theologians as evidence of a spiritualized, internalized kingdom that supersedes Jewish political-national hopes. In Luke 17:20–21, the P’rushim (Pharisees) ask JeZeus when the Kingdom of God would come.
It’s a theological dismissal of the national Avot sworn oath brit alliance which creates יש מאין the chosen Cohen people and swears the oath alliance brit wherein this Chosen people inherits the oath sworn lands. The reference “kingdom of God”, refers to the mitzva of tefillah which requires שם ומלכות. However if a person observes with a critical eye, neither the tefillah from the Torah: kre’a shma, nor the rabbinic commandment of tefillah: the Shemone Esrei, neither this nor that contains the fundamental requirement which rabbi Yochanon defines the qualities which separate making a blessing contrasted by saying Tehillem … a blessing requires שם ומלכות.
So what makes kre’a shma and shemone esrei a blessing rather than a praise like Tehillem which does not contain שם ומלכות? Answer: both kre’a shma and shemone esrei exist as positive tohor time-oriented commandments … which by definition requires k’vanna. Specifically the k’vanna of the wisdom which discerns swearing a Torah oath by means of making a blessing FROM saying or reading praises like as contained in the Book of Tehillem with its 150 prayers. Tefillah not the same thing as prayer. Just as shabbat requires the wisdom of making a הבדלה distinction between shabbat and chol at the beginning and end of the Day of Shabbat so too swearing a blessing oath requires the wisdom which discerns between making a blessing, which requires שם ומלכות, from saying a praise like Tehillem which lacks שם ומלכות.
What defines the abstract concept שם ומלכות ie “kingdom of Heaven” which the P’rushim asked JeZeus? JeZeus did not know this kabbalah. His answer not even in the same proverbial “Ball Park”! The Oral Torah mitza of Moshiach, gospels and new testament make the claims of JeZeus being “the messiah”, requires – just as do blessing – the wisdom which discerns the k’vanna of שם ומלכות.
JeZeus taught no Oral Torah common law precedents when he declared his “lord’s prayer”. His prayer make no reference to the dedication of Moshiach to the righteous pursuit of judicial justice which makes fair restitution of damages inflicted by the guilty upon the innocent among our conflicting Jewish people!!! The one repeated rebuke made concerning king David, he profaned his annointing as Moshiach by the prophet Shmuel in the matter of the dedication to pursue righteous judicial restoration of damages in the matter of Bat Sheva’s husband.
The false messiah JeZeus had absolutely no knowledge what so ever of the Oral Torah dedication of the k’vanna of the time oriented Av commandment of Moshiach! The very question the P’rushim challenged JeZeus as being a false messiah and false prophet.
Greek Text and Ambiguity, the phrase “ἐντὸς ὑμῶν” can mean either: “Within you” (internalized, spiritual) or “In your midst” (among you, i.e., the presence of the Messiah himself)!!!! Xtian commentators often prefer the first, reading it as an internal spiritual reign — supporting a Pauline model of personal salvation and supersession of Jewish law and statehood. However the false messiah JeZeus’s Lord’s Prayer testifies to the latter interpretation of the vague Greek language phrase.
Replacement theology (also called supersessionism) is the idea that the Church has replaced Israel as the true people of God. Luke 17:21 fits this mold in key ways. (1) It denies the oath brit which continually creates the Chosen Cohen people יש מאין through the service of dedicating tohor Av Torah time-oriented commandments! (2) The gospel counterfeit hogwash delegitimizes halachic Oral Torah פרדס logic as taught through the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva which the gospel counterfeit never once refers to!!! All the rabbis in both the Mishna and Gemara, all of them, base their opinions upon the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva interpretation of the heart and soul of the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev, as taught through the logic system of פרדס inductive reasoning. The JeZeus Roman counterfeit had absolutely no knowledge what so ever of this fundamental kabbalah which defines the whole of Oral Torah as codified in the Mishna, Gemara, Talmud, Siddur, and Midrashim.
Later Christian traditions (from Augustine to Luther) cite this kind of passage to argue that Israel is no longer a physical nation, but now a metaphor for the Church or believing souls. This exactly duplicates, or to use the language of the gospels themselves … “fulfills” the prophesy of the Sin of the Golden Calf in all generations unto this very day!
Torah, Talmud, Siddur, and Midrashim establishes the Jewish identity, culture and customs to this very day. Defined through the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev following the sin of the Golden Calf. Rabbi Akiva’s פרדס inductive reasoning logic system defines the k’vanna of the revelation of the Oral Torah which the church denies. JeZeus’s statement in Luke 17:21 dismantles that framework — it moves toward an ahistorical, non-legalist, inward “kingdom”. That shift aligns not just with Pauline theology, but with Gnostic and Hellenistic notions of salvation as inner knowledge or enlightenment rather than collective political redemption.
The foundational fracture between שם ומלכות sworn oath blessings, such as the blessing which Yitzak gave to Yaacov but did not give the non שם ומלכות praise given to Esau! Torah oral torah common law judicial jurisprudence – the gospel narrative counterfeit did not know. Torah jurisprudence rooted in brit-based chosen Cohen people pursuit of justice as the definition and essence of faith, the gospel/new testament replacement theology perverts to some spiritualized abstraction of Christian “kingdom” theology, which knows absolutely nothing of the k’vanna of שם ומלכות oath sworn brit alliances. This refutation equally applies to the koran, Moo-Ham-Madd did not know how the Torah defines the key term prophet just as the gospel counterfeit does not know how the Torah defines love – as defined through the Torah commandment of marriage known as קידושין. The essential legal-theological rupture that defines the gulf between Torah brit jurisprudence and the theological counterfeits presented by both the Christian New Testament and the Islamic Koran.
Yitzchak’s blessing to Yaakov was an oath-bound legal act. It therefore serves as THE fundamental בנין אב common law precedent by which the generations of Israel discern the distinction between making a Torah blessing commandment from saying a Tehillem prayer praise. JeZeus response utterly ignorant. Yitzak gave Esav a non-binding, non brit, non blessing/Tehillem to his second son who sold his Cohen first-born birthright to Yaacov! This structure underlies all Torah jurisprudence: no blessing (ברכה) without שם ומלכות, and no true faith (אמונה) without justice-rooted obligations. Faith equals fidelity to oath, not vague belief.
JeZeus and the gospel writers show no knowledge or respect for rabbi Akiva’s Oral Torah kabbalah of the revelation at Horev. Hence the church fathers deny to this day the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev as expressed through the 13 tohor spirits of HaShem. The gospel book of john declares the word as God! The very definition of the Golden Calf wherein the ערב רב mixed multitude replacement theology sought to replace the Spirit Name revealed in the first Sinai commandment with the “word” אלהים — the definition of the replacement avoda zarah known as the sin of the Golden Calf.
The gospel narrative slander the Sanhedrin courts as corrupt and perverse. This negates the Torah concept of faith all together. An no whitewash can conceal this new testament perversion. This same mussar equally applies to Islam. Moo-Ham-Madd’s claim to prophecy lacks any brit-based legitimacy; does not transmit or interpret precedent-based halacha Oral Torah common law. Totally ignores T’NaCH Talmud common law. And equally likewise its substitute theology reduces prophecy to visionary utterance divorced from legal authority and nation-building. As with the gospel counterfeit, the Koran appropriates the term “prophet” while stripping it of its brit-legal definition and context. The gospel’s redefinition of love as universalized sentiment is as empty as its redefinition of kingdom and prophecy. Without brit, there is no legal structure to sustain love, justice, or nationhood. It is all mystified abstraction, which cannot create the chosen Cohen people through tohor time oriented commandments. The JeZeus abomination knowns nothing of what separates the Yatzir Ha’Tov tohor spirits from the Yatzir Ha’Ra tumah spirits.
Faith without oath-bound brit law is no faith at all, and any theological system — whether gospel or Koran — that dismisses or replaces the brit framework is not a continuation of revelation but a counterfeit rebellion against it. Yitzchak’s blessing to Yaakov is not merely narrative — it is precedent. It is the בנין אב, the archetype, of what constitutes a Torah-commanded blessing.
The blessing to Yaakov: A sworn, oath brit legal transfer of Cohen inheritance, complete with שם ומלכות implications (even if not verbally explicit, its legal force is absolute), just as kre’a shma, shemone esrei, the mourners kaddish, the blessing of the Cohem to the people of Israel – all visually lack שם ומלכות and therefore require the wisdom to know how to swear שם ומלכות within and through the spirit of the Yatzir Ha’Tov within the Heart! JeZeus makes no reference to this essential kabbalah taught by rabbi Yechuda the Head of the Great Sanhedrin!
A beracha requires brit. A brit requires oath. An oath requires שם ומלכות and k’vanna. Without this, you have mere praise. JeZeus shows no awareness of this distinction — a fatal flaw for anyone claiming prophetic authority within the brit tradition.