The following text puts the kingdom into the future: Matt 7:21 \u201cNot everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?\u2019 23 Then I will tell them plainly, \u2018I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!\u2019<\/em>. The following text puts the kingdom into the future: Matt 7:21 \u201cNot everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kingdom-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe passage comes at the end of the Sermon on the Mount and functions as the ground for the warning to respond by doing what Jesus has taught in chps 5\u20137. The text following this one supports the thrust of this passage.
\n1. As with other references, \u201ckingdom\u201d is not overtly defined so we are left to the meaning of the term \u2014 and here one falls to the default position: Davidic kingdom and its future, final manifestation.
\n2. Entrance into that kingdom is the focus of this passage: entrance is limited to those \u201cdoes the will of my Father who is in heaven\u201d \u2014 and one can assume the will of God as revealed by Jesus since doing his teachings is the focus of the next passage.
\n3. Some will be banned from that kingdom. Jesus is no universalist.
\n4. Some banned will call Jesus \u201cLord, Lord\u201d \u2014 they at least know Jesus\u2019 role in history.
\n5. Some banned will appeal to their charismatic deeds \u2014 prophesying, exorcising demons and doing miracles.
\n6. Those banned will be told by Jesus that he has never known them and that they were evildoers.
\nOK, the words of this text teach that entrance into the kingdom is based on doing God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"