Uninterpreted Parables (Matthew 13:31-33; 44-50)

(Class Notes)

• Guide to the Uninterpreted Parables
  • ISRAEL'S DIVINE EARTHLY KING (Luke 22:28-30 cf. Jeremiah 23:5-6) declares that the INTERPRETED PARABLES, e.g. the PARABLE of the SOWER (Mark 4:2-8; 14-20), are to serve as a GUIDE to the UNINTERPRETED PARABLES (Mark 4:10,13):
    • The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is the THEME of the INTERPRETED PARABLES, e.g. the PARABLE of the TARES (Matthew 13:24)
    • The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is the THEME of the UNINTERPRETED PARABLES, e.g. the PARABLE of the MUSTARD SEED (Matthew 13:31) and the PARABLE of the HIDDEN LEAVEN (Matthew 13:33)
  • The KINGDOM of HEAVEN (Matthew 4:17) is the THOUSAND YEAR REIGN (Revelation 20:4,6) of HEAVEN'S KING on EARTH (Matthew 6:10 cf. Daniel 2:44) and is the THEME of OT PROPHECY (Luke 1:68-70 cf. Isaiah 9:6-7; Psalms 2:6-8):
    • Thus, it is OT PROPHECY that will also shed MUCH LIGHT (II Peter 1:19 cf. Daniel 2:45) on the MYSTERIES (SECRETS) REVEALED (Revelation 10:7 cf. Daniel 2:28-29,47) concerning the KINGDOM of HEAVEN (Revelation 11:15 cf. Daniel 2:34-45; 44-45)

• The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32)
  • In Creation, HERBS BEARING SEED and FRUIT TREES YIELDING SEED are NOT the SAME KIND of SEED (Genesis 1:29)
  • The REVELATION of a MILLENNIAL SECRET:
    • Thus, the MUSTARD SEED being the LEAST HERB and BECOMING the GREATEST HERB and a GREAT TREE indicates ABNORMAL GROWTH (Matthew 13:31-32):
      • NATIONS are represented by TREES in OT PROPHECY (Ezekiel 31:3-6; Daniel 4:10-12,20-22)
    • Likewise, MESSIAH'S KINGDOM, i.e HIS FIELD (Matthew 13:31) - BEGINS SMALL with they that are "LEFT OF ALL THE NATIONS" (Zechariah 14:16) and THEN MUSHROOMS into that which BECOMES "the HOLD of EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, and a CAGE of EVERY HATEFUL BIRD" (Revelation 18:2):
      • "And WHEN the THOUSAND YEARS are EXPIRED, SATAN shall be LOOSED OUT OF HIS PRISON, and shall GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS which are in the FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH" (Revelation 20:7-8)

• The Parable of the Hidden Leaven (Matthew 13:33)
  • The Lord likened FALSE DOCTRINE to LEAVEN (Matthew 16:6,11-12; Mark 8:15) and He also likened FALSE BEHAVIOR to LEAVEN (Luke 12:1)
  • The Lord likened the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN to THREE MEASURES OF MEAL (Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21):
    • A VISUAL TYPE of this likeness can be SEEN in the "THREE MEASURES OF FINE MEAL", which Abraham told Sarah to "make ready quickly" (Genesis 18:6) for their THREE HEAVENLY VISITORS (Genesis 18:2) - the LORD (Genesis 18:1) and the TWO ANGELS that He dispatched to EXECUTE JUDGMENT upon Sodom (Genesis 18:16-17 cf. Genesis 19:1,12-13)
  • The WOMAN which HID the LEAVEN (Matthew 13:33) is a reference to the OT PARABLE concerning the WOMAN who is HIDDEN in the EPHAH (Zechariah 5:7):
    • This OT PARABLE is EXPLAINED by the angel who gave the prophet this vision (Zechariah 5:5,10), i.e. the WOMAN represents the land of SHINAR (Zechariah 5:11) which is also known as the land of BABYLON (Daniel 1:1-2)
  • The REVELATION of a MILLENNIAL SECRET - BABYLON will yet FALL TWICE again in the FUTURE (Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:2):
    • During the TRIBULATION WEEK (Daniel 9:27) - BABYLON in its RELIGIOUS FORM - as represented by the IDOLATROUS WHORE SITTING UPON THE BEAST (Revelation 17:3-5) - is a reference to SINFUL JERUSALEM (Revelation 17:6,18; Revelation 18:24 cf. Matthew 23:37; Revelation 11:7-8)
    • The RELIGIOUS FORM of BABYLON will be JUDGED BY THE BEAST & THE TEN KINGS who will "HATE HER FLESH" (Revelation 17:12-13,16-17 cf. Isaiah 28:15-18) - as represented by the LEAD (MAN'S JUDGMENT) SHUTTING "the MOUTH thereof" of the EPHAH (Zechariah 5:8)
    • During the MILLENNIUM (Revelation 20:4,6) - BABYLON in its COMMERCIAL FORM - as represented by "the WOMAN that SITTETH in the MIDST of the EPHAH" (Zechariah 5:7) - will be the WICKED ANTITHESIS (Zechariah 5:8) of "a JUST EPHAH" (Leviticus 19:36; Ezekiel 45:10)
    • This COMMERCIAL FORM of BABYLON (Revelation 18:11-16) will be JUDGED BY THE LORD GOD HIMSELF (Revelation 18:7-8) and "the KINGS of the EARTH ... shall BEWAIL HER, and LAMENT for HER" (Revelation 18:9-10)
    • As at the BEGINNING, so shall it be at the END - the Lord will say, "COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE" (Revelation 18:4 cf. Genesis 15:7)

• The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44)
  • The REVELATION of a MILLENNIAL SECRET:
    • Despite the INFESTATION of the HIDDEN LEAVEN (Matthew 13:33) resulting in a SEEMINGLY WORTHLESS FIELD (Matthew 13:31-32) - there is a HIDDEN TREASURE within it (Matthew 13:44)
    • REDEEMED ISRAEL, the ROYAL PRIESTLY NATION, is that HIDDEN TREASURE (I Peter 2:9 cf. Exodus 19:5-6; Isaiah 61:6)
    • The fact that MESSIAH PURCHASED the WHOLE FIELD (Matthew 13:44) shows that "the LIVING GOD ... is the SAVIOR OF ALL ... SPECIALLY OF THOSE THAT BELIEVE" (I Timothy 4:10), i.e. the PAYMENT was made FOR ALL, BUT it was RECEIVED ONLY BY "THEY WHICH LIVE" (II Corinthians 5:15)

• The Parable of the Precious Pearl (Matthew 13:45-46)
  • The REVELATION of a MILLENNIAL SECRET:
    • In ADDITION TO the HIDDEN TREASURE (Matthew 13:44) - there is that "ONE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE" (Matthew 13:46) FOUND AMONGST the "GOODLY PEARLS" (Matthew 13:45)
    • The REDEEMED GENTILES (Romans 15:11 cf. Psalms 117:1 & Romans 15:12 cf. Isaiah 11:10) will ALSO have ACCESS TO the HEAVENLY JERUSALEM (Revelation 21:2,10) THROUGH its PEARLY GATES (Revelation 21:21,24-26)

• TheParable of the Fish Net (Matthew 13:47-50)
  • The REVELATION of the FINAL MILLENNIAL SECRET:
    • There will be a FINAL REBELLION of the NATIONS as represented by the "GREAT NET" cast into the sea and brought to the shore where the "GOOD VESSELS" will be "GATHERED" and the "BAD VESSELS" will be "CAST AWAY" (Matthew 13:47-48)
    • HOWEVER, "ALL ISRAEL shall be SAVED" (Romans 11:26) AFTER having been PURGED - according to the PROPHESIED DIVINE COVENANT (Romans 11:26-27 cf. Isaiah 59:20-21), i.e. according to the PROPHESIED NEW COVENANT (Jeremiah 31:31-34) - and, thus, "they are the SEED OF THE BLESSED LORD, AND THEIR OFFSPRING WITH THEM" (Isaiah 65:23)
    • This FINAL SEVERANCE of "the WICKED FROM among THE JUST" shall be done by the angels "at the END of the WORLD (AGE)" (Matthew 13:49) and THEN THE SON "shall have DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD, EVEN THE FATHER" (I Corinthians 15:24)
    • At the END of the MILLENIAL KINGDOM AGE - there will be an ETERNAL "FURNACE OF FIRE" for the KINGDOM REBELS (Matthew 13:50 cf. Revelation 20:7-9) and for ANYONE "NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE" (Revelation 20:15)

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