Mark 4:26-29<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The growth of the Kingdom of God goes largely unnoticed, and its importance almost completely unrecognized.<\/p>\n
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It grows quietly and matures slowly.<\/p>\n
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Come harvest time, though, and the significance of the Church and the Restoration will be unambiguously apparent.<\/p>\n
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