 So the kingdom of God cannot be merely a synonym for going to heaven, nor for the resurrection for that matter. Jesus is making it clear. The kingdom of heaven is an inheritance that can be taken away and given to somebody else. And whosoever he said shall fall on this stone shall be broken. But on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And the chief priests and Pharisees, when they heard these parables, it finally dawned on them that he was talking about them.