{"id":37,"date":"2007-05-10T01:51:51","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skygov.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/10\/the-reign-of-the-heavens\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T04:00:24","slug":"the-reign-of-the-heavens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hj.kingdomfromheaven.com\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"The Reign of the Heavens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(from the Young&#8217;s Literal Translation)<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 3:2<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">2<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">and saying, &#8216;Reform, for come nigh hath <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>,&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 4:17<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">17<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, &#8216;Reform ye, for come nigh hath <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 5:3<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">3<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Happy the poor in spirit &mdash; because theirs is <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 5:10<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">10<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Happy those persecuted for righteousness&#8217; sake &mdash; because theirs is <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 5:19<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">19<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands &mdash; the least &mdash; and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 5:19<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">19<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands &mdash; the least &mdash; and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 5:20<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">20<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 7:21<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">21<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 8:11<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">11<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 10:7<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">7<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;And, going on, proclaim saying that, <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> hath come nigh;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 11:11<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">11<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> is greater than he.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 11:12<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">12<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:11<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">11<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">And he answering said to them that &mdash; &#8216;To you it hath been given to know the secrets of <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>, and to these it hath not been given,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:24<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">24<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">Another simile he set before them, saying: &#8216;<strong>The reign of the heavens<\/strong> was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:31<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">31<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">Another simile he set before them, saying: &#8216;<strong>The reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:33<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">33<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">Another simile spake he to them: &#8216;<strong>The reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:44<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">44<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Again, <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:45<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">45<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Again, <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:47<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">47<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Again, <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 13:52<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">52<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">And he said to them, &#8216;Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 16:19<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">19<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">and I will give to thee the keys of <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 18:1<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #001b30\">18 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, &#8216;Who, now, is greater in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>?&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 18:3<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">3<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">and said, &#8216;Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 18:4<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">4<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 18:23<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">23<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Because of this was <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 19:12<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">12<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">for there are eunuchs who from the mother&#8217;s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>: he who is able to receive [it] &mdash; let him receive.&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 19:14<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">14<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">But Jesus said, &#8216;Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>;&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 19:23<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">23<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">and Jesus said to his disciples, &#8216;Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong>;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 20:1<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #001b30\">20 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;For <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 22:2<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">2<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;<strong>The reign of the heavens<\/strong> was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 23:13<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #21770a; position: relative; top: -3pt\">13<\/span><span style=\"color: #21770a\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew 25:1<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #001b30\">25 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: black\">&#8216;Then shall <strong>the reign of the heavens<\/strong> be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(from the Young&#8217;s Literal Translation) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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