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The Kingdom of Heaven
  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. (Matthew 13:11) What we need to harvest from this verse is that there is more than one mystery when it comes to the kingdom of heaven.   This phrase the kingdom of heaven is only mentioned in the gospel of Matthew. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament, nor in any New Testament book, except for the gospel of Matthew. The gospel of Matthew is the gospel of the King, the Kingdom of the King. Although there are many applications within the book of Matthew, always remember that Matthew primarily deals with the nation of Israel. The phrase the kingdom of heaven is recorded in 32 verses.
  The first mention is in Matthew 3:2, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the last mention is in Matthew 25:14, For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. Although it is recorded in 32 verses, the kingdom of heaven is mentioned 33 times. The numbers add up. In the first mention in 3:2, the Lord dynamically proclamation the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He was not speaking of a distant place. He was speaking about His own presence in the manifest image of God. The kingdom of heaven had arrived in Jesus Christ our Lord. In the last mention in Matthew 25:14, see how the numbers add up? In the number 2 we have witness, in the number 5 we have grace, a combination of the witness of grace, and in the number 14 we have two sevens’, a double testimony to the perfection of God. For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. (Matthew 25:14) Do you see the wonder of God’s word? It is that the presence of Christ manifested the kingdom of heaven. He presented to them His very kingdom, they rejected Him, and because of His rejection, He has gone into a far country, or heaven, to be at the right hand of God. Isn’t this nice? What an unfolding of some of the mysteries of God of the mysteries of the kingdom.
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