As we were studying the kingdom of heaven/kingdom of God, a friend brought up this difficult saying of Jesus during our Bible study. I believe deeply in contexual understanding and so wanted to look closely at the context (including other occurences) of this saying in Scripture. It always amazes me
The Jewish people were expecting the Kingdom of God to come with a mighty military leader, but Jesus was a gentle and compassionate Servant. What Jesus is saying is that the real enemy to be conquered was not the Romans but Satan. That fact that Jesus was casting out demons by His own authority reve