Lucas 17

The coming of the Kingdom

20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said: "The Kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ because indeed the Kingdom of God is within you."*They were probably thinking of the Messianic Kingdom, that will indeed have a concrete starting point, but the Lord does not give them that information. He does go on to say to the disciples that the onset will be sudden. In the meantime, the King’s true subjects have the Kingdom in their hearts, which presumably did not include those Pharisees, so ‘within you’ would be a generic statement.