Bible Study Notes
Thinking and reading a lot about Jesus' kingdom of God parables in Matthew 13. Especially for some reason about the idea of the soil or the field. Noticing a few things in all those parables. Main things are who is doing the actions and what the symbolism is. First parable is about the farmer planting seed in the field. Jesus explained that one.
Jesus explained a few parables, and then didn't. Teaching the disciples to connect the dots and figure them out for themselves.
V. 31-34 (Parable of mustard seed). Note how he talks about how kingdom of God is sown in the field by a man. Field = men's hearts (see first parable in Matthew 13). Man = Son of Man (See Jesus explanation of the parable of the man sowing good seeds and enemy sowing evil seeds in v. 24-30).
Interesting, in v. 33 he switches and starts talking about a woman sowing the kingdom in bread like yeast. Why a woman? Who is this? My guess is that is it us, the bride of Christ.
Then in 44 he talks about kingdom being like a treasure hidden in a field (hearts of men). Again, when a MAN found it (Son of man?), he hid it again and sold everything he had to buy the field. Sounds a lot like Jesus to me!
V. 45-46. This time, talking about a merchant looking for a pearl. Who is that merchant??? When this merchant found it he sold everything he had and bought that pearl.
V. 47-50. Kingdom like a merchant let into a lake to catch all kinds of fish. When full, fisherman pulled it up on shore. Collected good fish in baskets, threw the bad away. He says this is how it will be at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate righeous and wicked.
Then Jesus asks something, "Have you understood all of these things?" He was teaching them. Teaching them to think and to examine and interpret. They needed to see through His eyes to do it, and needed his revelation, but there was a lot to be gained from doing the math.
Ends the chapter with something curious "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a house owner who brings out of his storeroom treasures old and new. Many more "key words" in this. Who are the teachers? How have they been instructed? Who is the house owner? What is the storeroom? The word treasure is used in a second parable.
No firm incredible revelations as of yet. Just exploring this.
Jesus explained a few parables, and then didn't. Teaching the disciples to connect the dots and figure them out for themselves.
V. 31-34 (Parable of mustard seed). Note how he talks about how kingdom of God is sown in the field by a man. Field = men's hearts (see first parable in Matthew 13). Man = Son of Man (See Jesus explanation of the parable of the man sowing good seeds and enemy sowing evil seeds in v. 24-30).
Interesting, in v. 33 he switches and starts talking about a woman sowing the kingdom in bread like yeast. Why a woman? Who is this? My guess is that is it us, the bride of Christ.
Then in 44 he talks about kingdom being like a treasure hidden in a field (hearts of men). Again, when a MAN found it (Son of man?), he hid it again and sold everything he had to buy the field. Sounds a lot like Jesus to me!
V. 45-46. This time, talking about a merchant looking for a pearl. Who is that merchant??? When this merchant found it he sold everything he had and bought that pearl.
V. 47-50. Kingdom like a merchant let into a lake to catch all kinds of fish. When full, fisherman pulled it up on shore. Collected good fish in baskets, threw the bad away. He says this is how it will be at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate righeous and wicked.
Then Jesus asks something, "Have you understood all of these things?" He was teaching them. Teaching them to think and to examine and interpret. They needed to see through His eyes to do it, and needed his revelation, but there was a lot to be gained from doing the math.
Ends the chapter with something curious "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a house owner who brings out of his storeroom treasures old and new. Many more "key words" in this. Who are the teachers? How have they been instructed? Who is the house owner? What is the storeroom? The word treasure is used in a second parable.
No firm incredible revelations as of yet. Just exploring this.
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