"Let Your Kingdom Come" -The Wheat and the Weeds

Jesus indicated that the Kingdom would not be established in the first century C.E.,, despite the expectations of some of his disciples.

33 C.E. Sowing begins

'A man sowed fine seeds in his field" (Matthew 13:24)

'While men were sleeping, the enemy over-sowed  weeds' (Matthew  13:25)

"Both grew together until the harvest"  (Matthew 13:30) 

The weeds are collected and bundled (Matthew 13:30)

The parable of the minas.  (Read Luke 19:11-13.)  Jesus gave this parable in 33 C.E. on his way to Jerusalem for the last time.   Some of his listeners  thought that he would set up his Kingdom as soon as he arrived in Jerusalem.  To correct that notion and to show that  the establishment of the KIngdom was yet a long way off, Jesus compared himself to "a man of noble birth" Who had to travel "to a distant land to secure kingly power."  In Jesus' case, the "the distant land" was heaven, where he could receiver power as King from his Father.  But Jesus knew that he would be installed as Messianic king immediately after his return to heaven.  Instead, he would sit at God's right hand an wait until the appointed time. As it turned out, that wait lasted for many centuries. - (Psalm 110:1, 2; Matthew 22:43, 44; Hebrews 10:13, 14. 

Next time: "Let Your Kingdom Come" - When Will God's Kingdom Come? 

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