20th anniversary of handbells at Ascension. Sermon: Jesus was giving an introduction to the principles of the kingdom of God, but with his words he was turning the world upside down. He was literally saying that what is good in this world is bad in the kingdom of God. To have misfortune in one is to be viewed with grace in the other. The kingdom of God had come to earth with a new world order, and this was difficult to understand.