The following are passages  that deal with those who cannot enter the Kingdom of dedi. They are what I call "the lists". Where the books of the Testimony, Letters and Revelations [New Testament] frequently uses the phrase “Malkuth HaShamayim [Kingdom of the Heavens]” , the Tanak [OT] used the phrase  "Malkuth dedi  [Kingdom of dedi]]]", once, in the post-exilic book of Dibrey HaYamiym Alef [I Chronicles] 28:5. The phrase, "the kingdom of the heavens", or "kingdom of heaven", does not even occur in the Tanak.

 

Kingdom of the Heavens was a post-exilic euphemism for YHWH, since His name was banned from being spoken. "The earliest occurrences (except for Dan. 4:23: "It is Heaven that rules") of the substitution of the word "Heaven" (God's abode) for "God" (Himself) are found in the Apocrypha: "In the sight of Heaven" (I Macc. 3:18), "Let us cry to Heaven" (I Macc. 4:10), "They were singing hymns and glorifying Heaven" (I Macc. 4:24), "All the people... adored and praised Heaven" (I Macc. 4:55), "With the help of Heaven" (I Macc. 12:15), and "From Heaven I received these [sons]" (II Macc. 7:11). In the Christian Gospels this usage is especially common in the Judeo-Christian Gospel of Matthew, where, e.g., "the kingdom of Heaven" corresponds to "the kingdom of God" in the parallel passages of Mark and Luke (Matt. 3:2 = Mark 1:15; Matt. 5:3 = Luke 6:20; et al.), but also in Luke 15:18, 21: "I have sinned against Heaven." This usage still persists in such modern English expressions as "Heaven help us!" - Encyclopedia Judaica, God, Names of.

 

"Since God dwelt in heaven, it was customary to use the term 'heaven' (shamayim) as a substitute for the name of God in the Talmudic period."  The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, Heaven.

 

"The term Malchuth shamayim, or Kingdom of Heaven (Aramaic, malchutha dishemaya, and Greek, basileia ton ouranon), is one of the master words of Jewish theology. The word 'Heaven' in this combination is a substitute for God (Dan. 4:23) and is a metonymy for God of Heaven, expressing the widely current idea of heaven as the seat of the highest Divinity. It refers not to the transcendent character of God's kingdom but to the sovereignty of the transcendent God (Dalman, Gustaf, The Words of Jesus, p. 93). It appears in the saying of the pre-Maccabean teacher Antigonus of Socho (Aboth 1:3), in the Sadducean I Maccabees (3:50 and frequently), and in Luke (15:21). Its use in rabbinic literature is familiar with such expressions as 'fear of Heaven,' 'name of Heaven,' and 'for the sake of Heaven.' The combination malchuth shamayim, as in Ber.2:2, 5, corresponds to malchuth 'adonai in I Chron. 28:5 and mamlecheth 'adonai in II Chron. 13:8 and hamamlachah in I Chron. 29:11, and to the liturgical malchuth shaddai (in the Alenu). Malchutha dirakia in Ber. 58a refers to the divine as distinguished from human kingship."

 

"While the expression Kingdom of Heaven is rabbinical, the conception is basic to Biblical thought as well."  The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, Kingdom of Heaven.

 

After a bit of research, it is obvious that the phrase, "the kingdom of Heaven," in referencing  those that cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, is simply referring to those that cannot enter the presence of YHWH.

 

These lists simply contain the laws that were spread out in the Thorah [Law] of YHWH. A few of the acts mentioned in the lists, are not specific to the Thorah, but are matters of immorality. There were laws that were general and then there were laws that were specific. The specific laws came about when certain behavior became dominant enough that the situation had to be addressed and a law would follow. An example of this is the law in HaDebariym [Deuteronomy] 25:11,12, which states, " '11 when men fight with one another, and the wife of the one will come near to deliver her husband from his assailant's hand, and will put out her hand and lay hold on his genitals,  12 then you will cut off her palm; your eye will not pity.' "  This law is not one of those given by YHWH, nor is it one that was written in the earlier books of the law, but one listed in HaDebariym, which was written much later. Apparently this was a frequent enough occurance, that a prohibitive law became necessary.

 

Another example, and one that ties in with these lists is lesbianism. Lesbianism, as it is translated in some translations,  is listed specifically once, yet appears no where in the Tanak. Romans 1:26, states that their women exchanged natural relations for what is against nature and the following verse says that likewise, the men also left the natural relations with the women and burned with lust for one another. The common phrase of the lists is sexual immorality, which is a blanket term and can mean a number of things,  and homosexuality, arsenokoites, is specific to men with men. The verses in the Tanak speak specifically of men with men. Does that mean that sexual relations of women with women is allowed, just because it is not specifically mentioned? I don’t believe so. The Tanak also does not mention orgies specifically, yet the lists do several times. The Tanak prohibits sexual interation with anyones besides your spouse, which would blanketly cover orgies as being prohibitive. Just because it was not specificially defined as such, during the time period that the writers of the Tanak wrote in, does not excuse the activity as not being sexually immoral and one approved or allowed by YHWH.

 

Another point of those that will not enter the "Kingdom of Heaven", is that of matters of the heart. Yahusha` spoke of outward matters that the Tanak taught, such as adultery, divorce and slander. Yahusha` was pointing out that you could keep the outward and yet not enter the presence of YHWH. Not sinning was a matter of the heart, just as the Tanak spoke of those that were uncircumcised of heart, though they were circumcised in flesh. They were keeping the outward, but not the inward. Some of the specifics mentioned in the lists, such as malice, rage, arrogance, are matters of the heart. Yahusha` was trying to teach a higher Thorah, True Thorah, because as YirmeYahu 17:10 says, " 'i, YHWH, search the heart, i try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.' "  

 

 

The Lists       

MaththiYahu 15:19

evil thoughts

theft

[Matthew]

murder

false testimony

 

adultery

slander

 

sexual immorality

 

 

 

 

Mark 7:21-23

evil thoughts

deceit

 

sexual immorality

lewdness

 

theft

envy

 

murder

slander

 

adultery

arrogance

 

greed

folly

 

malice

 

 

 

 

Romans 1:24-31

sexual impurity

gossips

 

idolatry

slanderers

 

lesbianism

haters of YHWH

 

homosexuality

insolent

 

every kind of wickedness

arrogant

 

evil

boastful

 

greed

invent ways of doing evil

 

depravity

disobey parents

 

envy

senseless

 

murder

faithless

 

strife

heartless

 

deceit

ruthless

 

malice

 

 

 

 

I Corinthians 6:9-10

sexually immoral

thieves

 

idolaters

greedy

 

adulterers

drunkards

 

male prostitutes

slanderers

 

homosexual offenders

swindlers

 

 

 

Galatians 5:19-21

sexual immorality

fits of rage

 

impurity

selfish ambition

 

debauchery

dissensions

 

idolatry

factions

 

witchcraft

envy

 

hatred

drunkenness

 

discord

orgies

 

jealousy

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 4:25-32

falsehoods

rage

 

anger

brawling

 

stealing

slander

 

unwholesome talk

malice

 

bitterness

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 5:3-6, 17, 18

sexual immorality

idolatry

 

impurity

disobedient

 

greed

foolish

 

obscenity

drunkenness

 

foolish talk

debauchery

 

coarse joking

 

 

 

 

Colossians 3:5-9

sexual immorality

rage

 

impurity

malice

 

lust

slander

 

evil desires

filthy language

 

greed

lying

 

anger

 

 

 

 

II Timothy 3:1-9

lovers of themselves

unforgiving

 

lovers of money

slanderous

 

boastful

without self-control

 

proud

brutal

 

abusive

not lovers of good

 

disobedient to parents

treacherous

 

ungrateful

rash

 

unrighteous

conceited

 

without love

lovers of pleasure

 

having a form of righteousness

denying righteous power

 

worm way into homes

gain control over weak-willed women

 

always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth

oppose the truth

 

depraved minds

 

 

 

 

Yahudah [Jude] 7-16

sexual immorality

going after flesh

 

pollute their own bodies

reject authority

 

slander

speak abusively

 

shepherds who only feed themselves

grumblers

 

faultfinders

follow own evil desires

 

boasting

flatter others for their own advantage

 

scoffers

divisive

 

 

 

Revelations 2:21:8

cowardly

sexually immoral

 

unbelieving

practice magic arts

 

vile

idolaters

 

murders

liars

 

 

 

I Timothy 5:13

Thorah breakers

murderers

 

rebels

adulterers

 

unrighteous

perverts

 

sinful

slaver traders

 

defiled

liars

 

irreligious

perjurers

 

those who kill their fathers or mothers

 

 

 

 

II Timothy 5:13

idlers

gossips

 

busybodies

 

 

 

 

I Thessalonians 4:3-8

sexually immoral

passionate lust

 

lack of control

taking advantage

 

impurity

rejects instruction

 

 

 

                                   

                                               

                                               

This last passage is so involved, that I am just copying it out in its entirety.

 

II Kefa [Peter] 2, “ But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Adonay dedi who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.  Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.  In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

 

 For if dedi did not spare malakiym [messengers] when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;  if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its unrighteous people, but protected Noach, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;  if He condemned the cities of Sedom [Sodom] and Amorah [Gomorrah] by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the unrighteous;  and if He rescued Lowt, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men  (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--  if this is so, then dedi knows how to rescue righteous men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.  This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.

  

 Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;  yet even malakiym [angels], although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the dedi.  But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.

 

 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.  With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed, an accursed brood!  They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam ben Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.  But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey--a beast without speech--who spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

 

 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.  For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.  They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.  If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Adonay and Mashiyach [Messiah] Yahusha` HaMashiyach and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.  It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.  Of them the mishley [proverbs] are true: ‘A dog returns to its vomit,’ and, ‘A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.’ “

 

                                   

The kingdom of the heavens, which is the kingdom of YHWH, the presence of YHWH, is not a kingdom, such as those of men, which last and are only as strong as those who rule them, till they die. The kingdom of YHWH is eternal and His rule is to all generations [Thehillah (Psalms) 145:13 ]. Only those that are upright will be able to enter into the presence of YHWH; he who has clean hands - an outward matter,  and a pure heart - an inward matter, the keeping of the Thorah of YHWH outwardly and inwardly.