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11-7 2021 Weekly Message

Meditation of the Week: Psalm 91:1-16

Text: Matthew 13:10-11, Luke 8:9-10

Sermon Title:  Mystery of kingdom of Heaven and Mystery of the Kingdom of God only revealed to the disciples

         Jesus told the parable of the sower. In the Gospel of Matthew, it is said that when man hear the word of the kingdom and  not to understand what was sown along the road, the evil one comes and take away what was sown in the heart of man. The seed sown on the rocky ground means the one who hears the word and immediately receives the word with joy, but because there is no root in him, he endures for a while, but offended by and by because of tribulation or persecution against him.

        When the word of the kingdom is sown that Jesus is to come as the King of the Jews and establish the kingdom of heaven in the land of Israel, if they do not understand the mystery of the kingdom of heaven , the wicked one will take it away. He also says that even if they hear the word of the kingdom and immediately receive it with joy, there shall be those who will forsake their faith in the kingdom of Christ when they are persecuted by the majority of those who do not believe and not receive Jesus Christ as their King at that time.  

         After Jesus told the parable of the sower, he spoke about the various mysteries of  the kingdom of heaven, knowing that most Jews do not understand what the mysteries are in the word of the kingdom.

There are great things in the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven that Jesus spoke of. The problem is that only the disciples can understand. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is a mystery, because after He dies on the cross and rise from the dead to take away the sins of the world, and ascends to heaven , for two thousand years, the ruler of the world the devil establishes his own kingdom in this world, and will deceive saying, his kingdom is the one that  Jesus had spoken of. And the devil would deceive the whole world as if his kingdom is the real kingdom of heaven brainwashing the world so that people may not believe the kingdom of heaven to be established  by the Lord Jesus Christ in the future.  .

        Through the parable of the grain and the chaff, there shall be small number of grains in the world who believe in Christ and are waiting for his kingdom. Nevertheless, God tells not to pull out the chaff planted by the enemy devil and let them grow until the harvest at the end of the world.  If God judges the chaffs now,  it’s because the wheat will suffer. John the Baptist testified of the day when God will judge the chaffs:

“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Matthew 3:12).

      Through the parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the leaven which is hidden in a piece of flour and made to swell, Satan the devil will plant false philosophies or ideologies in the whole world to deceive people so that the world looks more beautiful as well as prosperous. That is, by showing in advance that the church will be enlarged by attracting ignorant people to the church through sermons that stimulate people’s greed, it is the church to increase the number by making even the churches intoxicated with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. We know of the seminaries that teach the church growth only in numbers of members.  Jesus also said that Israel, whom God has chosen, is now a hidden treasure in the field, and that there shall be the church of the Bride of Christ who is like a  pearls of great price. Only a small number of disciples of Christ spiritually awaken live in the hope of waiting for Christ to come to realize the mystery of heaven and establish his own kingdom.

         Before Jesus told the parable of the sower, he foretold that most people would reject the word of the Kingdom. He said that what was prophesied through the prophet Isaiah would come true:

” And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” (Matthew 13:14-15).

       But Jesus said, his disciples are the blessed ones who understand the word of the kingdom:

” But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them..” (Matthew 13:16-17)

            Only the disciples understood the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but most of the Jews killed their king without realizing the will of God to restore the kingdom to the land of Israel through Jesus Christ.

        Finally, Jesus showed his disciples in a vision that, after six thousand years, the kingdom of  heaven would reappear on earth in the form of  his millennial kingdom:

“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

4Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid..'” (Matthew 17:1-7)

         From the time they rejected the kingdom of Jesus Christ and killed the king 2,000 years ago, his kingdom will be reestablished in the land of Israel, the same kingdom that the disciples saw in the vision by the Lord Jesus Christ, who will return to the world after the great tribulation. But just as the Jews who lived two thousand years ago did not believe in His kingdom and did not believe in the kingdom of Heaven where Jesus become the  king but nationally killed their king,  Jews and Gentiles, and even most professing Christians, in Jesus Christ today do not believe in the Millennium Kingdom that He will establish but are persecuting Christ’s disciples who believe in His Kingdom. Rather, most of them are persecuting Christians who believe in the Bible rather participating in the kingdom that will be revealed in the world through the Antichrist in the future by Deep States forces such as the Illuminati, Freemasonry, and New World Order that is the Globalists.

       Also in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus spoke of  the parable of the sower. The seed is the word of God, and man hears that the seed falls by the wayside, but the devil comes and takes the word from the heart of man so that he may not believe nor be saved.   He said they are those who believe for a while but because they have no roots, and then fall away when they are tested.

          In the Gospel of Matthew, he said that the seed is the word of the kingdom, but in the Gospel of Luke, he said that the seed is the word of God. Here, the words of God that fall on the roadside and  on the rocks are those who will not be saved because the devil has taken away the word of God that they have heard. He said that they are the ones who will not be saved. Also, the fact that fall among the thorns refers to those who hear the word, but go and get crushed by the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life, and are thus unfruitful. .

         The word of God in the Gospel of Luke is speaking of the four types of people who hear the gospel of Christ without discrimination, whether Jew or Gentile. Only those who hear the gospel of the kingdom or the gospel of Christ and are saved and bear fruit are those who understand the word and keep it, and do not stumble and bear fruit.

         In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus spoke of  the mystery of the kingdom of God. In the Gospel of Matthew, when He spoke to the Jews, it was the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but in the Gospel of Luke, anyone who hears the gospel of Christ and observes and understands it, whether Jew or Gentile, will enter the kingdom of God by faith and keep the word, regardless of whether he is Jew or Gentile. He was talking about the blessing of bearing fruit. Jesus also said that only his disciples can understand the mystery of the kingdom of God:

”   10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.” (Luke 8:10).

            The mystery of the kingdom of God is to be explained as that even though the kingdom of heaven disappeared for a while by the Jews killing Jesus who is the king of the kingdom of heaven,  whosoever believe in the gospel of Christ if they are the Jews or Gentiles to be born again of the Holy Spirit, there shall be the kingdom of God within them that is the spiritual kingdom of heaven. Jesus testified of this mystery:

“The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.“(Luke 16:16)

          Apostle Paul also testified of the mystery of the kingdom of God:

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.“(Romans 14:17)

Amen! Hallelujah!