Re:Verse passage – Luke 7:18-35 (day seven)
[…] yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. Luke 7:28b
How can the least in the Kingdom be even greater than the greatest man born of a woman? Simple, John was only born of a woman. He was not born again under the New Covenant. We know that John was filled with the Holy Spirit from the womb, but due to his death preceding the death of Christ, He was unable to fully participate in the New Covenant; and thus, he was fully unable to experience regeneration as we are able to through Jesus’ death, resurrection, and baptism in the Holy Spirit. This is not a knock on John. Jesus was explaining that we are going to get something so much greater than anyone who lived under the old covenant, even those filled with the Spirit.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
As born again believers, we get to experience a Living Hope. We get to experience His Kingdom here on earth. We get to taste Heaven now.
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