{"id":169,"date":"2012-02-21T08:50:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2012-02-22T09:39:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:39:50","slug":"a-popular-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/a-popular-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"A Popular Subject with Yeshua\u2014Not So With the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luke 8:10, <em>The mysteries of the kingdom.<\/em><\/strong> The Greek word for mystery\u00a0is <em>musterion<\/em> meaning \u201chidden thing, secret, mystery; religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals; a hidden or secret thing, not obvious\u00a0to the understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-174\" style=\"color: inherit; font: normal normal normal 15px\/normal 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; display: inline; margin-left: 1.625em; height: auto; max-width: 97.5%; margin-bottom: 1.625em; border-width: 1px; padding: 6px;\" title=\"New Jeruslame 16958579\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/New-Jeruslame-16958579-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/New-Jeruslame-16958579-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/New-Jeruslame-16958579-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/New-Jeruslame-16958579.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of the some 136 subjects recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and\u00a0John pertaining to the life and words of\u00a0Yeshua, there are 144 verses dedicated to Yeshua speaking about the kingdom of Elohim (or heaven). In fact, it was the fourth subject he talked most\u00a0about (after himself, his Father and the hypocritical religionists of his day). In the four Gospels, there are 109 direct references to the kingdom of Elohim (or heaven).<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This being so, why do we not hear much about this subject in churches? What is the kingdom of God\/Elohim (or heaven)? What are the mysteries of the kingdom? Matthew 4:23 characterizes the message Yeshua preached as &#8220;the gospel (good news) of the kingdom.&#8221; Just prior to this (verse 17), we read that Yeshua preached saying, &#8220;Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.&#8221; Again, is this message preached in the church? 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