MATTHEW 11:12, C. H. Cayce “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” This text shows that the Lord established His church during the days of John the Baptist. If the kingdom was not in existence, then the violent did not take it. If the kingdom was not in existence, it did not suffer violence. But the kingdom did suffer violence from the days of John the Baptist, and it was, therefore, in existence from the days of John the Baptist. From the days of John the Baptist, from the very time the Lord established His kingdom, it began to suffer persecutions at the hands of wicked men. The Primitive Baptist, February, 1913.