First of all, Jesus did not mean me the embodied Jesus on Earth, or my church. He meant Jesus as a representative of God.
He was identifying himself with God. Make of that what you will.
He meant there is no entry into the Kingdom of God except through God.
He was giving some people what they wanted, humoring them, which is to have someone say that you need to be in the right cult.
But those among his followers who learned real understanding knew that this is not what Jesus meant at all.
Jesus did not mean that if you don't support God you will go somewhere else and not to heaven.
No.
Jesus meant that if you make it to Heaven, and you don't know God yet, that it won't feel like Heaven. It will simply feel like another ordinary place.
In fact, Jesus was simply stating a simple scientific fact.
God IS the Kingdom.
Stating that there is no way to the Kingdom except through God is like saying that there is no way to feel sunshine except to feel sunshine.
It is a simple scientific fact.
Those among Jesus's followers who had true understanding would have known this.
God IS the Kingdom of Heaven.
If you die without knowing God, you will reach Heaven, and it will not Feel like the Kingdom of God, it will only feel like another ordinary place- until you learn to feel and connect with God!
Because it is not Heaven that is the Kingdom- it is God Himself!
And just like there is no way to feel sunshine except to feel sunshine, there is no way to feel God except to feel God!
And This is what Jesus meant!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson