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Matt.18:18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. 18:19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

Many throughout the centuries since Christ have sought too bind things on earth, and in heaven, with powerful prayers having no results, yet lacking humility because of their zeal for God's righteousness never would they admit their failed prayers to bind God into obligation towards their enemies. Not many should be teachers why? Because they cannot determine between the flesh and the spirit. The flesh has a spirit shocking as that may be too those with pure motives, the spirit from our sinful flesh is dead in Christ, it produce the works of the flesh, one being anger, but this fleshly act of man its not alive to God.

James 1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Man anger does not produce life, or put it another way, God's righteousness. Hence, more damage has been done behind so called righteous anger of man because he just can't imagine he not right when he hates someone that seemingly teaches against his beliefs. But what fruits does such anger produce? Ruin relationship, lack of faith and trust in God, fear of judgment, and the list is endless. But some would rather have these fruits death to make their point or in destroying an enemy than to be in peace with God. Here is the context Christ was dealing with just such a fleshly minded people full of hate and judgment towards their fellowman. The Jew's community was thousand's of years under the law, first and foremost they looked to a person weakness exposed by God's law, than they condemn the person because it made them feel better about their own true heart condition under sin laws.

Matt. 7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

Not many would love truth, which is first seeing the sin in ourselves and forgetting about the other guy sin being thankful for our own forgiveness. Later, in this same chapter of Matthew, Christ will address that attitude with his own apostles. So what is Christ point here about binding things in heaven and earth. We don't see, the apostles later on binding things, or even mentioning such binding against their enemies, did they perhaps not understand Christ words here? No, Christ talked about what the prophets often did, within the rebellious nation of Israel, closing up the heavens and opening them, but shortly God was going to deal with the greater fulfillment of physical Israel into the spiritual Israel, which is not concerned with the flesh, but the spirit.

2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

The apostles Paul himself spoke of separating the two, spirit from flesh in binding ones for discipline in Christ. Certain many times those of the body of Christ would be forced to correct through the head of the body shutting up the spiritual heavens, where our spiritual food and life comes from until they learned not to rebel against God's authority found on earth in the body of Christ. But sadly, most Christian's today are of the flesh, not understanding the Spirit, thinking their unrighteous hated fueled by judgment of law is what Christ is speaking too here, but its not.

1Cor. 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:5 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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