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Jesus replied, 
"I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then."
Matthew 19:28-30 NLT
Jesus students had really been wrestling with what the benefits were going to be from following Jesus, how the future, this new Kingdom was going to work out, and what was in it for them. 
They were just being human.
I don't know what these 12 thrones are all about, or what 100 times more really means, but it's clear that the world will be made new, there will be justice, the systems and power and the way people are valued will be replaced, restored, by Jesus rule of Grace, Truth, Light, and Love.
And we'll be welcomed in to the Upside-down Kingdom, where the least will be seen, known, honoured and restored.
#wordsofJesus
#redletterBible 
#upsidedownKingdom
#shalom
#somethingtolookforwardto

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