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THE KINGDOM

June 14th 2026

So last week we read that Daniel prophetically said in Daniel 7:14 about the future Kingdom,

And there was given him (the Messiah) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Obviously, with these prophecies (including the ones mentioned last week) served as texts for the Nation of Israel and the people expected a new kingdom to come to them inaugurating the establishment of another age.

For all sorts of reasons we had a Nation that believed that the Kingdom to come was going to be materially established, led by a material promised Messiah King, and when Yeshua appeared on the scene, led by the forerunner John the Baptist, the message from them was, behold the Kingdom of heaven is at hand, but even the Kings disciples expected it to be physical.

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In the Apostolic record (Matthew 6:33; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:43, the Kingdom is a called the "kingdom of Christ"

and in Matthew 13:41; 20:21 it is called, “the kingdom of Christ and of God."

In Ephesians 5:5 Paul refers to it as the "kingdom of David" and in Mark 11:10 it is just called the Kingdom.

Matthew prefers to call it the "kingdom of heaven" and all of these references speak to the same thing including,

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(1) Christ's mediatorial authority, or his rule on the earth;

(2) the blessings and advantages of all kinds that flow from this rule;

(3) the subjects of this kingdom.

These three applications to the Kingdom Isaiah says, “would increase without end” cause many believers yet again to divide on interpretation and to split over ideas including,

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Christ's mediatorial authority, or his rule on the earth, asking,

Is the Kingdom established or is it being established?

Will He be here physically to reign over it or will He reign spiritually – or both?

Are believers supposed to aid in bringing it forward, spreading it, governing it?

And then if so, how? And if not, how does it increase?

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Then under the question about “the blessings and advantages that flow from this rule” we also ask,

What do these blessings and advantages look like or what will they look like?

Have they already begun to unfold on earth or are we still waiting for His return to launch them?

And what elements of His Kingdom will preside and prevail over the hearts of those in it?

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Finally, and relative to the subjects of this kingdom, believers divide over

Who is in, who is out, who will be a player, who will be least verses most down to what is required to enter in and which organization holds the keys?

We will continue forward with the study and examination of the text but will ultimately come back to these three main areas of inquiry and give answers to these queries.

So, we know that the Nation expected a Messiah King, that they expected their former age to end with the implementation of a new Kingdom age and we know that they anticipated, from passages in Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Joel, Amos and Malachi, that all of this would unfold in a great and dreadful day of YAHAVAH.

So, multiple passages of scripture in both the Old Testament and the Apostolic record describe a period of severe destruction, judgment, and tribulation that must precede the final establishment of the Kingdom of God.

These prophecies typically detail the collapse of earthly kingdoms and the removal of evil before the eternal kingdom is ushered in.

From the Old Testament, which we read last week, we cited Daniel 2:44 which explicitly states that God's Kingdom will be set up during the time of other earthly kings. It notes that this new kingdom "will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever".

Early in Isaiah we read a passage the speaks prophetically of the day when he wrote in Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Later in Isaiah we read a prophecy first against Babylon in that day and then with application to the final great and dreadful day of Israel herself, where he wrote,

Isaiah 13:6 Howl ye; for the day of YAHAVAH is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. {be amazed:

9 Behold, the day of YAHAVAH cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of YAHAVAH of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Speaking of that prophesied day the prophet Joel wrote,

Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of YAHAVAH come.

to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YAHAVAH shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as YAHAVAH hath said, and in the remnant whom YAHAVAH shall call.

Of course, we are all pretty familiar with the Old Testament wrapping with Malachi saying in the third chapter,

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and YAHAVAH, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith YAHAVAH of hosts.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto YAHAVAH an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto YAHAVAH, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith YAHAVAH of hosts.

We also are very familiar that in the next and last chapter of Malachi, his writings and then the whole Old Testament reads,

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith YAHAVAH of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith YAHAVAH of hosts.

Jumping out to the Apostolic Record we remember what Yeshua said in Matthew 24:14-15 to Peter, James, John and Andrew on the Mt of Olives that the Gospel would be preached to all tribes or ethnicities and then the end (of that former age) would come accompanied by great destruction of every material vestige, whether genealogical, priestly, temple, ordinance, rite or ritual.

The symbolism of all of that being one and done is seen when the veil of the temple was rent in two at the death of the Promised Holy One.

We note that in 2nd Thessalonians 2:3-8 that the Apostle Paul teaches that the return of Christ and the establishment of His kingdom will not happen until a great rebellion occurs and the "man of lawlessness" is revealed—whom the Lord Jesus would overthrow and destroy.

We know that Peter in 2 Peter 3:10-13 vividly describes a cosmic destruction where the (former) "heavens will disappear with a roar" and the elements (of the Law) will be "destroyed by fire."

He immediately connects this catastrophic event to looking forward to a "new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells,” referring to the establishment of an unshakable eternal kingdom.

And we know that in Revelation 19-21 there is a description of a series of bowls, seals, and trumpet judgments representing God's wrath, which leads to the defeat of earthly opposition and the arrival of the "new heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem" in the face of the end of all things, which Peter said in his day was at hand.

The scripture is plain and contextually sound on the idea that whenever it spoke of the end of an age, that age was the Age of the Law and the Prophets, of the Material Kingdom over which God sought to reign over a material people through material rites, rituals, dress, blood, sacrifices, commands, demands and economies.

When the Apostolic Record unfolds after 400 years of heavenly silence, not skipping a beat in terms of where Malachi left off, we read,

Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

12 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.

This was John hearkening back to what we read Daniel saying last week, describing what was coming to them/then and saying,

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings 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 these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

A central thought, indisputable to the time stamp of John the Baptists words spoken almost 2000 years ago, was for

• them to repent (because they had been given the law and the prophets, miracles and wonders and had not followed God)

• and that the Kingdom prophesied to come with destruction, was at hand.

The Greek word translated, at hand, is engidzo, and it means “near but not yet,” telling the people then to get ready for its arrival, which AGAIN (sorry for the redundancy) would come with destruction of that former age, world, economy or administration.

This plainly suggests to us that when the great and dreadful day would come, terrible upheaval in the heavens and the earth would occur signifying the end of everything about that former age, that this would come with the promise of salvation for those in that day who looked to and trusted in the Messiah, and that an entirely new heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem and new world order (how’s that for appealing to a frightening phrase to most) that would place EVERYTHING above and below in the hands of Christ (and therefore God) with them having victory over the world spiritually.

At this point we reach a great intersection of thought among believers – and that is the belief that the kingdom on this very earth would evidence itself in material perfection.

This idea is partially the result of a literal reading of the text combined with the refusal to see great nuance between what Christ’s victory was and what people expected and wanted it to be.

Even to the Jews of His day, they sought for a Messiah to reign over them materially – but this was never the intention. This world, and our place on it will always exist as a realm of choice, as a proving ground and a place where human will and wisdom are materially played out.

The idea of a physical paradise representing the Kingdom is frankly ludicrous in light of the text – as ludicrous as it was for the people of Yeshua’s day to try and make Him a King.

No, His work, victory and reign was always over the soul and spirit of things, of darkness and devils and demons and the mind will emotion and heart of freewill creations. For this reason Paul plainly wrote to the Bride of that day,

2nd Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. {

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

And again to the Corinthians,

1st Corinthians 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

And also, again in that day and to the Bride of Christ to the church at Ephesus,

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

Where the material world, even the first material kingdom was ordered and lead to engage in material warfare, Yeshua was plain to introduce a shift in the affairs of His kingdom to come, plainly establishing to Pilate that He was indeed a King but that His Kingdom was not of this world because if it was His servants would (continue to) materially fight.

But He taught that the greatest in His Kingdom would be as little children, as servants, humble, weak in the things of this world, merciful, kind, turning the cheek, blessing and doing good to those who do them evil.

We specifically recall Yeshua placing a child before his disciples and stated that whoever takes the lowly position of a child is the greatest in the Kingdom.

He taught that people must "receive the kingdom of God like a little child" or they will never enter it. This describes a posture of receptivity, innocence, and lack of worldly ambition

He explicitly stated, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these".

The Apostle Paul writes that followers of Christ are "children of God" and "if children, then heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ" if they suffer with Him.

He goes so far as to calls believers to be "imitators of God, as dearly loved children" who walk in a manner that pleases Him.

And he tells the Philippians in that day to act as "children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation," shining like stars in the world.

John describes Kingdom possessors as those who are "born not of natural descent, nor of human decision nor of the will of man, but those who are truly born of God." He emphasizes that they are characterized by righteousness and love for one another in 1st John 3:10).

And Peter describes "obedient children" as those who are called to be holy in all they do, just as God is holy (1 Peter 1:14-15).

Once John decreased and was put to death as the one whom Yeshua said,

“For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”

We read that Yeshua too began to preach, according to Matthew 4:17,

“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

In fact, relative to the scripture we can say the following about the Kingdom without lending any interpretation –

In the Sermon on the Mount we remember Him saying,

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And then adding shortly after teaching His disciples directly saying,

Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

In the next verse He added,

Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

How was this possible, the poor humble fishermen and tax collectors asked in different places with the overall contextual answer being,

Only through faith on me and the power of my resurrection.

Not the arm of the flesh.

Not through ancestory.

Not through the works of the Law.

Not through religious practices.

But through faith and love all focused and coming from Him.

That is why He was able to also say to them in that day,

Matthew 11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Yeshua taught in Matthew 6:33, after discussing our fretting and worrying over the things of this world,

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

He also said in Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

And we know that He later defined doing the will of His Father in heaven was to believe on His Son.

He proclaimed to the faith-filled Centurion in Matthew 8:11-12

That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the (former material) kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Throughout His mortal life Yeshua went about teaching and preaching about the Good news of the Kingdom but it was a coming Kingdom to them, that would only fully come into existence, once,

• all the prophetic signs were fulfilled.

• the great and dreadful day unfolded,

• He returned as promised to rescue His faithful Bride from the promised destruction,

• And once all of the things necessary would happen for it to be ready to open its doors.

Two of those necessary things that would have to happen, according to the writer of Hebrews, was one, that the temple (or first tabernacle) had to fall,

Heb 9:8 ¶ The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

And two, that God would shake everything one last time in heaven and earth as we read in Hebrews 12:26

His voice then (Sinai) shook the earth; but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven."

27 This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of what is shaken, as of what has been made, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe;

29 for our God is a consuming fire.

We read in Matthew 10:5-23 how Yeshua took His twelve and sent them forth, in that day, and said,

Matthew 10:5-23 These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,

6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And preach as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.

9 Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

10 no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.

11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart.

12 As you enter the house, salute it.

13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.

15 Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

17 Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues,

18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles.

19 When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21 Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;

22 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

As an indication of the power that would reign in the Kingdom Yeshua says in Matthew 12:28,

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Here we have an interesting insight to make for clarity. When Yeshua said this, the Greek tense is

In the aorist indicative active.

The Aorist tense represents a completed action. Rather than lingering on a slow process (like a continuous present or past), the aorist presents the action as a whole, singular event. It emphasizes that the Kingdom of God has arrived decisively and powerfully.

The Indicative (Mood) designates a statement of actual fact rather than a possibility or a wish, and,

Th Active (Voice) means the subject (the Kingdom of God) is the one performing the action.

What this is saying from the mouth of Christ is “since I cast out devils by the Spirit of God THEN the Kingdom of God has decidedly arrived.

For black and white literalists, this means to them exactly this – but what they miss is this is speaking of the first full manifestation of the Kingdom of God having arrived in the person of Yeshua of Nazareth.

We might even say that the Kingdom of God was Him in full and in and through all the things we have already discussed, this fullness of God in one human being would unfold into complete victory over all things and by and through Him alone, and His Spirit glorified in His resurrection, would literally be the first fruits of that heavenly Kingdom.

Hence the need for Him, the purpose of Him, the work of Him, the glory of Him to roll forth into the world, break in pieces and consume all other Kingdoms – in an order, and in time.

So, while the Kingdom of heaven was not yet fully operational in the world yet, it was certainly present with them in that day by the fact that Yeshua was casting out devils by the Spirit of God – devils that in the former economy ruled and reigned over the souls of men.

In Matthew 13:11 Yeshua told His disciples why He spoke in parables, saying,

“Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Next week, perhaps, we will begin to review all the parables He taught about the Kingdom of heaven (many found in Matthew 13) which are invaluable in understanding both its coming to the world, how it would be seen and received, and what it would take to be a part of it.

Of course, one of the teachings on the Kingdom of Heaven that has caused great confusion and human manipulation is found in Matthew 16:13 where Yeshua came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi and asked His disciples, (and which we also covered last week)

Matthew 16:13 Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

For various reasons, I maintain that this Rock is NOT the massive mountain they are standing by, not Peter, but the Spirit of God that told Peter the identity of Yeshua.

Obviously people differ, but with the initial Kingdom coming forth in the Man Yeshua of Nazareth, casting out devils by the spirit of God in Him, we wonder if the expression of the Spirit of God in others (like Peter) giving revelations and witness of the Christ would also be part and parcel of the Kingdom and its economy.

Of course, we see a very literal application of these words of Yeshua to Peter in that the keys bestowed upon Him would serve to do what keys do – and in Peter’s hands he opened to doors to the Kingdom on earth once Christ ascended – when?

First at Pentecost, and second to the Gentile world through Cornelius.

Because most of these things about the Kingdom of Heaven were lost even on His own trained eye-witness disciples, they came to Him in Matthew 18 and said,

Matthew 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Paidon and Mikros

We will end here and pick it up next week.

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