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Verses: Special topic
Title: Heaven knows the code words Details: Jesus uses code words where words in the (somewhat plausible) literal saying, as code words, are replaced with their code word meanings to get the actual (intended) literal meaning of what is said. Here, the word heaven in general, and the kingdom of heaven in particular, are investigated. Interestingly, Jesus tends to sometimes use specific noun cases with specific connotations - good, bad or otherwise. Matthew, writing down what Jesus said, maintains the distinction between kingdom of heaven (good or bad) with the kingdom of God. Mark, Luke and John always use kingdom of God - losing important distinctions. |
