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I’d like to…

talk about the season\Nthat we are in.
We've come through…
good Friday, resurrection Sunday,
spring,\Nentering summer.
We are moving into a time of hope\Nand rebuilding and renewal,
coming out of a global pandemic.
And the Word of God\Nis always appropriate.
That Word, that according to the prophet Isaiah\Nin Isaiah chapter 55,
“will never returned void.”
I want to talk about\Nthe word of the kingdom.
And of course we've got to define\Nwhat we mean by the kingdom of God,
will get to that.
But the opening book of the Bible,\NGenesis
and the opening chapters\Nfrom chapter one to chapter six,
take us through a movement
of the powerful creation\Nof the universe and the earth,
and a paradise here on earth;\Nby God.
The establishment of vice regions\Nto rule the earth, to be fruitful, multiply,
to fill the earth with the knowledge\Nand wisdom of God,
and to spread the beauty of the garden\Nto the rest of our planet.
And God chose humanity\Nin the person of Adam and Eve to do this,
and to begin this process.
Unfortunately,\Nthere enters an adversary,
who seeks to undermine that vision\Nfor this world, in which we live.
And by chapter six,\Nwe have these incredible words.
So, let's go to it,\Nin Genesis chapter…
go to chapter six\Nof Genesis.
Let me pull it up in, in my Bible here.
And I'll be reading from\Nthe English Standard Version of the Bible.
So, if we go to Genesis chapter six
and I'd like to go down to verse five,\Nand it says,
[5] The LORD saw that
[5] the wickedness of man\Nwas great in the earth,
[5] and that every intention\Nof the thoughts of his heart
[5] was only evil continually.
Let's go down to verse 11\N[Genesis 6:11-12 (ESV)],
[11] Now the earth was corrupt\Nin God's sight,
[11] and the earth was filled\Nwith violence. 
[12] And God saw the earth,\Nand behold, it was corrupt, 
[12] for all flesh had corrupted their way\Non the earth.
Isn't it amazing how we move\Nfrom paradise—
beauty, vision, promise—
to an environment of evil and violent
dominating humanity,\Ndominating the earth,
to the point that God\Nhas to respond with judgment.
But notice like in the garden,\Nwhen Adam and Eve sin,
God did not respond\Nwith judgment and condemnation; no!
With humanity, He responded with love,\Nwith covering, with redemption.
And that's where I'd like\Nto pick up the story.
So, the earth, by chapter six--\NIsn't it amazing, as big as the Bible is,
as many chapters and verses\Nand words in the Bible,
it goes wrong within just\Nthe first six chapters.
So, God responds to a world\Nnow filled with evil and violence.
How does He respond?
God's answer is\Nan anointed messianic figure,
who would deliver humanity,
from evil, from violence,\Nfrom sin, death and oppression.
YHWH, God, makes His first announcement\Nto Adam and Eve
of this messianic figure\Nin Genesis 3:15, let's go there.
God says,
[15] I will put enmity—\Nthat means hostility—
[15] between you—the serpent\NHe’s talking to—and the woman,
[15] and between your—seed or—offspring\Nand her—seed or—offspring;
[15] he—identifying the offspring\Nof the woman as a male child—
[15] shall bruise your head,
[15] and you shall bruise his heel.”
So, a conflict begins\Nbetween two types of humanity.
That humanity, which is the offspring\Nor under the influence of this serpent--
And of course we know,\Nby the book of Revelation that
that serpent actually is the devil.
And there'll be this conflict\Nor tension or hostility
between the seed or children\Nor offspring of the serpent,
and the seed of the woman,\Nor the children of the woman.
Now, the language of scripture\Nis metaphor;
it's poetry, some of it and much of it\Nto be taken literally,
but all types of literary symbolism,\Nmetaphor, figures of speech, et cetera,
that are built into it.
So, when we think of the world\Nbeing divided in into two types,
the children of the devil\Nand the children of God,
we fast forward\Nto the gospel of Matthew,
where Jesus gives a parable\Nthat we will look at
where He too,\Nrefers to two types of humanity.
Those under the influence of YHWH\Nand those under the influence of Satan.
So, here it is that God makes\Nthe first announcement,
that there will be\Nan anointed messianic figure,
who would deliver humanity\Nfrom evil and violence,
oppression, sin,\Ndeath, poverty,
and all of the things\Nthat are associated with that.
God then announces it to Abraham\Nin Genesis 12:1-3.
God calls Abraham\Nout of Mesopotamia;
this is after the judgment of the flood,\Nwhere God spares Noah and his family
and begins the repopulation\Nof the earth.
Once again, giving the mandate,\Neven in man's fallen human condition,
to multiply, to be fruitful,\Nto populate the earth,
to spread the knowledge of YHWH.
Of course, you know,\Nthe tower of babble
comes between Noah and Abraham,
and humanity unites once again,\Nin opposition to God;
to elevate themselves\Nand establish a world without God,.
Of course YHWH responds\Nby the confusion of tongues,
and this evolves into different nations\Nbeing established; 70 nations.
Some translations speak of 72, but\Nessentially the scholars accept 70 nations.
It's out of this rebellious humanity,\Nonce again,
that YHWH reaches into\NChaldean society, Mesopotamia,
and raises up Abraham\Nand then appears to Abraham,
and makes Abraham a promise.
Again, the announcement of this\Nmessianic figure who would come.
Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV),
[1] Now the Lord said to Abram,
[1] “Go from your country and your kindred\Nand your father's house
[1] to the land that I will show you.
[2] And I will make of you a great nation,
[2] and I will bless you\Nand make your name great,
[2] so that you will be a blessing.
[3] I will bless those who bless you,
[3] and him who dishonors you\NI will curse,
[3] and in you—\Nor your seed, or your offspring—
[3] all the families—or nations—of the earth\Nshall be blessed.”
So, YHWH engages in a covenant\Nwith this man, Abraham,
to begin the process that would lead\Nto a very specific human being,
being born into the world,
who will emerge as\NGod's anointed messianic figure.
He says to Abraham, “In your seed,\Nall nations of the earth shall be blessed.”
If we fast forward to the new Testament,\Nthe book of Galatians 3:16 (ESV),
here are the words\Nof the apostle Paul.
[16] Now the promises were made\Nto Abraham and to his offspring.
[16] It does not say, “And to offsprings,”\Nreferring to many,
[16] but referring to one,\N“And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
So, this offspring that YHWH\Nwas speaking of, to Abraham,
was beyond the people\Nthat would come out of Abraham—
the nation of the Jewish people\Nor the Israelites—; no!
It was specific to one individual
who would be of the seed\Nor offspring of Abraham;
who would be\Nthe anointed messianic figure,
that will deliver humanity\Nfrom evil and violence.
So, YHWH announces it\Nto Adam and Eve,
then He announces it\Nto Abraham,
and then He announces it again\Nto Moses!
Deuteronomy 18:15-16a (ESV),
YHWH speaks to Moses and said,
[15] “The Lord your God will raise up for you\Na prophet like me from among you,
[15] from your brothers—\Nit is to him you shall listen—
And of course, this is Moses speaking\Nto the children of Israel,
telling them what YHWH told him.
I'll read it again, as Moses addresses\Nthe congregation of the people.
[15] “The Lord your God will raise up for you\Na prophet like me from among you,
[15] from your brothers—\Nit is to him you shall listen—
[16] just as you desired\Nof the Lord your God at Horeb
[16] on the day of the assembly,…
I'll stop there\Nin the middle of the verse.
But here it is;\Nwhat is Moses saying?
That YHWH is going to raise up\Nfrom amongst the people,
another human being, right?
A messianic figure,\Nthat they must listen to and obey.
And of course, we know that\Nthis is prophetically pointing to Jesus,
who will appear as a Jew,\Nborn in the flesh.
He will live\Namongst the Jewish people.
He will grow up and then begin His ministry\Nof proclaiming the kingdom of God.
So God announces it to Adam and Eve.
He announces it to Abraham.\NHe announces it to Moses.
Then He announces it—and these are\Nspecial announcements—to king David.
David wants to build a house,\Na temple for God to dwell in,
and YHWH responds by saying,\N”No, you're a man of war.
You've got blood on your hands.\NSo I'm not going to use you,
but I will speak\Nin a double reference.”
First of all,\Nthe reference to Solomon, his son,
because Solomon, the offspring of David\Ndid build a temple to honor YHWH,
and YHWH’s presence filled the temple,
but Solomon's reign\Nwas not forever.
And what YHWH spoke to David\Nhere in 2 Samuel 7:12,
is that YHWH would raise up\Na son or offspring of David,
who YHWH would establish His kingdom\Nand to whom he would be a father to,
and of His kingdom,\Nthere would be no end.
So, the double reference here\Nis first to Solomon,
then natural born son of David,\Nwho does bill a temple,
but prophetically, it speaks of the anointed messianic figure
that we know as Jesus Christ,\Nwho is also call the son of David.
So, God would raise up\Nan offspring of David,
who would be the king of this kingdom,
this reign of God\Nthat will be established in the earth,
that would never,\Nnever fail or end.
So again, God announces it to Adam and Eve.
He announces it to Abraham.\NHe announces it to Moses.
He announces it to king David.
Then YHWH announces it\Nto Isaiah, the prophet.
Isaiah 11:1-2 (ESV),
[1] There shall come forth a shoot\Nfrom the stump of Jesse,
[1] and a branch from his roots\Nshall bear fruit.
And “a branch”, of course, that language\Nis the offspring of Jesse—
and Jesse, you know, is David's father—\Nbut it will be a different offspring;
a spiritual offspring who would come\Nin human form—pointing to Jesus.
[2] And the Spirit of the Lord\Nshall rest upon him,
[2] the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
[2] the Spirit of counsel and might,
[2] the Spirit of knowledge\Nand the fear of the Lord.
[3] And his delight shall be\Nin the fear of the Lord.
[3] He shall not judge\Nby what his eyes see,
[3] or decide disputes\Nby what his ears hear.
[4] but with righteousness\Nhe shall judge the poor,
[4] and decide with equity\Nfor the meek of the earth;
[4] and he shall strike the earth\Nwith the rod of his mouth,
[4] and with the breath of his lips\Nhe shall kill the wicked.
[5] Righteousness\Nshall be the belt of his waist,
[5] and faithfulness\Nthe belt of his loins.
Again, this is speaking\Nabout the Lord Jesus Christ,
the messianic figure that would emerge\Nand bring righteousness.
In fact, He is called\Nthe Son of righteousness,
and He would address\Nthe inequities in humanity;
the evil, the violence in the world.
So, God announces it to Adam and Eve,\NAbraham, Moses, king David, Isaiah the prophet,
and then God announces it\Nto Daniel the prophet, in Daniel 7:13 (ESV).
Daniel has this vision in the night,\Nand this is what he sees:
[13] “I saw in the night visions,\Nand behold,
[13] with the clouds of heaven\Nthere came one like a son of man—
very interesting!\NA son of man or son of man,
is one of the titles\Nthat Jesus used of himself.
Daniel uses that same title,\N”the son of man”.
And this is not foreign\Nto Daniel's writing,
because remember, when Meshach,\NShadrach, and Abednego
ended up in the fiery furnace,
the king and men looked inside\Nand what did they see?
They saw a fourth figure.\NAnd how did they describe him?
One like unto the son of man,\Nanother title for the Lord, Jesus,
but the title of Him\Nin his supernatural persona.
[13] …behold,—\NDaniel continues—
[13] with the clouds of heaven\Nthere came one like a son of man,
[13] and he came to the Ancient of Days\Nand was presented before him.
[14] And to him was given dominion\Nand glory and a kingdom,
[14] that all peoples, nations,\Nand languages should serve him;
[15] his dominion is an everlasting dominion,\Nwhich shall not pass away,
[15] and his kingdom\None that shall not be destroyed.
So here it is,
God announces to Daniel, the prophet,\Nthe there will emerge,
this anointed messianic figure that will\Ndeliver humanity from evil and violence.
He announced it again\Nto Isaiah the prophet, in Isaiah 53.
Let's go to Isaiah 53:1 (ESV), and this is\Na very familiar passage to many of you.
[1] Who has believed\Nwhat he has heard from us?
In King James Version bible:\N[1] Who hath believed our report?
[1] And to whom has the arm\Nof the Lord been revealed?—
And that language simply means\Nthe arm of God's salvation
has redemptive outreach\Nto humanity.
[2] For he grew up before him\Nlike a young plant,
[2] and like a root\Nout of dry ground;
[3] He was despised\Nand rejected by men,
[3] a man of sorrows—\Nthis is speaking of the Lord, Jesus Christ!—
[3] and acquainted with grief;
[3] and as one from whom\Nmen hide their faces
[3] he was despised,\Nand we esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he has borne our griefs\Nand carried our sorrows;
[4] yet we esteemed him stricken,\Nsmitten by God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was pierced\Nfor our transgressions;
King James language,\[5] He was wounded for our transgressions.
[5] he was crushed\Nfor our iniquities;
[5] upon him—this individual—\Nwas the chastisement
[5] that brought us peace,
[5] and with his wounds\Nwe are healed.

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You can go on and read the chapter\Nin your spare time.
But again, Isaiah is announcing\Nthis anointed messianic figure
and expressing what this figure\Nwould go through in his time on the earth.
Then, YHWH announces it\Nthrough the angel Gabriel, to Mary.
So look at it!
This is the messianic figure, your promise in Genesis 3:15,
He announces it—\NYHWH announces it—to Adam and Eve.
He announces it to Abraham.\NHe announces it to Moses.
He announces it to king David.
He announces it once\Nto the prophet, Isaiah,
then to Daniel, the prophet,\Nthen again to the prophet, Isaiah,
and now in the new Testament,
Gabriel comes to Mary\Nand what does he say to her?
She is going to have a child\NLuke 1:30-33 (ESV),
[30] And the angel said to her,\N“Do not be afraid, Mary,
[30] for you have found favor with God.
[31] And behold, you will conceive\Nin your womb and bear a son,
[31] and you shall call his name Jesus.
[32] He will be great and will be called\Nthe Son of the Most High.
[33] And the Lord God will give to him\Nthe throne of his father David,—
going back to His announcement\Nto king David.—
[33] and he will reign over\Nthe house of Jacob—the house of Israel—
[33] forever,
[33] and of his kingdom\Nthere will be no end.”
YHWH through the angel Gabriel\Nannounces to Mary,
that her offspring is indeed\Nthe promised seed,
the promised anointed messianic figure,\Nwho would come into the world
and deliver humanity\Nfrom evil and violence.
YHWH announces it to John, the Baptist.\NJohn (the gospel of John) 1:29 (ESV),
[29] The next day he [John]\Nsaw Jesus coming toward him,—
and what does John say?—
[29] “Behold, the Lamb of God,\Nwho takes away the sin of the world!
[30] This is he of whom I said,
[30] ‘After me comes a man\Nwho ranks before me,
[30] because he was before me.’
[31] I myself did not know him,
[31] but for this purpose\NI came baptizing with water,
[31] that he might be revealed to Israel.”
[32] And John bore witness:
[32] “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven\Nlike a dove, and it remained on him.
[33] I myself did not know him,
[33] but he who sent me—\N[‘he’ here is] YHWH, right?—
[33] to baptize with water\Nsaid to me,
[33] ‘He on whom you see the Spirit\Ndescend and remain,
[33] this is he who baptizes\Nwith the Holy Spirit.’
[34] And I have seen\Nand have borne witness
[34] that this is the Son of God.”—the son, the offspring of YHWH,
that YHWH announced to Adam and Eve\Nin Genesis 3:15.
All of this time, playing out\Non the stage of human history,
YHWH preserving the offspring of Abraham,
the Jewish people [are] constantly\Nunder the threat of annihilation,
even to this day!
God announces it to Adam and Eve,\NAbraham, Moses king, David,
Isaiah the prophet,\NDaniel the prophet,
then to Isaiah the prophet again,
to Mary,\Nto John the Baptist.
And then the time comes\Nwhere Jesus himself,
stands and begins to proclaim\NHis identity.
Notice in the Gospel of John 4;\Na very familiar passage
where Jesus encounters the woman\Nat the well.
And listen to this part\Nof the conversation.
Jesus is going back and forth.\NShe's asking of theological questions.
Where's the right place\Nto worship?
Because the Samaritans believed\Nit's in one place,
and the Jews believed that\Nit's in the Jerusalem, in the temple.
So, notice what the woman says\Nto Jesus [John 4:25-26 (ESV)],
[25] The woman said to him,
[25] “I know that Messiah is coming\N(he who is called Christ).
Remember, all of Israel—\Neven this woman—
was waiting for this messianic figure\Nthat had been promised
throughout the Old Testament scripture,\Nthroughout Israel's history.
And what does she say?
[25] The woman said to him,
[25] “I know that Messiah is coming—\Nso she had that hope in her heart!—
[25] (he who is called Christ).—\Nthen ‘Christ’ simply means “anointed”
or “anointed One” —
[25] When he comes, —\Nthe woman says to Jesus—
[25] he will tell us all things.”
And look at Jesus’ response:
[26] Jesus said to her,\N“I who speak to you am he.”
It culminates the announcement\Nto Adam and Eve,
the announcement to Abraham,\Nthe announcement to Moses,
the announcement to king David,\Nthe announcement to Isaiah the prophet,
the announcement to Daniel the prophet,\Nthe announcement again to Isaiah the prophet,
the announcement to Mary,\Nand then John the Baptist,
and now Messiah himself,\Nthis messianic figure,
He begins His mission\Nand His ministry.
And what does He say\Nto the woman?
“This Messiah that you've been\Nwaiting for, looking for?
I am He.\NI'm the One.”
Hallelujah.
And what is His message?\NI'm glad you asked!
In the Gospel of Mark 1:1,\Nit says [Mark 1:1 (ESV)],
[1] The beginning of the gospel\Nof Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And what does gospel mean?\NIt means good news!
Look at what Jesus says\Nin Mark 1:14-15;
Let's go to 1:14-15 (ESV):
[14] Now after John was arrested,\NJesus came into Galilee,
[14] proclaiming the gospel of God,—\Nthe good news of YHWH,
the good news of God—
[15] and saying, “The time is fulfilled,—\Nwhat time?
The time that was promised\Nover thousands of years,
going back to Adam and Eve\Nthrough the patriarchs,
to the prophets, to Mary,\Nto John the Baptist.
This is it. It's all being fulfilled.
[15] “The time is fulfilled,
[15] and the kingdom of God is at hand;
[15] repent and believe in the gospel.”—\Nwhich means “good news”.
This is it; culminating here.\NWhat does He say?
The kingdom!
So, the Kingdom and its King, Jesus,\Nhas now arrived.
He's on the scene!
Which means what?\NNow, humanity is about to be delivered
from sin sickness, disease, poverty,\Ndeath, evil, and violence in the world.
He is fulfilling the Abrahamic promise.
And what does He do?
He goes first to the children of Abraham\Naccording to the flesh—His natural offspring!
Because remember,\NGod told Abraham,
“If you can count the--the sand,\Nthe grains of sand,
then you can determine
how many your natural offspring\Nwill be here on earth.”
And of course, that's impossible!
That was a hyperbole used to say,\Nit's going to be numerous.
Then God says to Abraham,\N“Look up at the stars,
look up at the heavens,\Nsee if you can count the stars.”
Impossible! But it--\Nwhat it indicates is that
Abraham would have an earthly offspring\Nthat will be natural—Israels, the Jewish people.
But Abraham would also have\Na spiritual or heavenly offspring.
There would be those who were\Nthe seed of Abraham
born of the flesh—\Nhallelujah!
And there will be those\Nof the children of Abraham
born of the spirit,\Nmade available through Jesus Christ.
And this is why Jesus told Nicodemus,
“Unless you are born again,\Nborn of water and of the spirit,
you cannot see, nor can you enter\Nthe kingdom or reign and rule of God.”
So, the promise is being fulfilled\Nin the person of Jesus Christ.
So what does Jesus do?
He goes first to the physical, natural offspring.
Let's go to Matthew 10:5 (ESV).
Jesus is sending out\NHis 12 disciples, right?
And he's instructing them\Nvery specifically,
[5] These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them,
[5] “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,
[6] but go rather to the lost sheep\Nof the house—or nation—of Israel.
[7] And proclaim as you go, saying,\N‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
[8] Heal the sick, raise the dead,\Ncleanse lepers, cast out demons.
Why? Because these were signs\Nof the messianic presence.
You received without paying; give without pay. 9 Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, 10
no bag for your journey, or two tunics[e] or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.
Nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of The Samaritans,
These were signs that\Nthe King was here on earth,
having power and authority\Nover all of creation.
Jesus sends them.

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What is the problem? They end up the nation,
Rejects

The message

Or the word

Of the kingdom.

They reject

The kingdom and they reject The kingdom. The king is Jesus Christ. The kingdom is the reign and
rule of

God

That now comes to the earth

That

All humanity

Desires, because it

Will put an end to evil and violence in the world.

But

The nation that he

Calls

To repentance the offspring of Abraham, according to the flesh,

Reject

This messianic figure.

Let's look

At John chapter one, verse 11.

He came to

His own. In fact,

Let's go back to

Verse 10.

He was

In the world,

Oh, let's go

Back to verse nine. This is so

Good. The true light, which gives light

To everyone was coming into the world.

He

Was in the world. John says, and the world was made through him yet.

The

World did not know him. He came to his own, his own people,

The Jewish people,

And they did not

Receive

Of him.

But to all who did

Receive him,

Who

Believed in his name, he

Gave the right

To become children of

God who

Were born, not of blood nor of the will of

The flesh,

Nor of the will of man, but

Of God. So

The nation as a whole Rejects him. But

There were people

Within the nation, Jewish

Who

Did embrace him, who

Did

Believe in him and were willing to trust in him.

So out of the Jewish people

Come a new people, a new creation in Christ, fulfilling the promise. In fact, Jesus responds to the
rejection of the nation, to the call, to repentance and to believing in him and its express in Matthew
chapter 23, verse 37. Look at what Jesus says. He laments over Jerusalem, the heart of the city, the
heart of the Jewish people, the heart of their belief system.
And what does he say? That's where the temple is in Jerusalem. Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city
that kills the prophets and stones. Those who are sent to it. How often would I have gathered your
children together? As a hen, gathers her bred under her wings and you were not willing. See your
house is left to you, desolate for, I tell you, you will not see me again until you say blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord and what happens 70 years after Jesus' ministry and his presence on
earth, the temple in Jerusalem is destroyed level.

And what happens the city of Jerusalem is burnt by the Roman soldiers and the Roman military and
the Jewish people are scattered to us. Like Jesus said, scattered into all nations of the earth without a
Homeland for almost 2000 years until 1948. When the state of Israel was reestablished in the middle
east, you can't get more real than this folks. How can you not believe in Jesus? How can you not
embrace the message of his salvation and his redemption Jesus in the rejection, in the face of
rejection, by his own people.

He now turns to the Gentiles and he begins Matthew, that chapter 13. I want you to look at this. This
is so beautiful. Matthew chapter 13 verse one little background, the preceding chapter 12 and 11
Jesus encounters, the religious leaders. And they accuse him of doing what he's doing, casting out
demons and everything else by the power of Satan himself.

They blast theme against the work of the holy spirit. Jesus says to them, if I, with the finger of God,
who's the holy spirit cast out devils by whom do you and your children cast them out. He said, sin
against the father, sin against the son, but sin against the holy spirit, that will not be forgiven. That
kind of bla me will not be forgiven, not in this world nor in the world to come. So Jesus, at the end of
chapter 12, after this encounter ends up in a house and he's preaching the good news of the
message of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the kingdom and his king are here.

The house is packed. People are pouring out into the, the, the roads and who comes his mother and
his brothers. And they come and send a messenger to ask him to come out so they can talk to him.
Look, notice Jesus' response in chapter 12, you can read it when you get some time. Jesus says to
the crowd, that's listening to him, who is my brother, who is my mother?

Isn't it. Those who trust in me, me obey my words. Believe in me. He just shifted everything. He took
the message of the kingdom and the king from the Jewish people, the natural offspring. And now he
says, there's gonna be a new family, a new community, a nation not made up of those because of
their blood relationship with Abraham, but because of their trust, their faith in the offspring of Abraham
who has now risen to bring destruction to evil and deliverance from evil and via in the world.

Look at verse one of chapter 13. This is after that whole house thing. All right? And his mother and
brothers that same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And when you go to
revelation, you'll find that the sea is used as metaphoric language to describe the world of people, the
masses of humanity in bondage to chaos.

The sea has certain, um, symbolism throughout the old Testament and amongst the Jewish people as
well. The darkness of the sea, the darkness of the ocean, the immense of the ocean. So he's standing
literally by the sea, but there's symbolism here and great crowds, verse two and great crowds
gathered about him so that he got into a boat and sat down.

And the whole crowd stood on the beach, who was in the crowd. It was a mixed mal todo, but
predominantly the nation of Israel, the Jewish people. So here he is in a boat in the sea
metaphorically, in the Gentile world, the non-Jewish world, and he's standing and he's facing the
nation that rejected him. And now he begins to speak to them in parabolic form in parables, in mystery
form, in secret form.

So much so than when he speaks these seven parables, his disciples pull 'em aside after, and he,
they ask him, why do you speak to these people in parables?

And he said, because for you, his disciples, it is to know the secrets of the kingdom. But to them am, it
is not given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, because their eyes
are blinded by their proud pride, arrogance, and rejection. He said, they have eyes, but they can't see
they have ears, but they can't hear they have hearts, but they can't understand so that it may be
fulfilled. What the prophet Isaiah said, that these people are dull of hearing and will not embrace
Messiah.

So Jesus is there. And he is between the, the past represented by the crowd, the nation of Israel, the
Jewish people and the sea behind him, symbolic of the nations of the world, that he will ultimately
send his disciples out to gather out of those nations, a new people, a new nation for himself, and the
whole crowd stood on the beach verse three.

And he told them many things in parable. This is amazing. And he, he, his message is there. He turns
his message to the spiritual offspring now of Abraham and begins through them, a new program of
sharing the same message with the world at large repent for the king and the kingdom of God, the
reign and rule of God and its king is here and at hand, which means within reach.

He now begins through those seven parables to speak of the period between his first advent that we
look back, uh, to, um, 2000 years ago and his second advent or his second coming that he promised
concerning his return. So this kingdom of his is now present in the earth in mystery form, in the hearts
and minds of his followers and spreading to every nation as a witness that this messianic figure
Jesus, the Christ Jesus of Nazareth, the anointed one announced by YHWH to all of these different
individuals.

Now announcing to the world that he, he is the one that God has anointed for salvation. He is the
anointed messianic figure who emerges now to bring deliverance to humanity from evil, the devil
violence, injustice, poverty, oppression, sin sickness, disease, and ultimately death.

This is the Jesus that was promised. This is the Jesus that we cherish and that we follow. This is the
Jesus who has the power to set you free first from the power of sin, the darkness of spiritual and
moral ignorance and from the power of Satan, and then give you, you access to a soon coming world
where he will establish openly, not in mystery form, but openly peace on earth.

And humanity will experience the original intent in the mind of God, that was announced in paradise.
Eden will once come again to the earth because of this. Jesus. There's so much more that I could go
on and say and talk about him.

Because when I gave my life to Christ in 1975, January 11th, to be exact, it was not the, the institution
of Christianity that saved me. It was the person of Jesus Christ. He is the one that changed my life,
but that Jesus who gave the parable of the Soer, the word of the kingdom. He sold it into human
hearts and he sold those people at the word in their hearts, into the world.

He is identified in those parables as the son of man. And that's very important because there were
three old Testament images of Jesus, Jesus, as the David King, Jesus, as a supernatural son of man
and Jesus, this as a suffering servant, he deploys us into the world, not as a suffering servant, not as
a David King, but primarily as a son of man, that supernatural messianic figure, which means what the
sowing of the seed is super natural and the transformation that takes place in the hearts and lives of
those who receive that seed is also super natural today.

If you don't know Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, if you have not embraced this truth, this
message, this good news that God has responded to the evil and violence in the world, through a
person, Jesus Christ, then something supernatural can happen to you today in this service. God bless
you. And thank you for the opportunity to share my Jesus will with you.