2. Church members do not know how to distinguish between the Kingdom of God and Heaven.
2. Church members do not know how to distinguish between the Kingdom of God and Heaven. Church community pastors do not know how to distinguish between the Kingdom of God and Heaven. This is because they do not know Greek. The Gospel of Matthew was written primarily for the Jewish people, but the pastors of the church community thought it was blasphemous for the Jews to use the word God, so they replaced it with the word heaven. This is a truly worrisome expression. In addition to the Gospel of Matthew, in Mark 16:19 it says, "So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God." The Greek word translated heaven here is ton uranon. In Luke 24:51, "While he was blessing them, he was taken up [into heaven]." Heaven is ton uranon, the same as in Matthew. In John 1:51, "And he said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending an...