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![THE SEEN
WAR
“And from the days of John the
Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven suffers violence, and the
violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12)
After being imprisoned, John sent two
disciples to ensure Jesus was actually the
Messiah.
Jesus showed His “Messianic credentials” to
the disciples and encouraged John to trust
Him. He didn’t offer to deliver him from
prison. Then, Jesus praised John before His
audience.
The greatest prophet couldn’t enjoy the
Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus was
preaching because he was imprisoned;
others did. That’s why Jesus said, “he
who is least in the kingdom of heaven is
greater than he [is more privileged than
John].” (Matthew 11:11).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sabbathschoollesson52ndquarterof2016ok-160425043833/85/Sabbath-school-lesson-5-2nd-quarter-of-2016-4-320.jpg)
![“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh
and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same,
that through death He might destroy him who had the
power of death, that is, the devil.” (Hebrews 2:14)
The end of this war was
determined at the cross. Jesus’
victory was absolute. Satan is a
defeated prince.
He is aware of that, so he “has
come down […] having great
wrath, because he knows that
he has a short time.” (Rev.
12:12). He is a “roaring lion”
(1P. 5:8) that can still hurt us.
He uses subtle
temptations to steal our
loyalty and makes us lose
the eternal Kingdom.
The key question is:
Which side are you on?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sabbathschoollesson52ndquarterof2016ok-160425043833/85/Sabbath-school-lesson-5-2nd-quarter-of-2016-8-320.jpg)
![THE SEEN
WAR
“And from the days of John the
Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven suffers violence, and the
violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12)
After being imprisoned, John sent two
disciples to ensure Jesus was actually the
Messiah.
Jesus showed His “Messianic credentials” to
the disciples and encouraged John to trust
Him. He didn’t offer to deliver him from
prison. Then, Jesus praised John before His
audience.
The greatest prophet couldn’t enjoy the
Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus was
preaching because he was imprisoned;
others did. That’s why Jesus said, “he
who is least in the kingdom of heaven is
greater than he [is more privileged than
John].” (Matthew 11:11).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sabbathschoollesson52ndquarterof2016ok-160425043833/75/Sabbath-school-lesson-5-2nd-quarter-of-2016-4-2048.jpg)
![“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh
and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same,
that through death He might destroy him who had the
power of death, that is, the devil.” (Hebrews 2:14)
The end of this war was
determined at the cross. Jesus’
victory was absolute. Satan is a
defeated prince.
He is aware of that, so he “has
come down […] having great
wrath, because he knows that
he has a short time.” (Rev.
12:12). He is a “roaring lion”
(1P. 5:8) that can still hurt us.
He uses subtle
temptations to steal our
loyalty and makes us lose
the eternal Kingdom.
The key question is:
Which side are you on?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sabbathschoollesson52ndquarterof2016ok-160425043833/75/Sabbath-school-lesson-5-2nd-quarter-of-2016-8-2048.jpg)
Uploaded byDavid Syahputra
Sabbath school lesson 5, 2nd quarter of 2016
This document summarizes a lesson about an unseen spiritual war between God's kingdom and the Devil's kingdom. It discusses three main points: 1) The unseen war between Satan and Christ for influence over humanity. Jesus acknowledged this spiritual battle when accused of healing with Satan's power. 2) The visible war seen through John the Baptist's imprisonment, as he suffered for preaching God's kingdom while others received privileges. 3) The won war, as Jesus' victory over Satan at the cross was absolute, though Satan continues attacking believers until the end of time. Believers must remain faithful to God's kingdom by resisting Satan's subtle temptations.
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Sabbath school lesson 5, 2nd quarter of 2016
- 1. Lesson 5 forApril 30, 2016 Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
- 2. There is awar between unseen powers in the Bible that is depicted in the book of Matthew too. That war sometimes becomes visible. This week we studied: The unseen war: Satan against Christ. The seen war: John the Baptist’s case. The won war: Victory is guaranteed.
- 3. THE UNSEEN WAR“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) Jesus was accused of healing by the power of “Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.” Jesus took the opportunity to talk about the war between two kingdoms, God’s and the Devil’s (Matthew 12:24-30). Those two kingdoms are real, although we cannot see them. Our problem is that we are currently living in enemy territory. We belong to God’s kingdom, we’re on Christ’s side. Therefore, “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but… against spiritual hosts of wickedness.” (Ephesians 6:12).
- 4. THE SEEN WAR “And fromthe days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) After being imprisoned, John sent two disciples to ensure Jesus was actually the Messiah. Jesus showed His “Messianic credentials” to the disciples and encouraged John to trust Him. He didn’t offer to deliver him from prison. Then, Jesus praised John before His audience. The greatest prophet couldn’t enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus was preaching because he was imprisoned; others did. That’s why Jesus said, “he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he [is more privileged than John].” (Matthew 11:11).
- 5. “And from thedays of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) Jesus ended his speech about John by saying the enigmatic words in Matthew 11:12. What did Jesus mean? Let’s compare how those sentence was translated into English in different versions of the Bible: “And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it.” (NLT) “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.” (NET)
- 6. The Greek verbβιαζεται (biazetai) can mean either “forcefully advancing” or “suffering violence.” The Greek word βιασται (biastai) can mean either “forceful or eager men” or “violent men.” We can interpret that verse in different ways by combining those translations: Forcefully advancing Forceful men Believers who are strongly convinced make the Kingdom advance forcefully Violent men The Kingdom advances forcefully, but violent men stop it Suffering violence Forceful men The Kingdom suffers violence and only those with strong conviction can reach it Violent men The Kingdom suffers violence from violent men
- 7. No matter howwe interpret that verse, something’s certain: There’s a real war and we are involved. The story of John the Baptist is another chapter in this war. We are living chapters of this war too. Being faithful to King Jesus has never been easy on this Earth. There are battles of this war taking place in our hearts daily. The enemy threatens to influence our decisions and our acts. “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34)
- 8. “Inasmuch then asthe children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.” (Hebrews 2:14) The end of this war was determined at the cross. Jesus’ victory was absolute. Satan is a defeated prince. He is aware of that, so he “has come down […] having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” (Rev. 12:12). He is a “roaring lion” (1P. 5:8) that can still hurt us. He uses subtle temptations to steal our loyalty and makes us lose the eternal Kingdom. The key question is: Which side are you on?
- 9. E.G.W. (Our HighCalling, October 6)