Violence - the Shot Heard Round the World

V- iolence found in the hand of one who claims “I- must be god!” O- watch your back when you think you can attack the L- iving God. E- veryone will bend. You drop to your knees, loudly weeping. N- ettles of your own making. Would that you C- all out to Jesus, who can free you from E- ternal damnation. This is a clear warning. Change direction. 10/26/2021 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12 NKJV Benson commentary from biblehub.com: The spirits of men are so excited and animated by a desire after this kingdom, that it is, as it were, attacked like a besieged city, men of all sorts pressing to get into it, with a violence like that of men who are taking a place by storm. As if he had said, “Multitudes are flocking around me, to be instructed in the nature of my kingdom; and some, who were formerly of most licentious characters, and looked upon as utterly unfit to be subjects of the Messiah’s kingdom, are resolutely set on enjoying the blessings of it.”