“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches." (Matthew 13: 31 - 32).
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Mustard Seed at the beginning of the Church Age. At Pentecost about 120 disciples of Jesus were in the Upper Room, praying and waiting for the Promised of the Father, the Holy Spirit. 2000 years after, there are over 2.5 billion Christians in the world. Is the Kingdom of God still like a Mustard Seed? Yes, it has grown but yet to reach its potential.
Jesus Christ came to the world to establish the Kingdom of God. The Church is the seed on earth.
The Kingdom is mentioned 342 times in the entire Bible. 119 or 34% in the 4 Gospels. Jesus had a magnificent obsession about the Kingdom. He talked of nothing as much as the Kingdom.
"Jesus presented himself alive to them [Apostles] by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God." (Acts 1: 3).
After the Resurrection, Jesus continued His catechesis on the Kingdom.
The Kingdom is here and now. The fullness of the Kingdom is in the future. Until the full realization of Kingdom, it is like a Mustard Seed. Jesus wants us to be obsessed with the Kingdom just as He was in the days of His public ministry. We participate in the the work of the Kingdom by growing daily in Faith, Hope and Charity.
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6: 10).
"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness." (Matthew 6: 33).
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