Read chapter 7
John the Baptist doesn't always seem to be one of the heroes of the faith that pop first in our minds, but listen to this amazing honor Jesus tells of him: "There is not a greater pro prophet than John"! It distinctly says among those born of women which is every human ever except Adam and Eve. I mean when you consider prophets of the past like Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, etc, we would tend to argue with Jesus of the statement he made here but Christ doesn't make mistakes and says this profound truth of John being greater than even them and for sure greater than any of us today have tried to be.
The statement following is mind-blowing too: "He who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." Kingdom means government so the kingdom of God is the government of God, when God's government rules the earth and no other governments are in tact like we see today of every country with it's own government. Jesus is saying that whoever is least in the government of God is greater than John the Baptist who was just said to be the greatest prophet of all. To be a part of government isn't just to be under it's rule but to have a position or seat like we would say the House and the Senate are part of the US government but John Doe living in Minnesota just is under the US government. So those the Lord has said are seated with Him, us, get to be in His government: "what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come" (Eph. 1:18-20).
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