What Difference Does It Make?

47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 48 when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 "Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes."( Matt. 13:47-51)

So what have we learned about the kingdom of heaven these last few blogs?  What have we learned from the tiny seed of a weed, the leavening granules of yeast, treasures and pearls? 

Has any of that caused your mind to wonder?   

Or maybe the question is would these stories about the greatest kingdom, the largest territory -- the place of God -- make the nightly news?  Would  these stories, with no kings or corrupt leaders or military might, or silver or diamonds or expensive things be of interest to the general public?  Just stories about common things and common ordinary people baking bread, or  worrying about weed invested fields.  Even have a possibility of making national head lines?

I suppose that if you were a great journalist,  you might write stories of the terroristic action of the invasive mustard seed’s success.   Or the corruptive take over, of the bread flour, by the yeast intruder.  Possibly a  miraculous story about the of one tiny seed, or grain of yeast, polluting the entire universe.  But still, it would fall short of the human imagination for the dramatic.  

The majority, of our population, is drawn more to the exaggerated embellishment of awful. 

How do stories about that which grows in secret where no one can perceive its activity — its possibility — tweak the attention of our population today?  Or, what would make the kingdom of heaven meaningful in our diverse and complicated culture?

I’ll ask again!  So what have we learned about the kingdom of heaven?  What have we learned, that is, that can truly makes a difference?