Mark 4:26-29

Mark 4:26-29 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain — first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”

The Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Mercy and Grace grows out of Jesus Christ, THE SEED planted for all mankind. Unless a seed falls into the ground and DIES there is no plant, no Kingdom of God. Jesus came not only as the door, He came as the seed. We exist spiritually and eternally because of what He did, not because of what we do, except that we follow after him. We now are part of the Kingdom because we have placed our faith in him. We are now recognized by God as righteous and truly alive because of Jesus' finished work at the cross and his resurrection from the dead. Sin brought death. Sin brought termination and judgement, but righteousness in and through Jesus Christ brought eternal life and right relationship with God. We now have a home, and it isn't on this earth. We now have a home in the bosom of God. We now have a spiritual inheritance, which is God himself. We are like the Levite priests. We are not allocated land as our inheritance; we are given God as our legacy. We no longer dance alone, we dance with him. We no longer sing alone, we sing with him. We no longer walk alone, we walk with him. We no longer lie down alone, we lie with him. We are no longer strangers in an alien world, we are with him. We are greatly blessed, for we have come from THE SEED.

Therefore, sing and shout with exceeding great joy, you people of the Lord. Sing and shout for the mercy of God has birthed you from the loins of Jesus. You have hope, you have a future, you have life, for you are found in him, whom to know is life everlasting. You were blind and now you see; you were lost and now you are found; you were dead in trespasses and sin and now you are alive. The great mystery is that He is in us and we are in him. We abide within the circle, the whirlwind of the Old Testament, the wheel within the wheel. Praise God, all you saints of the Lord, praise him forevermore! The sower of the seed has brought forth a mighty harvest.