Address—C. Hendricks
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And seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
For this people's heart is waxed growths, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest at anytime they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see in your ears, for they hear.
For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them.
And to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.
When anyone heareth the word of the Kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked 1 and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
This is he which received seed by the wayside, but he that received the seed into Stony places, the same as he that heareth the word, and Anon with joy receiveth that.
Yet had he not root in himself, but Deareth for a while, For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word.
By and by, he's offended.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word.
And the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth someone hundredfold. Some 60, some 30.
Another parable putting forth unto them, saying, the Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tears among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tears also.
So the servants of the householder came, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tears?
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servant said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
But he said nay. But while you gather up the tears, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them.
In bundles to burn them but gather the weed into my barn.
Another parable putting forth unto them, saying, the Kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sold in his field.
Which indeed is the least of all seeds.
But when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh the tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Another parable spake he unto them. The Kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables, and without a parable spake he not unto them.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable.
Of the tares of the field.
He answered and said unto them, He that sowed the good seed is the Son of man.
The field is the world.
The good seed are the children of the Kingdom.
But the tears are the children of the wicked one.
The enemy that sold them is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the world, and the Reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so should it be in the end of this world.
The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity.
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field, the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth, and sell it all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto A merchant man seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one Pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind, which when it was full, they drew the shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
So shall it be at the end of the world.
The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Ye Lord?
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed into the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is in householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed. Thence, when He was coming to his own country, He taught them in their synagogues in so much that they were astonished, and said, When hath this man these are this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas, and his sisters? Are they not all with us?
Then hath this man all these things?
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor saving his own country and in his own house, And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
In this chapter we have 7 parables and six similar tudes of the Kingdom.
Of heaven.
I think there are 10.
Let's look at the.
The other four, Matthew 18.
Matthew 18.
And verse 23.
Therefore is the Kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king? When it says likened, it's what we say the similitudes of the Kingdom.
But the Kingdom is like.
And then in chapter 20.
For the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is in householder.
And then in chapter 22.
Verse 2. The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son.
And then in chapter 25, we have the last one.
Verse One. Then shall the Kingdom of heaven be likened unto 10 Virgins, which took their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Similitudes of the Kingdom.
In our chapter.
13 of Matthew.
Notice how the previous chapter ends.
Verse 46 of chapter 12.
While he had talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without desiring to speak with him.
Now at the end of chapter 13, we have his brethren mentioned. Verse 55 says, is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? She's mentioned in his brethren James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. Now James and Judas, James and Jude wrote epistles.
Under their names, two of the four brothers of the Lord and his sisters. Are they not all with us? They're not named.
So verse chapter 12 again, verse 46, while he had talked to the people and by the way his brothers did not believe in him when he was here on earth, it wasn't until his resurrection that they came to faith and realized who he really was.
While he had talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee.
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But he answered, and said unto him, That told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, which is in heaven.
The same as my brother and sister and mother.
That's very interesting that at the end of that chapter he disallows the nature of the nature mother, his natural mother, and his natural brothers in favor of what was spiritual, those that do the will of his Father, which is in heaven.
And then he gives us the similitudes of the Kingdom and the parables, their seven parables. The first ones, not a similitude, it's a parable, and it opens the door for the other 6.
Notice it says in chapter 13. Now the same day went Jesus out of the house.
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee. That's the claim they had on him by nature, and he disowns that disallows that, I should say, in favor of a spiritual claim, those that do the will of my Father, which is in heaven the same as my mother.
And sister and.
Brother, brother and sister and mother.
Then it says the same day when Jesus out of the house, that's the House of Israel.
There's two houses mentioned into in this chapter.
I put my finger on the other one.
Says he came into the house.
Yeah, there it is. Thank you. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house.
The house in the first verse is Israel.
He goes out of the house and he sits by the seaside, which is the gentile nations.
And in this 36 verse, after he'd sent the multitude away and was going to to give explanation to his own, he goes into the house and that speaks of those who are his.
The Kingdom of Heaven.
Is now.
Kingdom of Heaven is now only. Matthew talks about the Kingdom of Heaven. He also mentions the Kingdom of God.
Several times, but the other gospels mentioned the Kingdom of God, which is very general term. But the Kingdom of heaven is specific. It's the form that the Kingdom takes while the the King, the Son is in heaven. Well, the Lord is in heaven.
He goes out of his house. So what we're going to have in this chapter is what characterizes the present day.
The word Christendom literally means Christ's Kingdom. Christendom is Christo's Kingdom. That is the sphere on earth now, today that own him as Lord.
Christ's Kingdom.
And that's what Matthew 13 is about.
When you have Kingdom truth, it has to do with what's going on down here in this scene. At least the Kingdom of Heaven does. The Kingdom of the Son of Man is the he's. The Kingdom of the Son of Man is not exercising his rights as king, yet Kingdom of the Son of Man will be when he sets up his Kingdom here on earth and rules here.
The Kingdom of the Father mentioned in this chapter is the heavenly side of the the Kingdom. The Kingdom of the Son of Man is the earthly side, Kingdom of Heaven. Kingdom of the Father is the heavenly side. But don't mix up the Kingdom of Heaven with the Kingdom of the Son of Man.
These parables that are in this chapter have to do with the Kingdom of Heaven. That's the form that the Kingdom takes. While the king is rejected and is sent back to heaven with we will not have this man to reign over us.
He has his subjects now here during this time, that believe on him.
And he's rejected and they will also be rejected here.
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And the Kingdom brings before us the thought of responsibility. The thought of the Church as the Bride is, is all grace and blessing.
From him.
The Kingdom of heaven is very similar to the House of God. The One is the thought of a Kingdom over which He rules, and we are subjects in that Kingdom under His authority, and the thought of a house is the dwelling place of God the Holy Spirit.
The thought of a house is order and the dwelling place and habitation of God. But we we we know there's the House of God in its in its ordered state, which is first Timothy, and then the great house which is the House of God in ruins.
And the House of God in ruins is quite similar to what we have in the Kingdom of heaven.
It's a different thought. The Kingdom is a different thought. That's the sphere over which the king rules. But the mystery form of the Kingdom, which is what we have here in Matthew in this chapter, especially developed is the character of the Kingdom during the absence of the king when he's been rejected here.
And we'll go through this and see what it says. At first. He gets into a ship. Great multitudes were gathered together.
Unto him, so that he went into his ship and sat in the whole multitude, stood on the shore. He teaches them that speaks of the Gentiles. Most of those who are subjects of the Kingdom today are Gentiles. They were Gentiles and other professing Christians. It's true that the the sphere of the Kingdom of heaven did begin with Jews in the book of Acts.
It was Jews on the day of Pentecost, and then Samaritans in Acts 8, and then the Gentiles in Acts 10. But today?
The church is composed very, very largely of Gentiles, those who were Gentiles, and that's what the the seaside speaks of the nations.
Great multitudes were gathered together unto him. That's a picture of what would happen during this 2000 years of His absence here.
And we'll see what how this Kingdom of heaven, this sphere of of influence that he will exert upon the earth. There's never been a man in this world that has exerted such an overall influence upon men without firing a shot.
Without taking possession of other countries in that by armed warfare, the Lord didn't use those kinds of weapons, but he's he's won men's hearts by his love.
He spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, A sower went forth to sow. Now you see, the thought of a Kingdom connected with a sower going forth to sow seed, is entirely different thought than the Kingdom of the Son of Man will, when He will reign here, when he will establish his Kingdom here and rule.
This is not the question of ruling at all. It's a question of sewing. And that's the form that the Kingdom takes in this present day. And the seed that the sower, he's the sower, and the seed that he's sowing is the word of God.
Later there's another parable very similar, where a sower goes out and sews his field and he gets two kinds of crops, the good and the bad, and they're men, those that are the Lords and those that are sown by Satan. We'll come to that. But here the seed is the word of God.
As Sower went forth to soul, verse 3 and verse 4 now, and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside.
And the fowls came and devoured them up. Now he's later explains the the meaning of this and the fowls are.
And I'll read the I'll read this as we're going along, he says in verse 18. Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.
When anyone heareth the word of the Kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one. Now he's portrayed here by the fowls that come and devour up the sea. Then cometh the wicked 1 and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside.
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Word of God is preached and.
One brother has said he said he doesn't like to see a lot of talking and activity after a gospel meeting because that just opens the door for the enemy to come in and take away that seed that was sown in the heart and taking it out.
He catcheth the way that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the wayside.
So often after a gospel meeting, there's levity and joking and fun and games and all that.
His comment was he likes to see people people go right home and and think upon what's been sown.
Then verse 5, some fell upon Stony places where they had not much earth.
And forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth, and when the sun was up they were scorched, and behold, they had no root.
And because they had no root, they withered away.
Now that's explained in verse 20.
But he that received the seed into Stony places, the same as he that heareth the word, and Anon with joy receiveth it.
Yet hath he not root in himself, but deareth for a while?
For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word by and by, he is offended and it doesn't bear any fruit. There's no depth to it. It's on Stony places. And as soon as there's persecution, the sun comes up and it scorches the seed. Because they had no root, they withered away.
Now verse 7.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up.
And choked them.
That's explained in verse 22. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word.
And he becometh unfruitful care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word. That's certainly a description of the United States of America and the Western Europe countries where there's been so much prosperity. The deceitfulness of riches and the cares of this world. The more things we own, the more things we possess, the more things we have, the more cares we have, how we're going to keep them in good order and so on.
The less we have of worldly possessions, the less cares we have, or we have the more things the enemy uses and robs us of the blessing.
Verse 8 But other fell into good ground.
And brought forth fruit, someone hundredfold, some 60 fold, some 30 fold, Who hath ears to hear, Let him hear.
That's explained in verse 23. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit.
And bringeth forth someone hundredfold, some 60 and some 30.
Now you may have noticed when you read this parable in Mark's gospel, it says some 30 fold, some 60 fold and some 100. The order is reversed. Why is that?
Because Matthew is presenting before us, especially in this chapter, a dispensational picture. It's what's happening in Christendom, where the seed is sown.
It starts with 100 fold and then it goes down and down 60 fold and 30 fold.
The.
The blessing.
Will go down.
Dispensationally.
In Mark, it's 3060 and 100, looking at the servant. And as he goes out in his service, he increases. He increases in his service and grows, and that's a picture of the individual. And so there's an increase in the yield. But here, looking at the dispensational picture of Christendom, things have all gone down.
Not the other way.
Hundredfold it starts out when Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, 3000 souls were saved. Later he preached and in another were added of 5000 total and great blessing.
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Who hath ears to hear? Let him hear.
And then the disciples asked the Lord why he spoke to them in parables.
He said, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Remember, the Kingdom of Heaven in mystery form is what we have here.
Is this present time when we're here on earth and the King is in heaven in rejection?
It's not a Kingdom, the Kingdom of heaven, The form that it takes, it's going to be outlined in this chapter, is not the king reigning in righteousness and ruling and so on, but it's the form it takes as a result of this sewing, this first parable is it's not a king ruling at all like you have in the Old Testament, but you have the character of things today.
The seed is being sown and it has its different effects.
Wayside the enemy comes and takes it away. The Stony ground, no depth cares of this world, Deceitfulness of riches. The thorns choke the word and it's unfruitful. And then there's the good, the good ground.
That it falls into and produces 160 sixty and 30 fold. So that's the character of Christendom today.
The Kingdom of Heaven, Mystery form. That's Christendom.
Verse 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance, but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Remember, when we're talking about the Kingdom, we're talking about responsibility.
Our responsibility to live for him.
When we're talking about the church as he's established it as the body of Christ and as the bride, it's it's all grace.
In them is fulfilled verse 14, the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand.
Seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest at anytime they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see.
Now think of that, he says to you.
To me, we're in the Kingdom, Kingdom of heaven.
And he says, blessed are your eyes, you see.
You understand?
You've understood the word that's been sown.
And you are blessed.
Blessed are your eyes, for they see in your ears, for they hear. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear, and yours are blessed because you have hearing ears.
For verily I say unto you.
Which ye hear?
Have not heard them.
Prophets. Righteous men.
Men of men of the cloth.
Men of honor and reputation.
Men who've made a name for themselves in this world, but they're blind in their deaf.
Then he explains verse 18. Hear ye, therefore the parable of the sword. I've already gone through that.
Verse 24.
Another parable putting forth unto them, saying.
Now here we have the similitudes of the Kingdom.
Their parables, the first one, the sower sowing, but it doesn't say that's a similar to that's just a general introduction that that the sower sows. And then there's there's a result of that sewing. And the result now is is outlined in these six similitudes of the Kingdom. What kind of results are going to come from this seed that is sown some on background, some on good ground.
Verse 24 Another parable putting forth unto them, saying the Kingdom of heaven is likened. That's a similitude unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.
But while men slept. Now this is not the same as that first one. That was the seed was the word. But here let's just read on and we'll see how he explains it. While man slept, his enemy came and sowed tears among the wheat.
And went his way. And that's what we see today in Christendom. We see the good and the bad together in churches, the.
It shouldn't be that way, but that's the way it is.
But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, that appeared the tears also.
So the servants of the householder came, and said unto him, Sir Ditz, thou not thou so good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
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That enemy is Satan.
The servant said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
But he said, Nay, blessed, while you gather up the tares, ye ruled up also the wheat with them.
That both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them.
But gather the wheat into my barn.
Now.
He explains this.
Verse 36.
With these first three that he's going to talk about this is the first one. First is the general introduction of the solar going forth to so are all done outside. He's sitting by the seaside and he's speaking to the multitudes. Then in verse 36, Jesus sent the multitudes away and he went into the house. Now he's going to sit he's going to give similarities of the Kingdom that applied to those who are inside and and real.
The the first three there's six similitudes. The first 3.
Are the outward aspects of the Kingdom what it will develop into outwardly?
Let's read on verse 37. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. So this this.
This one that is sowing here the sower in this case.
Is verse 24 of the Kingdom of heaven is like to a man which sowed good seed in his field. The interpretation is the sower is the son of man.
The field is the world.
The good seed are the children of the Kingdom. It's not the word of God now that's the seed, but it's the children of the Kingdom. But the tares are the children of the wicked one.
The enemy that sold them is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the world, or the end of the age it should be. It's not the end of the world, but the end of the age, and the Reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.
The Son of Man. Now when he takes the title of Son of Man, that's the title that he took as the rejected one down here.
He was rejected here as the Son of Man. He's going to come back as the Son of Man and set up his Kingdom and reign.
As the son of man, they rejected him and he's going to be the ruler and he's going to reign.
The Son of Man shall send forth his angels. That's interesting. Before this it's the angels of God, but now it says his angels. This has been transferred the the, the reigning and the authority and the power has been transferred into his hands. The Son of Man, the man who was so abused and misused and mistreated because of the becoming a man becoming.
One that they could get to and.
That their wrath against verse 41, the Son of Man shall send forth his angels, his angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend and then which do iniquity. Now that's not the Kingdom of heaven, that's not happening now, that's the Kingdom of the Son of Man. When He comes, he'll gather out of His Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Son of Man. And so when the Millennium begins, he will gather out.
Of those that are not real and.
He gathers out of his Kingdom all things that defend, and then which do iniquity shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Now that's the interpretation. I'm going to read the parable again, verse 24. Another parable putting forth unto them, saying the Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.
That while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares. Enemy he interprets as the devil.
Among the wheat. The field is the world. Among the wheat.
And went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, and appeared the tears also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servant said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go?
And gathered them up.
Now this is not the church. This is the Kingdom of heaven. This is the sphere. This is the character that the Kingdom takes while he's rejected. And in heaven, the thought of the church is a little different. I know that in, in Timothy, the great house is very much like what we have here. And it, it doesn't say in, in Timothy nor nor here that we're to, to get rid of the, the tears or to, to leave them.
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To leave that sphere, but we're to depart from iniquity and seek out a clean place in that place.
Verse 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servant said unto him, Wilt thou go Thou then that we go and gather them up. But he said, Nay, lest while he gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them, Let both go together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers.
Verse 40 says, as therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world.
Now there's a break here.
And.
Verse 41 Says the Son of Man.
He'll send forth his angels, they shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that offend them, which do iniquity. So the Kingdom changes from the Kingdom of heaven, which is the form that it takes here, when He comes to judge and and deal with the evil, to the Kingdom of the Son of Man.
Kingdom of the Son of Man. Now I'm going back to verse 30 that both grow together until the harvest. This is still the Kingdom of heaven. And in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, gather you together first. The tears bind them in bundles to burn them. That hasn't been done yet. As long as it's the character of the Kingdom of heaven, the judgment hasn't fallen yet. It's what's happening in this present day.
It says Gabby first the tares bind them in bundles to burn them.
And I believe that you have developed not too long ago you've you've had Christian Science unity.
Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and on and on and on. All of these, these false religious cults.
And they're being gathered in bundles.
To be burned. Haven't been burned yet. The judgment hasn't fallen, but they're gathered.
But gather the wheat into my barn. That will come when the Lord that will take place. I take that to be when the Lord takes us home.
All right, now let's go back to verse 41. The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. So these, these that have been gathered, these tears that have been gathered in bundles to be burned, will then be burned and destroyed.
But that will be after we're taken home.
Verse 31.
Another parable putting forth unto them, saying.
The Kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.
That's a very small, insignificant seed, I understand, which indeed is the least of all seeds. That's what it says. But when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becometh as tree, so that the birds of the air could come and lodge in the branches thereof. Birds of the air, you remember from that first parable. They're the ones that come and take away. That was sown in the heart by the wayside.
And there's no fruit. And so they speak of the enemy. The birds of the air come enlarge in the branches of it. So this thing that started so small.
The, the, the sower went out. He sowed a seed. Now where there was the wheat and then there was the tears, There were the good and the bad. They were men. There were those who were real and those who were not real. In this sphere of the Kingdom of heaven, which it is, which is it is taken right now king is absent and he's gone on high. It's a Kingdom of heaven because the King's in heaven.
And we're the ones that seek to walk according to the principles of this Kingdom.
But the the tears don't. And there's all kinds of evil. And this second, this second parable.
It says.
It's like a grain of mustard seed starts out so small.
Remember what?
Turn over to Acts chapter 5 I think it is.
Connection with this comes to mind.
Acts Chapter 5.
They didn't know what to do with this new movement. Verse 34. Verse 33. When they heard that, they were cut to the heart and took counsel to slay them. The apostles then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had an reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space. And he said unto them, He, men of Israel, take heed to yourselves. What you intend to do is touching these men.
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For before these days rose up through this boasting himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about 400, joined themselves, who were slain, and all as many as obeyed him were scattered and brought to naughty.
But this man, after this man, rose up to the Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him. He also perished, and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, For if this council or this work be of men.
It will come to naughty.
But if it be of God.
You cannot overthrow it, lest happily be found even to fight against God. And to him they agreed.
And when they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.
They departed from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Started with such a small company just to.
A small grain of mustard seed and it grew into a great tree.
And it was big enough to shelter all the evil birds of Satan as well as the good ones.
Now we go back to verse chapter 13 and verse 33. Another parable. Spake he unto them.
The Kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven. 11 always speaks of evil.
In its spreading influence and power.
We know what leaven is, those that make bread. Leaven is what causes it to rise, and when you bake it, when you apply heat to it, 11 is arrested and stops, and that will eventually stop the 11 when the judgment comes. Kingdom of Heaven is like unto 11, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal to the whole was leavened.
So this woman is portrayed in Scripture several times. You've got Jezebel, you've got the woman, the harlot woman of Revelation 17 writing The Beast and the leaven is evil that's been sown, and Christendom is the harbinger of all kinds of evil.
And that's the third effect of this, this thing that had such a small start, insignificant start.
And.
Then it grew into a great system.
And then it became leaven. Leaven. The whole thing is not getting better. That leaven has been misinterpreted as the spread of the gospel until the whole world is converted. It's just the opposite. It's the increase of evil until the whole thing is leavened.
Verse 34. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables, and without a parable spake he not unto them.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. That's an entirely different house. The first verse he goes out of the House of Israel and preaches that which would apply mostly to Gentiles. Started out with Jews, but today Krishnam is mostly the Kingdom of heaven is mostly Gentiles.
And then he explains.
And we read down through verse 42.
And then it says in verse 43, Let me read verse 42 again. And he shall cast them. Verse 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his Kingdom. That's his earthly Kingdom, which you will, it's not the Kingdom of heaven. Now this is when the Son of man has his Kingdom, and all things that offend in them, which do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire, there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. So the evil will be judged and purged.
Out of His Kingdom, and then shall verse 43, Then shall the righteous shine forth as the Son in the Kingdom of their Father.
Who atheists to hear? Let him hear. So the heavenly side of the Kingdom is the Kingdom of the Father, and the earthly side is the Kingdom of the Son of Man.
But we're in neither.
We are in the Kingdom of heaven, which is the sphere of responsibility as a result of the word sewn in this scene, and we're in the midst of all this. So those first three said that there would be tears and wheat, and then there would be the.
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The.
11 is the last one.
The mustard seed, the great tree, the great system that would grow and then it would all be leavened and all become evil. Now, now we're in the house. The Lord is in the house and now he's going to he give the the character that the Kingdom of heaven would take.
Having to do with those who are real.
Verse 44. Again, The Kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. Field is the world. We know the witch, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Now he buys the whole field in order to get the treasure that's in the field, and the treasure are the Saints.
The one has put it this way. It says that what answers to the treasure is Romans. The Epistle of Romans answers to the treasure composed of stones and precious stones and and gold and silver and precious things. We're all part of that, the treasure. And he, he buys the whole field. The Lord bought the whole world.
In order to get this treasure.
Verse 45 Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto A merchant seeking goodly pearls.
This is just one Pearl.
Who, when he had found one Pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Notice he sells all that he has, and buys the field to get the treasure, and here he sells all that he has to get the Pearl. That's a picture of the church.
The Pearl one, the body of Christ and one bride.
One the treasures filled with many precious things, and the Pearl is 1 Ephesians answers to the Pearl Church, which is his body fullness of him that filleth All in all.
He sells all that he has to get the field, to get the treasure in the field, and to get the Pearl.
Treasure presents us as individual Saints, as each precious thing in that treasure would represent individual Saints, and the Pearl represents our collective, uniting together into one body and being the bride.
But there's one more similitude, and that's verse 47. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a net.
I believe this is the gospel net that goes, that gets cast and is going out today that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind.
Which when it was full, they drew to shore. His fisherman drew the net to shore and sat down and gathered. Notice the good into vessels.
But cast that away.
So here the fisherman, those that preach the gospel, they gather the good into vessels and that is they gather them to to the name of the Lord, gather them into groups where the truth is taught and held, and they cast the bat away. So it's just the opposite of what takes place at the judgment.
The good are cast put into vessels and the bad ones are castaway.
So shall it be at the end of the world.
Now, now that now this is at the end of the world. What's happening right now is verse 48. The net is cast, is brought to shore, the good are put into vessels, and the bad are thrown that castaway. But it's going to be a similar thing at the end of the world. There's going to be a distinction between what's good and what's bad. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. Notice in verse.
48 It's just the opposite.
They sat down and gathered the good into vessels. Cast the bat away. But at the end of the age the angels must come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. Verse 48 What's happening right now? Good are gathered into vessels and come amongst those who are holding the truth, and who are true and real believers.
The bundles that we read about earlier were the the evil cults and and sects and and groups, religious groups that Antichrist.
And I'm not saying that the good into vessels just represents those gathered to the Lord's name.
There are other groups of Christians in fundamental Bible believing churches that maybe never heard the truths that we've heard, and they still may be the good ones, and they're gathered into vessels that the bad had passed away.
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So shall it be at the end of the world. Now we go down to the end of the world a different time. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from the just.
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing.
And gnashing of teeth.
And that's when I believe. Go back to verse 43 and apply that. Then shall the righteous shine forth.
As the Son and the Kingdom of their Father.
Who hath ears to hear? Let him hear.
The righteous will shine forth.
So that's an interesting chapter.
One has said, if we understand.
Leviticus 23.
Where you have.
Prophetic outline.
Of Israel, and the church is even brought in there.
And Matthew 13.
And.
Revelation 2 and 3. Seven churches. You have the seven feasts of Jehovah and Leviticus 23.
You have the.
Parables 7. Parables Matthew 13, which is the dispensation of the Kingdom of heaven during this time when the king is absent. We're writing it now.
And you read through Matthew, like in the Matthew 5-6 and seven, we have the constitution of the Kingdom, what pertains to us right now.
It's Kingdom truth. We don't talk about that very often. We all usually talk about church truth. Kingdom truth brings before us our responsibility to live according to the principles of the Kingdom while the king is absent and the enemies seem to have the upper hand.
But that's going to change when the king comes back and sets up his Kingdom, and that will be the Kingdom of the Son of Man on earth. And then the heavenly side of that Kingdom is the Kingdom of the Father.
And we'll have part in that.