"Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
The era changes before and after Jesus. Before Jesus was the old era, and the greatest person in the old era was John the Baptist. He was a person who was in contact with Jesus Christ of Nazareth and prepared the way for Christ.
But after Jesus, it is a new era. The old era is the shadow of the new era, and the shadow without substance recedes.
With the coming of Jesus, who is the real substance of heaven, the people in heaven, no matter how small, are greater than the people of the Old Testament because they directly believe in Christ, and experienced the words and works of Christ.
Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Aug 15, 2023.
Mat 11:1-11