mysteries of the Kingdom. What mystery is it? This, before anything else, that the eschatological Kingdom of God is coming as a seed, seemingly the weakest and most defenseless thing there is. It can be devoured by the fowls, it can be choked by the thorns, it can be scorched by the sun, and sometimes it can hardly be distinguished from the tares. That is the secret of the Kingdom. And back of this lies an even greater mystery, namely, that He who brings the Kingdom is a Sower, seemingly the most
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