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The Importance of Honor Status in the Kingdom of Heaven
In the ancient Jewish culture and in unearned-shamed societies, part of what was true about the identity of children is that they didn't have their own sense of honor or status until they became an adult. And Jesus says, therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. He's revealing that what he means by becoming like a child is to accept the lowly positionof honor that a child had.
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