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1 | "Least in the kingdom of God"? | Matt 11:11 | Zsuzsi | 122658 | ||
Thanks for your reply, I agree with every word you said! But exactly for this reason, Christ spoke in the present tense of 'the least in the kingdom of God' ('is' - as far as I know, the Greek 'estin' can not be understood as 'will be' - but maybe we'll need to ask someone more knowledgeable about this)... At the time He was speaking, while on earth, He was the least in the kingdom of God, wasn't He...? I mean, He ate, and drank, and slept, and wept, suffered and died, even prayed as a fully human person... Of course He was fully God as well, but becoming a human at all was just far beneath His dignity to say the least! (Please read also my replies to Emmaus.) In His resurrection, He was glorified, and now He is the greatest in all of heaven and earth... Of course. He sits on the right hand of God and He will come back to judge all the earth... :-) If He hadn't been the Greatest, He wouldn't have been able to defeat satan (who, thanks to Jesus, doesn't even deserve the capital letter any more). This passage really touched me some time ago and since then I appreciate the sacrifice He made for us more than ever. And I am ever so glad to have such a wonderfully loving Lord. :-) Blessings, Zsuzsi |
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2 | "Least in the kingdom of God"? | Matt 11:11 | JCrichton | 122679 | ||
Hi, Zsuzsi! Now I completely follow! Christ did state it: just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.' (Matthew 20:28) So in the sense that Christ came to serve (rescue us from sin), in that particular station (the server being less than the one being served), it would seem that Jesus would be including Himself in the passages that you cited (Luke 7:28 and Matthew 11:11--which are congruent passages)... but still, I am cautious because He also made it clear that He was above those who He served: For who is the greater: the one at table or the one who serves? The one at table, surely? Yet here am I among you as one who serves! (Luke 22:27) True Jesus came to serve, but He identifies Himself with the one at the table (the Lord)--the one who denies Himself (His Authority) in order to save us from sin! God Bless! Angel |
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3 | "Least in the kingdom of God"? | Matt 11:11 | Zsuzsi | 122708 | ||
Hi Angel, I am glad to see we are now almost in complete agreement. "but still, I am cautious because He also made it clear that He was above those who He served:" Of course. This is actually His point in Luke 7:28 and Matthew 11:11: "...yet who is least in the kingdom of heaven IS GREATER THAN HE." John was only the greatest of the human forerunners of the Messiah. Jesus Himself was God. God bless you, Zsuzsi |
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