Hello friends, Before getting into the three parables of Matthew 25, I've been thinking about something John the Baptist and Jesus both said at the beginning of their ministries. John came preaching in the wilderness of Judea: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:2, NKJV) Then in Matthew 4:17, Jesus begins preaching: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” I've been thinking about those words, “at hand.” The Kingdom of God isn't something we only