The Kingdom Is Like ....
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Therefore
Therefore
V 14-17
this is a continuation from the rebuking of the Synagogue leader
Jesus is now speaking to His disciples
They might be getting discouraged about all the opposition
Jesus is going to teach them about the kingdom
Lets review about the Kingdom of God on this planet
Adam and Eve were put here to be the King and Queen of the earth
they were to have dominion and rule
but when they sinned they gave it up. they lost the throne
through Abraham there was a going to be a ruling people
all the earth would be blessed
through David there would come a king to be the new king of the earth
John the Baptist was the one who God used to prepare the people for this new kingdom
Jesus multiple times said the kingdom has arrived
the kingdom is in your midst
The Inaugural Kingdom is going on right now on this planet
right now it’s an invisible Kingdom
Jesus is sitting on the Throne of God in Heaven
Yahweh says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”
Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Have dominion in the midst of Your enemies.”
Your people will offer themselves freely in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, The dew of Your youthfulness will be Yours.
the kingdom today is in us
you are a part of the kingdom because God has regenerated you and saved you
we are adopted into the family of God thus we are a part of the kingdom
Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Jesus will reign on the throne of David in Jerusalem during the the 1000 year millennial reign
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end of His kingdom.”
Jesus will regain what Adam lost
but all of Jerusalem and the apostles believe that they are going directly to the millennial reign
that they are going to sit on thrones with Jesus very soon
they know about what Daniel says
‘Then the reign, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’
so after His death and resurrection they ask
So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
but this kingdom is going to begin very small
and it will start as an internal kingdom as Jesus is going to demonstrate in these verses
read Luke 13 18-21.
The Seed
The Seed
Jesus speaks of a mustard seed
I want to do an acorn
the acorn falls from the tree
it starts to sprout a little stem and 1 small leaf
can be easily pulled from the ground
but soon it is a little bigger and takes much more effort to pull up
after a year a person cannot pull it up by own strength
the tree grows slowly in strength and size
after decades and centennials the tree is huge and strong
it has weathered many storms
seen many countries rise and fall
Jesus compares the Kingdom to a mustard seed
which grows and becomes the biggest in the garden
the Kingdom starts small. 11 apostles
100 or so in the upper room on the day of Pentecost
very small compared to the population of the world
But
the size of the kingdom today with all the saints throughout the millennia it is massive
Jesus was giving these men and women hope
and not worry what the enemy will do because the Kingdom cannot be stopped
over the centuries the opposition has tried to massacre the people of the church
and when that happens the Kingdom in that area grows stronger
why because it is a supernatural Kingdom
a Kingdom that consists of the bride of Christ
and like the massive oak tree it has scars from previous encounters
but it remains because it grows slow and strong
Daniel saw this Kingdom as it crushes the Babylonian , Medo Persian
the Greek and Roman empires
“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself stand forever.
“Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen in the future; so the dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
so the Kingdom will start small and grow into the largest kingdom on the earth
but also this kingdom will be like
Yeast In Dough
Yeast In Dough
V 20-21
3 measures in 50 lb of dough
the yeast goes in and makes the whole dough rise
it makes the whole dough better
invisibly it spreads through the whole
invisibly it does it’s work for the betterment of the bread
Jesus has the Holy Spirit here to invisibly work in everyone who is a part of the Kingdom
to spread the good news
to convict of sin and righteousness
the Holy Spirit causes Sanctification in the lives of the people of the kingdom
to make us more like Jesus
Jesus is encouraging His small group to have faith in the work of God
to not be discouraged when the times, and people are against the Kingdom of God
like yeast it cant be stopped once it is in the dough
God’s Kingdom is an everlasting kingdom
Jesus right now is reigning from Heaven
Jesus reigns in our hearts
we worship Him as our savior and king
and thank Him for dying for us and bringing us into His glorious Kingdom