Matthew 11: Verses 12-15

Continuing on in the awesome chapter of Matthew 11. Thank you for taking a look †

(Matthew 11:12-15) "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

(This that faulty human error of thinking in that peace can come by force and war. This exactly how satan comes in releasing that seemingly temporary doom of the World by war. Well, a boxer spends 12 rounds in a ring getting beaten up too, and when the fight is over gets rest. But that does not mean peace of mind).

(So you have the wars and rumors of wars coming to a climax, and the opposite of satan's message as Christ/God seemingly relieving that claiming to be the world's savior with world peace. References Matthew 24:6-8; 14. Verse 14 that moment satan claims to be Christ.God).

Let's check out part of Daniel here, what God of forces means. Not the same force.

(Daniel 11:38) "But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things."

(The force here is the things of the World, human protection, a "humanitarian."This gets people to bow to him of course. Christ overcame satan and the world showing us the way and how to get it done. Obviously, bringing peace in by war and force, etc is false. The human heart and mind does not change according to God. This is found ALL throughout History with idol worshipers without God through their human behavior. Of course, this is the quran/koran to a T as well. They bring in the 12th mahdi by forcing war, wanting war by force. And of course satan's message is world peace. As the 12th mahdi is to bring peace on Earth. So, if you wondered how most of them bow there you have it).

Back to Matthew 11:13,

13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

(Basically, what God's Word comes down to in the positive. His law, and the first and second comings of Christ. In the negative satan's side and who follow him).

John the Baptist did both. Law and testify of Christ to come right after Him. The importance also seen in that the land of Judea has not seen a prophet for 400 years. It is by no coincidence as well this is the same amount of time Israel's (Jacob) off spring spent in Egypt.

14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

(In Luke we learn what is meant here just below. John the Baptist is not Elijah himself obviously. But came in the Spirit of Elijah. But Christ is continuing to show the importance of John's work. Very important as well. Christ is bringing up this new point because John was paving the way for the New Testament/covenant).

(Luke 1:17) "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Preparing them to accept Christ (the people that would here). For any seed to penetrate the soil must be softened, tilled, "stirred up." On the large scale we know Christ rejected by men.

15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

(That ear to hear is always referring to the spiritual. Every time Christ says it's time to really pay attention. So we must pay attention to the importance of John the Baptist. Now days, people like to discredit the Bible. That being so, John the Baptist is even in the secular "historical" record).

Amen †