Jesus said something very interesting...well, He said lots of very interesting things. This is one of them.
"I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." [Luke 7:28]
The LEAST in the kingdom of God is greater than the greatest prophet in the Old Covenant!
Greater than David? Greater than Abraham? Greater than Solomon?
Joshua? Isaiah?
Moses?
Think about the things they did, by the power of the Old Covenant!
Defeated Goliath, split the Red Sea, conquered the Promised Land!
Abraham became the Father of Nations, heir of the world!
Solomon was the wisest, richest man in the earth! Isaiah saw the Messiah and the glory of the church centuries before it happened!
Prophecy
First, this is an amazing scripture. It's hard for us to wrap our heads around, especially those of us who really are least in the kingdom of God!
I think Jesus was prophesying over us...decreeing what we would be...calling the end from the beginning.
'All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.' [John 1:3]
He knew that we would be one Spirit with Him, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ. He knew that we would be born of the incorruptible seed, which is the Word of God...and HE IS THE WORD! He knew that we were about to be crucified with Him, raised up together with Him and seated in heavenly places in Him.
Stronger than Samson? Richer than Job? More politically powerful than Joseph? More protected than Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace? How about Daniel in the lion's den?
Really?
Greater Works
Think about John 14:12...
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father."
This is JESUS talking! Greater works than He did?
When He walked up to the tomb of Lazarus and called him out, did He mean that? When He cursed the fig tree, did He mean that?
When He told us to speak to mountains and trees like He spoke to storms and sick bodies, did He mean that?
When He said we had authority over ALL the works of the enemy, that we would trample the serpent and lion, did He mean that?
Religion
The problem with religion is that it's primary goal seems to be to explain how these things are not true. Why they don't really mean this, they really mean that, why the answer is sometimes no...why it's all passed away, blah blah woof woof. Every great and wonderful promise is only for heaven.
Get this...according to Ephesians 2:6, we're IN heaven, right now! So if it's only for heaven, we're golden.
But we are supposed to be the Body of Christ IN THE EARTH! Why would He want us weak, poor and powerless?
I think Jesus meant what He said. When He cursed the fig tree and then told us we could do the same, He knew what He was talking about. He knew that even unregenerate man had authority over the physical in the earth...He saw what they did at the tower of Babel!
I think He spend three years giving us example after example of what we would be able to do as His Body in the earth. He knew that we would be greater than the greatest prophets because He would be in us, one Spirit with Him, with the Father, with the Holy Spirit.
Either He's Lord or He's not. If He didn't mean what He said, we've got big problems.
Think about it.
