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1 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | france13 | 207368 | ||
Why is 'he who is least in the kingdom of heaven greater than John the Baptist'? | ||||||
2 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | Cody Mac | 207371 | ||
Ok John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus Christ and the last of the Old Testament prophets, this is essentially putting a dividing line between the old testament and the new testament. Let me explain. When he says born of women he means mortal men of course. Before Jesus there was none greater than the old testament prophets but Jesus is saying that now since men have the knowledge of the glory of God via Jesus Christ while John the Baptist was a great man on earth that someone who merely new that Jesus was the Christ and believed in him and went to Heaven was much greater because he had had the oppurtunity to see the truth of God in Jesus. Its one of those verses that require indepth study of some stuff and might be hard to understand with just simple explanation like that. |
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3 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | france13 | 207395 | ||
Are you saying that John didn't believe that Jesus was the Christ? This is an interesting verse, and one that cannot be explained if John was "born again." He was not because he did not meet the explicit qualifications described by Jesus. Is there no hope for John and those that do not meet Jesus' requirements? To use Paul's expression: "Never may that be so!" The chosen "born agains" receive the first resurrection, but the rest don't. (Rev 20:4-5)They (John, etc.) don't come to life until after the 1,000 year reign of Jesus and his chosen king-priests. That's not too indepth, but it helps me make sense of numerous verses that, from my conversations, most either ignore or understand in a way that contradicts other doctrine. | ||||||
4 | least in kingdom greater than John | Matt 11:11 | lionheart | 207417 | ||
To all concerned, It is subjects like this where we always seem to get ourselves tangled up. If we would but consider time,place and administration. (Covenent) We would avoid allot of argument and confusion. In Him, lionheart |
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