Amy

Cheryl, I like your blog, having recently been encouraged to study the Bible more by the Calvinism/Arminianism debate. So I appreciate your view point. The only thing I’m confused about in this article is the present tense of “least in the kingdom”. Are there other areas in the Bible that you know of that talk about the present tense of the kingdom? I read Jesus’ speech as kingdom in the future, since I interpret the kingdom being the resurrection kingdom after Jesus’ return. John is the greatest human now, and we (in our resurrection state) will all be greater than a mere unresurrected human in the future. However, having not studied the Greek grammar, I certainly could be wrong. So that’s why I would hope to see “kingdom” present tense in other passages. Thanks for your thoughts.