Sermon Title: Why did Jesus say that the kingdom of heaven is a mystery?
Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is a mystery because it is a very important one that will result in tremendous loss of life if we do not understand the kingdom of heaven that will come upon the land of Israel at the time of Jesus, as well as the millennial kingdom that Jesus will establish at the end of the great tribulation. Also, this heavenly mystery is hidden like a secret from those who have no ears to hear. As to why this is hidden from them, Jesus said:
Jesus knew in advance that the Jews would become dull of heart and would persecute and kill him without realizing that he would build the kingdom of heaven on the land of Israel. Jesus prophesied of this:
The first kingdom of heaven, where Adam reigned in the Garden of Eden, was also seized with violence by Satan the devil, but it is a prophecy that the kingdom of heaven established by Jesus, who came as the last Adam, will also be seized with violence by Satan the devil.
As Jesus said, from then on, the kingdom of heaven that Jesus would establish as king disappeared from the world. Also, from then on, Satan the Devil has used the principalities and powers and the rulers of the world and evil spirits in high places to deceive all mankind as if they were building the kingdom of heaven as their own on this earth.
The first kingdom of heaven established on this earth was the Garden of Eden, where God Himself became king and appointed Adam and Eve as administrators. There was no sin, no curses, and no death. It was the heaven that brought the kingdom of heaven to earth.
But what about the situation of the fake kingdom of heaven, where Satan the devil and his followers set up this world and deceived it as heaven after killing the king Jesus and taking the kingdom of heaven of Jesus with violence? It is not the kingdom of heaven, but a fake one full of sin, death, and curses. Also, the rulers set up by Satan the devil in the world became dictators, and have created their own educational, political, cultural, social, and economic systems to make people trapped in those systems, preventing them from enjoying any freedom or happiness if they do not adapt to those systems. It is making them live as slaves for the rest of their lives.
Like a driver who whips a running horse and commands that people run for the rest of their life to try to eat the carrot set up right before their eyes, they make the people live like horse chasing for the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. that is causing them to fall to hell after all.
Satan the Devil, the king of this fake kingdom of heaven, is deceiving even the Christians in the world, using all sorts of tricks to lure people emerging into the church building as if the fake kingdom of heaven they had created is the kingdom of the heaven that Jesus had built. Jesus told a parable about the fake kingdom of heaven they had created:
These two parables of the kingdom of heaven are speaking to the Christian world that is united with the world without witnessing the truth of God disguising the church of God. When Jesus spoke of leaven, he said it is the false doctrine of the hypocrite Pharisees:
That’s right! The above two parables are parables of the same content, and they are prophecies about the Christian world of the present generation, where everyone hears the false doctrines deceived by the modern Pharisees and Sadducees in fake Christianity and is deceived as if the increase in head counts of members is a real revival. Instead of preaching the sound doctrines, reproofs, corrections, and instruction in righteousness, Satan’s servants let them follow the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life making them only care about the food of the flesh and not paying attention to the spiritual food. In the end, instead of serving God, they are resulted in serving material things and make them follow the ruler of the world, the devil.
In this way, people flocked into the church building where the leaven is preached, and many birds made their nests in the place where the greenery became a large tree and the leaves are thick. When Jesus spoke of birds, he referred to them as demons. Thousands of people gather in a large building being called as the church and shout hallelujah, but in God’s eyes they are birds gathering in the mill in search of food, they are spiritually demons in human clothing, and the pastors preaching at the pulpit are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Those who have realized the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven and have done righteousness will receive eternal blessings in the kingdom of Christ, the eternal kingdom of heaven that Jesus is to establish in the future:
At this time, Christians raptured before the great tribulation shall come down to the earth with the Lord Jesus Christ, and shall reign with Him in the kingdom of Christ:
At this time, the shining morning with the glory of Zion shall come. Jews and Gentiles who have entered the kingdom of Christ shall glorify the Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem with the Church of God, the bride of Christ. Apostle John and the prophet Enoch testified of the saints coming down to the earth with the Lord Jesus Christ:
God has made the spiritual kingdom of heaven within the true Christians in the Holy Ghost, and made them have joyful life in righteous, peace and joy(Rom 14:17). This is the kingdom of God that is the only true kingdom of heaven in the earth.