Will you please explain Matthew 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?"
This is a prophecy relating to the Church, the Kingdom class, the Kingdom of Heaven in its embryonic state. It has been remarkably fulfilled in the history of the true Church of Christ from the days of John to the present. The "violent," those of the Ishmael and Esau disposition, have always bitterly opposed and persecuted the Lord's true people. [...]
"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." Matthew 26:28. Does this idea that some living at that time would continue to live on until the second advent of our Lord? (Mount of Transfiguration)
The word "kingdom" properly rendered here is royal majesty. Continuing the narrative on down into the next chapter, it is stated that six days afterwards, the Lord took Peter, James and John and went apart from the rest of the disciples up into a high mountain and was there transfigured before them. His face was [...]
Can you explain the words of our Lord to Nicodemus–“Except a man be born of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God?” `John 3:5`.
The Jewish nation was a consecrated nation, a covenant people. They were all baptized into Moses in the sea and in the cloud when they left Egypt. God accepted them in Moses, the mediator of their covenant at Mt. Sinai but, at the time Jesus was speaking, they had forgotten their covenant, some were openly [...]
What did Jesus mean when he declared, "There hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he?" Matthew 11:11
To understand this statement of the Master it is necessary to remember the clearly marked distinction between the different ages of time. John was the last of the prophets and belonged to the time period that was coming to an end - the “Jewish Age," meaning the time God's interaction was directly with the nation [...]
Will the Apostle Peter be the doorkeeper in heaven, since Jesus said to him: "I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 16:19)?
In Matthew 16:19, Jesus tells Peter, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,” symbolizing the authority to open access to the gospel message. This moment follows Peter’s confession that Jesus is “the Christ, the son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16), upon which Jesus declares he will build his church—not on [...]
Can you explain the first three verses of the sixth chapter of Hosea?
These verses, doubtless, refer to Israel's judgments and their final repentance and reconciliation. The three days we understand to be the days of the larger week, one thousand years to each day. In this larger week the seventh day will be the seventh thousand-year period--the Sabbath of rest from sin and Satan. Recognizing time from [...]