Be still and know that YOU are God

Because you are Love.

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A few months ago I wondered “Where is the kingdom of God?” Older English translations of Luke 17:20–21 in the Bible said it is “within” you whereas newer ones say it is “among” (or “in the midst of”) you.

I was taught as a child that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It’s hard to sustain that belief when Bible translations say different things.

Psalm 46 is an example. Here is the entire Psalm in the King James Version (KJV), which was first published in 1611 and until recent decades the predominant English version in the United States. I put the controversial statement in bold.

1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.