Life Journey Church Podcast

What did Jesus mean when He said, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first?" Was Jesus acknowledging there is hierarchy in the Kingdom of Heaven, but it's just that it's reversed from the hierarchical order we are familiar with on earth? Maybe (that's certainly what most people would say). However, we actually get a completely different picture when we read the context of what Jesus is saying. What if it's not about reverse hierarchy, but rather equality? The first is the last and the last is the first! All who place their faith in Jesus get Jesus 100% equally--the same! So maybe, instead of thinking of each other in some sort of hierarchical order of first to last or last to first, maybe we should see what Jesus is saying that everyone in His kingdom equally gets Him! Isn't Jesus Himself the prize?