What if the “Second Coming” was never meant to arrive from the outside — but from within us all?
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“The Kingdom of God Is Within You”
— Jesus Christ
This sentence has been repeated for two thousand years.
Quoted. Sermonized. Framed on walls.
And mostly… not taken literally.
Because if it is taken literally, it quietly dismantles almost everything humanity has built its power structures upon.
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Waiting for salvation — then
For most of history, people lived under conditions where inner freedom was not enough.
• Empires ruled by force
• Poverty was structural
• Injustice was absolute
• Individual agency was minimal
In such a world, hope had to come from above.
From heaven.
From a returning savior who would overturn injustice for humanity.
That hope made sense then.
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But what if that was never the end of the story?
What if the first coming was not the solution — but the seed?
A demonstration, not a conclusion.
Not:
“Wait for me to return.”
But:
“One day, you will understand what this really means.”
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The overlooked implication
If the kingdom of God is within each person, then:
• No institution can own it
• No authority can distribute it
• No hierarchy can mediate it
• No future date can postpone it
Which means the delay was never divine.
It was human.
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Two thousand years of misunderstanding
Over time, something subtle but profound happened:
• The inner kingdom was externalized
• Living metaphor hardened into doctrine
• Awakening was replaced by obedience
• Love was confused with authority
The light was not extinguished —
it was covered, regulated, and outsourced.
And humanity waited… for someone else to do what could only be done from within.
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Why now feels different
We are living through a peculiar moment in history.
For the first time:
• Material abundance is technically possible
• Information is globally accessible
• Old systems are visibly failing
• Authority is being questioned at every level
The crisis is no longer survival.
The crisis is meaning, maturity, and self-governance.
In other words:
Humanity is being asked to grow up.
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The Second Coming — re-imagined
This article makes no claim of prophecy.
No claim of divinity.
No claim of special knowledge.
It suggests something far quieter:
That humanity may finally be capable of understanding
what was said two thousand years ago.
Not a man returning from the sky —
but a realization emerging within many.
Not salvation imposed —
but responsibility accepted.
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A world built on inner realization
This is precisely the world Benjamin Michaels wakes up to in Waking Up – A journey towards a new dawn for humanity.
Not a religious world.
Not a perfect world.
Not a utopia handed down by God.
But a world where humanity finally acts as if:
• dignity is inherent
• worth is not earned
• fear is no longer the organizing principle
• systems reflect trust instead of control
A world designed as if the kingdom truly resides within everyone. Resulting in a world where:
- Money becomes obsolete.
- Coercion loses legitimacy.
- Contribution replaces survival.
Not because humans became saints —
but because they stopped building systems that assume the worst in each other.
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This is not belief — it is design
The question is no longer theological.
It is practical.
What kind of world do we build
if we genuinely believe
that the light we’re waiting for
is already here?
Because if the kingdom is within us,
then our systems should reflect that.
And if they don’t —
the problem was never the absence of light,
but our refusal to trust it.
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A final thought
The Second Coming may never arrive with trumpets
because it arrives with something far more demanding:
Responsibility.
Not for saving the world —
but for no longer pretending
that salvation must come from somewhere else.
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🌍 Call to Action
If this resonates, Waking Up – A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity explores this realization in lived form — through the eyes of Benjamin Michaels, a man who wakes up into a world that has quietly, imperfectly, and courageously begun to live as if the kingdom of God is within us all.
👉 Discover the book and the wider vision HERE.
👉 Share this article if you feel humanity is ready to stop waiting — and start remembering.
The light was never missing.
We were just not ready to carry it.