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Kings, kingdoms, and Parables
What Is the Kingdom of God and Where Is It?
To understand, you must revisit and dissect the words and parables of Christ
The Kingdom of God Begins in The Heart
Jesus spoke in parables because he believed it was the best way to teach. His disciples asked him why he speaks in parables and he replied, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you, but not to them. Though seeing they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear” (Matthew 13).
What Jesus was saying was that some spiritual truths are not easy to understand by all. Here are some parables Jesus spoke regarding the kingdom of God:
“This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself, the soil produces grain — first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” (Mark 4:26–29).
