The sermon explores how Matthew presents Jesus—beginning in Matthew 1 with the revelation of His divine identity and mission—and then through His parables, the Transfiguration, and the cleansing of the temple, to unveil both the hidden and unveiled glory of Christ and the nature of His kingdom. It shows that Jesus’ parables gradually disclose the “secrets of the kingdom” to those with ears to hear, the Transfiguration displays that exaltation comes through the path of the cross, and the cleansing of the temple illustrates how Christ confronts corrupted worship to restore God-centered devotion and to cleanse the “temple” of our hearts by the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.