1. The Kingdom of Heaven – Not all have ears to hear so Jesus spoke in parables.
Matthew 13:10-11, “And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.”
The fact that Jesus spoke in parables was a fulfillment of Old Testament Scripture. Psalm 78:2-3, "I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known things our ancestors have told us.”
Matthew 13:34-35, “All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
2. The Kingdom – see 1 above
Mark 4:11, “He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables.”
3. Israel's blindness – Jesus declared blindness on Israel until the “fullness of the Gentiles come in,” the number of people who become believers during the Church age. When this number is reached, the Rapture will take place.
Romans 11:25, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.”
Luke 19:42, “Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”
4. The Rapture – The Blessed Hope of the catching up of the Chuck before the start of the Tribulation. 1 Corinthians 15:51, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,”
6. and 7. - Babylon the Great, The Harlot and the beast:
The woman (harlot) riding the beast (False Prophet) represents the One World Religion of the tribulation located in Rome (seven mountains). She will be destroyed and replaced by the worship of the anti-Christ.
Revelation 17:5 “And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.”
Revelation 17:7 “And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.”
Revelation 17:9, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Revelation 17:11 “And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”
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