Conclusion to Parables (Matthew 13:51-52)

(Class Notes)

• The Disciples' Understanding (Matthew 13:51)
  • The DSICIPLES UNDERSTOOD "these things" (Matthew 13:51), i.e. the things pertaining to "the MYSTERIES (SECRETS) of the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 13:11) as communicated via these PARABLES (Matthew 13:34-35)
  • However, MESSIAH'S DISCIPLES did NOT UNDERSTAND the things pertaining to MESSIAH'S SUFFERINGS (Luke 18:31-34) - UNTIL the COMING of the HOLY SPIRIT (John 16:12-13) - WHEN they BORE WITNESS to MESSIAH'S RESURRECTION (Acts 2:29-33)

• The Instructed Scribe (Matthew 13:52)
  • The INSTRUCTED SCRIBE concerning "the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that is an HOUSEHOLDER, which bringeth forth out of his TREASURE things NEW and OLD" (Matthew 13:52):
    • The NEW things are MESSIAH'S PARABLES about "the MYSTERIES (SECRETS) of the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 13:11)
    • The OLD things are the OT PROPHECIES (Revelation 10:7 cf. Amos 3:7) about the REIGN of HEAVEN'S DIVINE KING upon the EARTH (Matthew 6:10; Revelation 11:15 cf. Jeremiah 23:5-6; Daniel 2:34-35,44-45)
  • The UNINSTRUCTED SCRIBES (Matthew 23:15) are called "BLIND GUIDES" (Matthew 23:16), because they "TOOK AWAY the KEY of KNOWLEDGE from the people" and, thus, BLOCKED the ENTRANCE into MESSIAH'S KINGDOM (Luke 11:52):
    • The PHYSICALLY BLIND man (John 9:1-3) had to "PRESS" past (Matthew 11:12 cf. John 9:24-34) Israel's SPIRITUALLY BLIND religious leaders (John 9:40-41)
  • At "the TIME of the END: many shall run to and fro, and KNOWLEDGE shall be INCREASED" (Daniel 12:4):
    • The Hebrew word "shuwt" translated "run to and fro" (Daniel 12:4) is very closely related to the word "suwt" translated "turn aside" as in "turn aside to LIES" (Psalms 40:4) - note the CONFESSION of APOSTATE ISRAEL in "the TIME of JACOB'S TROUBLE" (Jeremiah 30:7), "we have made a COVENANT with DEATH, and with HELL are we in AGREEMENT ... for we have made LIES our REFUGE, and under FALSEHOOD have we HID ourselves" (Isaiah 28:15)
    • The "KNOWLEDGE" which "shall be INCREASED" (Daniel 12:4) is in reference to what "the WISE shall UNDERSTAND" and to that which "NONE of the WICKED shall UNDERSTAND" (Daniel 12:10), i.e. the KNOWLEDGE of the "SURE WORD of PROPHECY ... that SHINETH in a DARK PLACE (TRIBULATION) UNTIL the DAY DAWN (MILLENIUM)" (II Peter 1:19)
    • The WICKED "shall be GIVEN TO him (ANTICHRIST) by reason of TRANSGRESSION" (Daniel 8:12) whereas the WISE "shall INSTRUCT many" (Daniel 11:33) and, thus, "TURN many UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Daniel 12:3)

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