Episode 65: Seeing, Entering and Experiencing the Kingdom

Kingdom Building

There is a lot of talk about the kingdom of heaven/God, but do we really understand what it is, where it is and how to get there?
Jesus told Nic (John 3:3) that you can’t even see the kingdom unless you are born again, born from above, born of the Spirit. After seeing the kingdom, you can check it out from afar, but you still haven’t entered or experienced the kingdom. Once you enter the kingdom, you have just walked through the gate, which is a big step. A much bigger step than seeing it from afar, but you haven’t experienced anything yet. I can remember as a kid going to coney Island and my dad would pull up to the gate and I could finally see the sign and my expectation was heightened, but then we entered through the gate and I could see the pool and the rides and I got more excited, but none of that could compare to the exhilaration of that first ride on the roller coaster and then a swim in the pool. Now I was experiencing the park.
There is a progression in this journey of ours. See the kingdom, enter the kingdom and experience the kingdom. Jesus compared it to a mustard seed. Something that starts out very small and grows into something big. Small thoughts of truth grow into an abiding place of a larger, higher range of thoughts. For more information on the mustard seed look up our podcast, Everything you need is in the seed.
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