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1 | The Kingdom of God | Matt 11:12 | grafted in | 216232 | ||
Hello everyone, May I have a number of explanations of Matthew 11:12 as connected to Malachi 2:13? I'm looking at the Greek and Hebrew words used (biastai and portzim and their variants) and am finding that the translations I'm used to don't seem to fit well. There seems to be 2 different pictures painted when speaking of taking something by force or something breaking forth by an action. Thank you in advance. |
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2 | The Kingdom of God | Matt 11:12 | DocTrinsograce | 216233 | ||
Dear Grafted, I am not convinced that the verses are directly related -- Matthew 11:12 and Micah 2:13 -- except that they both related to Christ. Although the Micah passage is prophetic in nature, referring to the release of Israel from captivity (something still in Micah's future) -- with a bit of a double-vision thing going on referring to the even more future coming of Christ the King. I have seen people try to make this connection, but I think it is because this verse in Matthew makes people so uncomfortable. I particularly see this effort in circles outside of what I would consider orthodoxy. The plain sense of the passage makes the best sense -- and it is in that way that the old divines of the church exegete the text. If you want a uniquely thorough treatment of Mattew 11:12, I highly recommend "The Christian Soldier, or Taking Heaven by Storm" by the Puritan, Thomas Watson. It is not easy reading; not because the language is a bit antiquated, but because it takes us before a Holy God, and strips us of the veneer of easy-believism. In Him, Doc |
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