In the MILLENNIUM - "OUT OF ZION SHALL GO FORTH THE
LAW, AND THE WORD OF THE LORD FROM JERUSALEM" (Isaiah 2:3),
so that "THE EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD, AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA" (Isaiah 11:9)
However, the SOWER (the SON of MAN) REVEALS that NOT ALL
the SEED (the WORD) will GROW and BECOME FRUITFUL (Matthew 13:4-7 cf.Mark 4:4-7)
- ONLY the SEED SOWN in the "GOOD GROUND" will "BRING FORTH FRUIT" (Matthew 13:8 cf.Mark 4:8)
It is REVEALED that the SEED SOWN by the "WAYSIDE"
refers to the HEARTS of those who are WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING and, thus, have the WORD STOLEN - by "THE WICKED
ONE", i.e. by SATAN (Matthew 13:19 cf.Mark 4:15):
At the END of the MILLENNIUM - BABYLON will become "the
HABITATION of DEVILS (DEMONS), and the HOLD of EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, and a CAGE of EVERY UNCLEAN and HATEFUL BIRD"
(Revelation 18:2) and, thus, "the FOWLS came and DEVOURED them up" (Matthew 13:4 cf.Mark 4:4)
It is REVEALED that the SEED SOWN into "STONY PLACES"
refers to the HEARTS of those who have "NO ROOT" to ENDURE PERSECUTION and TRIBULATION (Matthew 13:20-21 cf.Mark 4:16-17):
At the END of the MILLENNIUM - SATAN will be "LOOSED
OUT OF HIS PRISON" (Revelation 20:7) and will "DECEIVE THE NATIONS ... TO GATHER THEM TO BATTLE"
(Revelation 20:8), so that they will have "COMPASSED THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS"
(Revelation 20:9)
It is REVEALED that the SEED SOWN among the "THORNS"
refers to the HEARTS of those who are "CHOKED" with the DECEITFULNESS of RICHES (Matthew 13:22 cf.Mark 4:18-19):
At the END of the MILLENNIUM - "the MERCHANTS of
the earth ... shall WEEP and MOURN over her" (Revelation 18:11) and they shall cry, "ALAS, ALAS THAT GREAT CITY Babylon, THAT
MIGHT CITY! for in one hour is THY JUDGMENT COME" (Revelation 18:10)
It is REVEALED that the SEED SOWN into the "GOOD
GROUND" refers to the HEARTS of those who HEAR THE WORD AND UNDERSTAND IT (Matthew 13:23 cf.Mark 4:20):
DURING the MILLENNIUM - there will be the ENFORCED WORSHIP
of the "UNFRUITFUL GROUND" NATIONS (Zechariah 14:16-19) as well as the WILLING WORSHIP of the "GOOD GROUND" NATIONS
(Isaiah 56:6-7)
The HOUSEHOLDER (MASTER of the HOUSE) and also said to
be the SOWER (Matthew 13:27) - is the "SON of MAN" (Matthew 13:37)
In the PRECEDING PARABLE, the SEED is "the WORD of
the KINGDOM" (Matthew 13:19 cf.Mark 4:14),
BUT in THIS PARABLE the GOOD SEED are "the CHILDREN of the KINGDOM" (Matthew 13:38)
The TARES are "the CHILDREN of the WICKED ONE"
(Matthew 13:38) - those SOWN by the MASTER'S ENEMY, i.e. the DEVIL (Matthew 13:39)
The HARVEST is "the END of the WORLD (AGE)"
and the SERVANTS are the REAPERS, i.e. the ANGELS (Matthew 13:39-40)
The REVELATION of a MILLENNIAL SECRET:
At the END of the MESSIANIC KINGDOM AGE - "the SON
of MAN" shall send forth His ANGELS, and they shall GATHER OUT of His Kingdom ALL THINGS THAT OFFEND ... and
shall CAST THEM INTO a FURNACE of FIRE" (Matthew 13:41-42 cf.I Corinthians 15:25-27)
It is REVEALED in the OT that in the FIRST UPRISING of
GOG and MAGOG launched AGAINST ISRAEL (Ezekiel 38:1-7 cf.Psalms 83:1-8)
- it is MESSIAH that both GATHERS ALL NATIONS AGAINST JERUSALEM and FIGHTS AGAINST THOSE NATIONS (Zechariah 14:2-3):
The RESULT is RENOWN for ISRAEL (Ezekiel 39:13)
in that it will take her SEVEN YEARS to BURN her ENEMIES' WEAPONS (Ezekiel 39:9) and SEVEN MONTHS to BURY her DEAD ENEMIES (Ezekiel 39:12)
It is REVEALED in the OT that there will be ANOTHER UPRISING
of GOG and MAGOG "AFTER MANY DAYS ... in the LATTER YEARS" WHEN ISRAEL has been "BROUGHT BACK FROM
THE SWORD" (Ezekiel 38:8) and is "AT REST" (Ezekiel 38:11)
At the END of the MILLENNIAL KINGDOM - "SATAN shall
be LOOSED out of his prison ... GOG and MAGOG, to GATHER THEM TOGETHER to battle" (Revelation 20:7-8)
- "like a CLOUD to COVER the LAND" (Ezekiel 38:9 cf.Revelation 20:9)