The Kingdom of Heaven Suffers Violence and the Violent Take It by Force

[@hoseapatrick2435]

AMEN... This is the right explanation for this verse. GOD BLESS YOU

[@jewishbride5010]

Praise God for his wisdom and his word to be shared and received in good will and understanding, praise God for giving us the Kingdom of Heaven to take care of to enrich our lives and that of others around us, God or rather Christ being the ultimate judge to pass on our heavenly inheritance to God his children. Lord, in accordance with this word and matthew 11:11-12, john 1:12, luke 17:20-21, philippians 2:13, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 I pray and bind myself, but also my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquitances, opponents and the body of Christ to be agressive enough to fight for one's own heavenly inheritance while binding to hell every lack of being aggressive to take one's heavenly inheritance by force and binding to hell giving up when one is resisted and binding one to know how and be willing to break through every unjust resistance, binding to hell every unequal yoke and common share with anyone lacking to take one's divine inheritance by force while giving up when one is resisted and lacking to know how and lacking to be willing to break through any unjust resistance, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah, glory to God ❤!

[@alvinmorsejr.2576]

I under estimated this pastor. Not only did he explain it thoroughly but I can see that God gave him revelation on this verse. I applaud you and your teaching. Continue on in the faith, and may God bless you exponentially

[@naghendaben2263]

What a beautiful and undiluted message. May God continue to increase you in knowledge and wisdom sir 🙏🏾❤️😇

[@valeriewatsonz197]

I want to thank you for explaining this scripture . You have taught it so plain that a child can understand it . Blessings to you Pastor . 🙏

[@emmanueljoseph693]

Thank you sir I truly blessed🙏

[@JubileeChurchParadise]

You're most welcome

[@jcjcarlson2141]

Excellent Mike, thank you :D. God's word is alive!!!

[@elizabethmathew9730]

I personally sensed thst our Lord said it in a resigned way, the jews were too stiffnecked to accept it, He knew the gentiles would seize it with fervour as a priceless pearl and truimphantly carry it forward

[@OperationReapSinners777]

Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Mat 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. Now the meaning. Yeshua-Jesus started off His public ministry, the kingdom of heaven was beginning on earth in the form of Yeshua-Jesus, and His followers. But great opposition had risen up against heaven's kingdom in the form of opposition, men like the pharisees and scribes, and Herod who imprisoned John the Baptist, and the Jewish religious leaders of God. Mat 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Mat 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, Mat 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. The opposition in the form of the dragon called Satan, and his demons, they tried to violently take the kingdom by force, but yet Yeshua-Jesus stood his ground! Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory!

[@bethmast6741]

You got it!

[@drnicolaschongks]

In Israel , the is fruit that call locust . its not real insect locust ...

[@mubs4life]

Sorry sir, but you missed the translation.

[@timkins9155]

Sad to see you going to the lukewarm Passion translation for insight into this verse. If Jesus wanted to say the zealous are taking it by zeal He could have said so. The violence is a figure of speech, in this case an hyperbole. The change of covenants from the Law and the Prophets to the "kingdom" is so radical it's as if the violent have invaded. Their righteousness (greater than John) is so unmerited, it ought to be wrong. But nevertheless they are in the gates. You are in the gates too. Don't jeopardize your witness with questionable scriptures. They're not helpful in the end: "Provide for things honest in the sight of all." But at least you're close.

[@ricklannoye4374]

THE KINGDOM OF "HEAVEN" JUST MEANS THE KINGDOM OF GOD, ON EARTH...INSIDE PEOPLE, NOW! In the Gospels, the phrase "Kingdom of HEAVEN" was just another way of saying "Kingdom of GOD." Jews often substituted the word "Heaven," the place where God lives, in place of the word "God," because they felt it was irreverent to say "God." But so many Christians who read the expression "Kingdom of Heaven" think it's talking about entering the PLACE called "Heaven," when it's simply referring to the theocratic government ON EARTH that most of the Jews of Jesus' day believed God would re-establish in Israel by sending a special king to set them free from the Romans--the Messiah. To make things worse, many Neo Evangelical preachers and teachers then go on to, falsely, interpret the expression "cannot enter the Kingdom of God" as if it means "going to Hell," which is a complete fallacy! "Entering" the Kingdom of God simply meant a person would become a citizen in the new, earthly, independent Jewish government, and not getting to "enter" that kingdom, just meant a person would be denied citizenship...for a time! The thing to understand is that most of the Jews of Jesus' day believed those who would not immediately get citizenship in the coming kingdom would continue to live on earth, but with a much lower social status, not too unlike the world they actually lived in where Roman citizens had many more privileges than did everyone else! Basically, they were looking forward to the tables being turned, with Jews holding the best privileges in the world, and non-Jews having their social statuses reduced. Consequently, most people would end up as peasants, at least to begin with. However, it's not as if anyone would be actively made to suffer! When we read about the religious hypocrites that Jesus criticized the most, not getting to "enter" the Kingdom, and how they'll respond by crying a lot and their teeth chattering, "weeping and gnashing their teeth," it's referring to how deeply disappointed these people will be as they are, so to speak, getting "sent out into the cold," that is, exiled...but not getting burned alive! Because they, for their great outward piety, anticipated getting not only citizenship but many other rewards, such as appointments to prestigious government jobs, they will be shocked to learn "sinners and publicans" will get their "green cards" long before they do...though Jesus never condemned them to eternal exile...he just said they would be the LAST to get their citizenship requests approved, once they show their hearts have really changed. Of course, the REAL question is whether Jesus, himself, believed in the popular idea of his day about a literal Jewish government taking over the world, and the answer seems likely to be, "No!" Toward the end of his public ministry, he began to let it be known what he believed was the REAL "Kingdom," a place inside the hearts and minds of PEOPLE (Luke 17:20-21) who had embraced his message of personal change, to reject leading lives of hurting others to embrace the joyous life of doing good and helping the suffering! Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Hell-No-Certain-There-Place/dp/1477401938