marhig
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No to bare the image of the heavenly is to die the death/death to self, and by the power of the holy spirit put on Christ, and then we bare the image of the heavenly.To bear the image of the heavenly you must first die a physical death because flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom of God, 1 Corinthians 15:50.
Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of God, that's why we have to be, by the power of the spirit dead to the flesh, dead to self, dying daily. So that Christ can live in, and through us.
The lord's daily prayer says thy kingdom come, so the kingdom most certainly is within man. Gods holy spirit is a part of that kingdom, so if we have the holy spirit within our hearts, then the kingdom of God is within us!