We might compare the Kingdom of God to a tulip bulb. If you hold a tulip bulb in your hand, you hold a tulip. The tulip is hidden inside the bulb. But, you cannot find it by cutting the bulb apart. You must plant it and allow it to grow. In the same way, God planted the seed of the Kingdom in the earth of human history. As you trace this seed from its root to its flowering, I hope you will see how this is all part of God’s purpose.