40 See Mat_12:30; Luk_11:23. 41 See Mat_10:40-42. 42 Compare Mat_18:6. 43 Compare Mat_5:30. See Deu_13:6-11 Isa_33:14; Isa_66:24. 45 Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom just below Jerusalem, must not be confounded with the lake of fire, or Tartarus, or the unseen, commonly called "hell" or hades. Its... [ Continue Reading ]
15 See Mat_18:2-3:17-22 17-20 Compare Mat_19:16-22; Luk_18:18 - Luke 23:19 19 See Exo_20:12-16:21 21 See Mat_6:19-21; Luk_12:33-34; Luk_16:9:22-27 22-27 Compare Mat_19:23-26; Luk_18:24-27. 23 All human kingdoms have a high place for those who have wealth. They have no difficulty in entering. Ind... [ Continue Reading ]
41 The other apostles are no better than the sons of Zebedee. They all want place, power, prestige. They little know the kind of kingdom they are to enter. They dream of some oriental despotism in which the whims of the ruling class, and their desires, are the only law. But in the kingdom all sovere... [ Continue Reading ]