[Sabby]

@Bowas,
He very well may feel that way,
From the time of John...until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence can also be interpreted as saying before John up to his time, the kingdom of heaven had always "suffered" violence. That kingdom, up to John was always identified as a visible, physical "kingdom" as represented by the nation of Israel.
John reminded us that the axe is laid to the root of the tree; iow, the physical representation of the kingdom is now cut down...
I digress...
I don't doubt his sincerity, but his spirit is wrong.