Matthew 13:33 - What is the parable saying?

[skypair]

No. Satan is the god of this age. Jesus has been anointed King, but has not ascended the throne.

Sorry, you're right on a technicality. It belonged to the Son until the fall. Right now it is like Hanameel's field (Jer 32:6-12) -- in the hands of the unlawful possessor. The Lawful possessor, Jesus, is holding the 7 sealed "title deed" waiting to be opened in the tribulation! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to explain that! :thumbs:

We're given this picture with Saul and David. Saul was the rightful king. David was anointed king, but did not ascend the throne until Saul was "dethroned".

Yes, very good!

In the meantime, David surrounded himself with faithful followers who risked life and limb, and who were rewarded with positions of authority when David did ascend the throne.

Yes, this is true of Israel when Christ returns.

They had entered David's kingdom, although David's kingdom was future. In the same way, we can enter Christ's Kingdom, although it's future.

Exactly!

He made no such claim, one way or the other, concerning the expression "Kingdom of God", only as a generality.

Good, well, study it with what I said in mind.

skypair

 

[skypair]

Yes the entirety of the kingdom will become corrupted.
The whole of professing Christendom will have become corrupted just before the end of the age. The corrupting effect will be felt through out all of professing Christendom

That does not mean that all within professing Christendom will be corrupted but all will at very least feel the effect.

There will be a solution:

Matthew 13:47-50
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Yes, but the more immediate problem will be compounded by the rapture which takes the remnant of the true church out and leaves, as you say, TOTAL corruption in the church!!

skypair