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Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the
violent
take it by force?
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MESSIANIC JEWISH SCRIPTURAL VIEW ______ Biblical Question:
Kingdom of Heaven
suffers violence and the violent take it by force?
Our Question:
Dear Pastor
Reuben, I
have been reading some of the articles from the Menorah home page that are
very interesting, I have some questions that I would like to ask you, I am a
Christian believer who is beginning to see a missed richness in our generally
accepted faith today in the church. I
may be wrong however, it seems that there are sayings and doctrines that we
do not perhaps fully understand in a modern western society, one I have no
idea about is the 'kingdom of Heaven suffers volience
and the violent take it by force', if you know the explanation to this I
would dearly love to know it. Thanks, Graham Pastor Reuben's Answer:
Shalom Graham, I understand
that the reference to Matt. 11:12 "violence, etc" means a personal
breaking through the opposing multitude, in order to enter in through the
narrow door. Which was in opposition to the many, the Pharisees and Jews
generally, who were seeking to enter in, in their own way, never doubting
success, but who would discover their terrible mistake. When we remember,
that in the Sermon on the Mound, the call was only to 'enter in', we feel
that we have now reached a period, when the access to the 'narrow door' was
obstructed by the enmity of so many, and when it needed "violence"
to break through, and 'take the Kingdom' 'by force'. Please read this whole
section and see then that the Lord will say He knows not some who got close
to 'in' but He knows them not. It is a struggle
to correctly enter not by the wide door, by the narrow door provided by God. Hope this helps
your walk with the Lord. Questions are welcome from ALL readers at ALL
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