Matthew chapter 13. Brother Baker has been teaching
on the different grounds, so I hope I can stay out of his
way of that. Over in Matthew chapter 13, let's
just read you a couple of verses to begin with. We see the context
here in verse 3, verse 8, where the The Lord was telling about
the sower went out to sow and the seed, some fell by the wayside
and some fell on thorny ground, some fell on rocky soil, and
some fell on good ground. And that's the context. And of
course, this whole chapter is talking about the sower and his
seed. So let's read just these two verses. This is mainly what
I want to look at. After he had spoken unto them
this parable about the ground and the seed, his disciples came
and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And
he answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them
it is not given. To you it is given to know the
mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, the mysteries of the Kingdom
of Heaven. When you see this word mysteries,
it doesn't mean that it's something that can't be known. It doesn't
mean it's something that can't be comprehended. But what it
means is it's something that cannot be known apart from revelation,
apart from God letting us know it, teaching us these things. These disciples here were some
of the most simple men in all the world. They were fishermen. Galilean fishermen. And it was
said of these same men here, some of them, that they were
ignorant and unlearned men. It simply means they were unschooled.
They didn't go to school from the time they were fishermen.
That's what they did when they were little kids. They grew up
under their dad being fishermen. But the Lord Jesus here made
them to know these mysteries. These ignorant and unlearned
men were taught the mysteries, unto you it is given to know. And when the Lord finished these
parables over in verse 51, He said, Have you understood what
I have said unto you? And they said, Yea, Lord. Yea, Lord. So He taught them. And the Lord
Jesus Himself tells us who He teaches these mysteries to. He
says, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because
you have hid these things from the wise and prudent and revealed
them unto babes. You know, we have a whole Bible
full of mysteries, don't we? A whole Bible full of mysteries.
And you know we can understand them. We can begin to understand
them. if the Spirit will be pleased to teach them. The people that
we are professed to be is natural people that we confess before
God, Lord, we cannot understand. But you know the Holy Spirit
can begin to teach us these things. These mysteries that's hid in
God before the foundation of the world. And He revealed them
to prophets of old They wrote it down in the Bible and now
the Holy Spirit can take this Word and teach it to us. That's amazing, these mysteries.
And to you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of
Heaven. What we need, what you and I
need, is the same Spirit, the same Revealer that taught these
prophets and apostles of old. The same Spirit that revealed
these mysteries to them is the same One that can reveal these
mysteries to us. He is the same Blessed Spirit.
The Lord Jesus said, When the Spirit of truth is come, He will
guide you, He will guide you unto all truth. There is a familiar
passage. I want you to hold Matthew 13.
Over in 1 Corinthians, there is a very familiar passage here
that we have often read But look over there again in 1 Corinthians
chapter 2. It's on page 1240 in your Pew
Bible. But look over here again. This
is what I'm talking about, what the Spirit is able to teach us. In 1 Corinthians chapter 2 and
look here in verse 6. 1 Corinthians chapter 2 and verse
6. Howbeit we speak wisdom among
them that are perfect, mature, Yet not the wisdom of this world,
nor the princes of this world, that comes to nothing, comes
to naught. But we speak the wisdom of God
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before
the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world
knew, for had they known it, They would not have crucified
the Lord of glory, but as it is written, I have not seen nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things
which God hath prepared for them that love him. And boy, who can
tell all the things that God has prepared for His people?
We know He has a kingdom. We know He has The inheritance
reserved for them that is undefiled and that fadeth not away. Who
knows? But you know there are some things
we do know about it. And I tell you how we know. Look
in verse 10. But God hath revealed them unto
us by His Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth
the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him?
Even so the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God."
And look at this, Now we have received, not the Spirit of the
world, but the Spirit which is of God. that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of God, which things also
we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God, they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned." I tell you it is
a blessed thing when we're reading our Bibles, or maybe we're praying,
or maybe we're meditating, or maybe we're hearing the Word
preached, or maybe we're driving down the road in our cars. And
the blessed Holy Spirit takes this Word and opens our understanding
and lets us see, maybe for the first time, and understand and
see that we have a saving interest in the mysteries of the Kingdom
of Heaven in the Lord Jesus Christ. And maybe for the 500th time
He opens our hearts and lets us know that. But He teaches
us that. The Holy Spirit teaches us. People have asked me and
probably have asked you, how can I know that I'm saved? How can I know that I'm a child
of God? Or how can I dispel these doubts
and these fears that I sometimes have? Well, I tell you, I tell
you, the Spirit of God, He's our Teacher and He's our Comforter. He's able to show us, to teach
us, reveal things to us from the Word. And that's the only
thing I would caution us all. Be faithful to believe the Word
because that's what He witnesses to. That's what He teaches us
by. The Lord Jesus didn't say here, He's made known unto you to feel
the mysteries of the kingdom. You
don't feel the mysteries of the kingdom, but you know the mysteries
of the kingdom. He has made known unto us the
mysteries of the kingdom. It's given to you, not to feel,
but to know. And that's what the blessed Holy
Spirit does. He makes this real to our heart. The Lord Jesus,
in that high priestly prayer, He said, This is life eternal,
that they might know Thee, the only true God in Jesus Christ.
We know the Son of God hath come. He hath given us an understanding
that we may know Him that is true. This is the true God and
life eternal. So He says here that God hath
revealed them unto us by His Spirit to understand them, to
believe them, to live in the spiritual reality of these things,
and in the joy of them, the assurance of them, and in the hope of them.
If God has prepared for His people great things, then His people
ought to live in the joy of them here and in the assurance of
them here. I never will forget one time,
I was probably three or four years old in the Lord, but it
seemed like yesterday. I remember it so plain. I remember
I was so down. I don't know what I was down
about, but I was so down in my heart. And I remember, I thought
about this when Wayne was preaching, teaching on Romans 8, 29 and
30 about those that God foreknew, He predestinated, those He predestinated,
He called, Him He called, He justified. And I'm telling you
what, The Spirit opened my heart and I saw that in a flash. I
mean, just an instant of time I saw that and what God had done,
what God had purposed. And it was so clear to me, but
not only was it clear to me, my interest in it was clear.
He made me to know, you're one of them. You have an interest
in the eternal purpose of God. And I never will forget that.
And that's what he's talking about. The Spirit of God, He
makes these things real. That's the way we know, isn't
it? It's given to us to know these mysteries. Look back over
here in Matthew chapter 13 and verse 34 again. Matthew chapter
13 and verse 34. These mysteries, the Bible tells
us here, were hid in God before the world was, and He's written
them down in His Word for us to know. And look what He says
here in Matthew chapter 13, and look in verse 34. All these things
spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables, and without a parable
He spake not unto them, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophets, saying, I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things which have been kept secret since the foundation
of the world." And the Lord Jesus is simply saying, all I'm saying
now is what my Father intended to be said before the world was.
Everything that's taking place now was decreed back in eternity. Everything that's going on in
this world now, God purposed to do back in eternity. Ain't that a wonderful thing?
Before the foundation of the world, and God revealed it in
part to the Old Testament saints. When the Lord Jesus come, He
revealed more of it. And then when the Holy Spirit
come, He really revealed it, didn't He? And today, He's making
known to you and He's making known to me. Gradually, not very
much at a time, but He's making known these mysteries of His
Word. Nothing that hasn't been wrote
down, but isn't it amazing that we can read the Bible and can
understand it? I've never seen a newspaper that
I couldn't understand. You can read a book, you know,
unless it's one of these science books, but boy, you read the
Bible. I read the Bible for quite a
while, and I still read it. And I think, what does that mean?
What does that mean? But boy, the Lord is able to
open your heart. Mysteries, mysteries. It's given
to you to know the mysteries. And these mysteries are oftentimes
said like it is here in our text in verse 11, mysteries of the
Kingdom of Heaven. mistress of the kingdom of heaven.
It's given to you to know the mistress of the kingdom of heaven. And that's what we want to know,
the mistress of the kingdom of heaven. When you see this phrase,
the kingdom of heaven, it's the same as the kingdom of God. Very same phrase. They use synonymous.
says it's the kingdom of heaven. Almost always he uses the kingdom
of heaven, except for three exceptions. When Mark uses these very same
passages, he calls it the kingdom of God. Luke calls it the kingdom
of God, and three times John calls it the kingdom of God.
For example, here in Matthew chapter 13, the Lord Jesus said
it's given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
In the parallel passage in Mark chapter 4 verse 11, he says,
And to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of God. So they are the same thing. I
was reading the Schofield Bible, and I do not recommend you get
one of these Bibles. I have one and I study it sometimes, but
the Schofield Bible on the notes, he said the kingdom of heaven
and the kingdom of God are similar. But they're the same. They're
exactly the same. It is the very same kingdom that
the epistles call the kingdom of God. Listen to these passages. Know ye not that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom of God? The very same kingdom.
Listen to this one, Ephesians 5-5. It's called the kingdom
of Christ and the kingdom of God. The kingdom of Christ and
the kingdom of God. Another place, Flossians 1.13,
is called the Kingdom of God's Dear Son. 2 Peter 1.11 is called
the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 1.8, And to the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is
for ever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is
the scepter of thy kingdom. Hebrews 12 verse 28, Wherefore
we receiveth a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have
grace. 2 Timothy 4 verse 41, I charge
thee before God in the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick
and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. One more, The
Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me unto
his heavenly kingdom. all of these kingdoms of God,
the kingdom of God's dear Son, the kingdom of Christ, all of
these are the very same kingdom. When the Lord Jesus had risen
from the dead and was ready to ascend back up into heaven, He
preached the kingdom of God to His disciples. Listen to how
it's said in Acts chapter 1, He showed Himself alive after
this passion, after His passion, after His sufferings, by many
infallible proofs being seen of them forty days, and speaking
of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." You go over
to Acts chapter 8, Philip went down to Samaria and listen to
what he preached. They believed Philip's preaching
the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus
Christ. When Paul and Barnabas went out
to the Gentile world, this is what they preached, exhorting
them to continue in the faith and that we must, through much
tribulation, enter into the Kingdom of God. And the very last chapter
of the book of Acts, when Paul got all the Jews together, he
was in jail in Rome. He got them all together in his
hired house. And when he had appointed a day,
there came to his lodging all those Jews to whom He expounded
and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning
Jesus, both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets
from morning to evening. So there is only one kingdom.
There is just one kingdom. The kingdom of God, the kingdom
of Jesus Christ, the everlasting kingdom. It may go under different
names, but there is still just one kingdom. Now look back over
in Daniel. Look over in Daniel chapter 2
with me right quickly. Daniel chapter 2. This was revealed
to Daniel. Let me read you some to you.
Over in Daniel chapter 2, it's on page 963. Look in verse 31. This is where
Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty king of Babylon, he had a dream and
he forgot what it was. And he called his wise men and
said, I've dreamed a dream, and I want you to interpret it. They
said, well, tell us the dream. He said, I forgot it. And they
said, we can't interpret it if you don't tell us. And he said,
you either interpret it or I'm going to kill you. I'm going
to kill every one of you. And buddy, he got them together,
and right before he killed them, Daniel found out about it, and
Daniel sought the Lord, and the Lord opened Daniel's heart, revealed
unto him the dream, and now he comes before Nebuchadnezzar,
and he said, Nebuchadnezzar, I can't interpret dreams, but
God can. And he said, God has showed me what you've dreamed
and the interpretation of it. And here's what he dreamed. Look
here in verse 31. Thou, O king, you saw and behold
a great image. This great image, whose brightness
was exceeding, was excellent, and it stood before thee, and
the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was of fine
gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his
thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and
part of clay. Man, that was a monster-looking
fellow, wasn't he? And thou sawest till that a stone
was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet,
that were of iron and clay, and break them to pieces. Then was
the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken
to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshing floor, and the wind carried them away, that no place
was found for them. And the stone that smote the
image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. And
then he goes on to tell the interpretation of this in verse 37. Now, O king,
or the king of kings, for the God of heaven hath given thee
a kingdom, power, strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children
of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven,
hath he given to your hand, and hath made thee ruler over them
all, thou art this head of gold. That was the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all
the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall
be strong as iron, for as much as iron breaketh in pieces and
subdueth all things, and as iron breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces and bruise." Now they tell us these other
kingdoms. Nebuchadnezzar was the gold,
head of gold. than the Medes and the Persians
and the Grecians and the Roman Empire. I don't know very much
about that. That's probably so. That's probably so. He was telling
about these kingdoms that was going to be before the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ. And now look down here in verse
44. And in the days of these kings,
right down to the last one, shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be
left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume
all of these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Forasmuch
as I saweth that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, the gold, the great God hath made known to the king
what shall come to pass your after, and the dream is certain,
and the interpretation thereof is certain." This is the kingdom
that God set up. And He says here that it's a
kingdom which shall never be destroyed, and it's a kingdom
that's going to consume all other kingdoms. And you know something? That's what's happening right
now. Jesus Christ is subduing all kingdoms. 1 Corinthians 15 says that He
must reign until He hath put all enemies under His feet. When
He shall have put down all authority and all power, then shall He
deliver the kingdom back up to the Father. This is the Kingdom,
that one Kingdom that was spoken of throughout the New Testament,
the Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Jesus
Christ that everlasting Kingdom, that Kingdom that is not in meat
and drink but in righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy
Ghost. That is the Kingdom that was
set up at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Daniel got a vision
of it. The Lord showed him. And when
John the Baptist came preaching, here's what he said, Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And when the Lord Jesus
began to preach, that's exactly what he said. He preached and
said, ìThe time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand,
repent you and believe the gospel.î And then he sent out his apostles
and hereís what he told them to do, ìGo preach saying, ìThe
kingdom of heaven is at hand, repent you and believe the gospel.î
And thatís good news. That was the good news. He said
He came preaching the good news of the kingdom. And that was
the good news. The kingdom is near. Throughout
the Old Testament, the saints waited for it. They waited for
it. David waited for it. Daniel waited
for it. And now here comes John the Baptist,
and here comes Christ, and here comes these apostles, and they're
saying, This kingdom which shall never
be destroyed, this kingdom that God's going to set up, it's near. It's near. We never see God revealing everything
at any time. He doesn't reveal everything.
He only reveals parts of things. Every aspect of the kingdom was
not revealed. It said it's near, but that's
all the Lord said about it. God never reveals everything
all at once. Even the apostles didn't understand
everything all at once, did they? They didn't understand that Christ
was going to die. They didn't believe it. When
the Lord Jesus began to teach them that He must be betrayed
by the priest, and the Pharisees and be killed and crucified and
the third day raised again. Peter rebuked him and said, Lord,
be far from you. That can't happen to you. And
even after the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, you know they
had trouble believing that He had risen from the dead? Because
the Bible says they knew not the Scripture that He must rise
again from the dead. God never reveals everything
all at one time. He revealed to our first parents
in Genesis 3.15 that the seed of the woman would bruise the
serpent's head. But you know, that's all He told
them. That's all He told them. That
wasn't much light, was it? What's He going to be like? How
is He going to bruise the serpent's head? They had to live in the
light that they had. They believed the promise that
God gave them and they walked in that light. And he kept adding
light as the revelations progressed throughout the Old Testament.
And now here comes the Lord Jesus and John the Baptist and the
Lord's apostles and they're saying the kingdom is at hand. What's
the nature of the kingdom? What's it going to be like? Well,
they don't know. But when the Lord gives you light,
walk in that light until He gives you more light. And when He said
the kingdom is at hand, He just expected them to believe the
kingdom was at hand and believe Him and wait upon Him until that
kingdom is fully revealed, which it was at Pentecost and in the
epistle of the apostles. You and I are told that Christ
came to the Jews preaching the gospel of an earthly kingdom.
The Bible says He came preaching the kingdom. And some understand that to be
an earthly kingdom and they tell us because they rejected the
kingdom that the Lord had to postpone that kingdom. And He
turned to the church. And now He is saving the church
And then when he's finished with the church, he's going to turn
back and pick up the earthly kingdom again. We've been told
that. In other words, the church is
almost like a plan B. The Lord came preaching the kingdom,
the gospel of the kingdom, but they rejected his reign, and
so he had to postpone the kingdom, turn to the church, And someday
he's going to turn back and they're going to set up the kingdom again. But you know, they wanted an
earthly kingdom. They wanted to make him a king.
That's what they wanted. But he didn't come to be an earthly
king, did he? There are some good people entangled
in all of this stuff. And I've tried to understand
some of this premillennial stuff, I've had dear friends in time
past that believe all sorts of things, and I've tried to keep
up with them. But they went down so many roads with this stuff
that I can't keep up with them. I have friends that believe that
Christ is coming back on a white horse. Literally, He's going
to be riding out of heaven on a white horse. Coming back to
heaven on a white horse. I have friends that believe that
there's many resurrections. I have a pastor friend of mine,
I don't see him anymore hardly, but he told me one time, he said,
I believe there's going to be many physical resurrections in
the book of Revelation. There's people that believe that
the Lord is going to come back, He is going to reign physically
and literally on a throne over in Palestine, that a temple is
going to be rebuilt, that it is God's purpose that the Jews
start offering the sacrifices again? And they have gone down so many
roads, I can't keep up with them anymore. Ain't it strange though,
when you look in the Bible, you can't see that. It is just not
there, is it? It is just not there. Our Lord
tells in the Bible the nature of this kingdom of heaven. He
said, My kingdom is not of this world. It is not of this world. Neither will men say here or
lo, there. You cannot see it with your eye.
It does not come with observation. Earthly kingdoms come that way.
But he said, The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation. The Kingdom of God is within
you. That's one aspect of the Kingdom.
It's within you, in your heart. He said, Blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Suffer little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such
is the kingdom of heaven. Unless you humble yourself and
become as a little child, you shall not enter into the kingdom
of heaven. If you've got an earthly kingdom,
you better have some stout men. You better have some soldiers.
You better have some firepower. You're going to have to defend
the place. The kingdom of heaven is not that way. It's made up
of little children. Little children. Little darlings. Babes. Except a man be born again, he
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. How heartily shall they who trust
in riches enter the kingdom of heaven. The Lord said, Since
the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven is preached,
and men press into it. If my kingdom were of this world,
my servants would fight. That thief on the cross knew
something about the kingdom, didn't he? Lord, remember me
when you come into your kingdom. So what kind of kingdom is this?
It's a spiritual kingdom. A spiritual kingdom. You have
to be born again to be in it. And when you're born again, it's
in you. You're in this kingdom, this
spiritual heavenly kingdom. And someday it's going to be
revealed. The kingdom's going to be revealed.
It'll be visible coming down from heaven. King David and Holy Daniel wanted
to see many aspects of this Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of God,
but it was hid from their eyes. Look back over again at our text
in Matthew Chapter 13 quickly. Look in Matthew Chapter 13 and
look in verse 16. Look what the Lord Jesus said. Matthew Chapter 13 verse 16,
But blessed are your eyes, where they see, and your ears, for
they hear. For verily I say unto you, that
many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things
which you see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things
which you hear, and have not heard them." David wanted to
see it. He was a king. Daniel wanted
to see it. He was a prophet and a righteous
man. It was hid from their eyes. They understood very little of
the different aspects of this kingdom. And as the Lord was
telling them here about this seed, look on down in verse 24. Look here at what He's telling
them in verse 24. This parable put it forth unto
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man which
sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemies
came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. And
when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then
appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder
came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in
your field? From whence then hath it tares? And he said, That
enemy hath done this. And the servant said unto him,
Will thou then that we go and gather them up? And he said,
No. That's why you gather them up, you'll root up the wheat
also. But let both grow together until
the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to
the reapers, gather you together first the tares and bind them
in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat unto the barns."
And then he went on to interpret that. And what he's saying is
here's what's happening in the Kingdom of God, and here's what
David wanted to see, here's what all the prophets wanted to see.
Lord, how are you going to put this Kingdom together? What's
going to take place in this Kingdom? They didn't understand it. And
the Lord just told His disciples, it's going to be like this, I'm
sowing the good seed. Until the dispensation of grace,
until the dead grace is ended, until the world ends, I'm sowing
good seed. I'm calling my elect into my
kingdom. And here's the devil, he's sowing
these tires. And that's going to continually
happen until the end of time. And I'll say to the angels, go
gather my elect up and bring them up to heaven and gather
all the tires and burn them in a furnace of fire. And if old
David had been sitting here listening to this, he said, Oh, I see now. I wanted to know how that happened.
Now I see what's going to happen in this Kingdom of Heaven. In this Kingdom of Heaven. And
the Lord Jesus said, I read to you there in verse 35, He said,
These things have been hid what I've just told you about the
nature of this kingdom, about sowing these seeds and some falling
by stony places on stony ground and some on good ground, and
the tares and the wheat. He said these things have been
in. I've never told them to anybody as I'm now revealing them to
you. And isn't it a blessing, brothers and sisters, that you
and I can see these different aspects of the kingdom where
even David didn't? And Samuel didn't. And the prophets
of old didn't. And here we are studying these
blessed things. And the Lord is making it known
to us. The mysteries of the Kingdom. I'm not going to take time and
try to explain all of this silly stuff that's been happening in
the last hundred years or so. I can't anyway. I don't have
the time. I don't have the understanding. I think when you see the truth
of these things, when you see these other things, you just
automatically see they're wrong anyway. I had a friend of mine
who died not long ago. He was Bob Harmon down in California.
He was an FBI agent. Old Hoover trained him. Diego
Hoover himself trained him. And somebody was asking, he had
a reputation of all his men, they could look at a bill A dollar
bill, twenty dollar bill, a hundred, whatever. And they could spot
a counterfeit, they said, immediately. And somebody asked Huber, how
have you trained your men with all of these counterfeits? He
said, I never show them a counterfeit. I never show them a counterfeit. I show them the real bill. He
said, they've studied the real bill. And when they see a counterfeit,
they know the real so well, they can detect a counterfeit. So
when people tell us that there's so many different kingdoms and
the Lord came to set up a kingdom, but it failed, so He put it on
hold and He's going to come back and restart it, we say, that's
not so. That's not so. And it's sad that
good men have got caught up in something like that. Lord bless His Word. I'm going
to continue on with this next week and look at some more mysteries
of the Lord's Will of the Kingdom. There are so many mysteries about
this Kingdom of Heaven. So we'll look at it next week,
the Lord's Will.