If you are interested in knowing what a foreign country is like there are some great resources. Lonely Planet puts out some great travel guide books. Rick Steves has a couple of decades worth of interesting travel shows. But if you want to know what the kingdom of heaven is like, you ought to check out Matthew 13. Here, Jesus shares 7 parables able the kingdom. Six of these parables begin with the words, “the kingdom of heaven is like…”.