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1 | An Enemy Has Done This! (Matt 13:24-30) | Bible general Archive 4 | Vintage68 | 215542 | ||
Hi humility In order for you to be able to understand, the meaning to be found within this or any parable, you first have to understand, a parable was a tool Jesus used, to tell truth to the Jewish people, without them ever being able, to come to the knowledge of that truth. The use of the parables of Jesus were for the express purpose of Him fulfilling Prophesy. To be a teaching tool as some have espoused, is a false assumption. Jesus was speaking to the (Jewish people), knowing they (could not, would not, and did not), ever come to the knowledge to be found within His parables. Therefore how is it a teaching tool for their benefit? As far as it being a teaching tool for his disciples, it really isn't a teaching tool for them either, on the grounds, if Jesus was not speaking to the Jews, he would have given the understanding, knowledge and wisdom to be found in the parables, to the disciples in plain language, just as He had always done, with everything else He had ever taught them. The truth to be found in the parables of Jesus, are always, without exception, only about the Kingdom of God (Heaven). The following verses are for us, for the opening of our eyes to the knowledge about His kingdom. Matt. 13:10-17 10.) And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11.) He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 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. 13.) Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14.) And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15.) For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time 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. 16.) But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17.) 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. With all of the ground work now done, we come to your question. First read the parable, remembering what a parable is, and what it is teaching. Jesus sets out the 4 parts of this parable, in his explanation. Read slowly, carefully, deliberately letting the Holy Spirit, speak to you personally, this will help you to understand. part 1: Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; part 2: the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Part 3: As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall 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. part 4: Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Question: "How could I uproot the wheat along with the tares" Answer: Do you now see, it isn't you that will be doing the uprooting? Question: "How could the wheat and the tares be yoked together?" Answer: Do you now see, they are not yoked together, they have been planted separately by the enemy. Hope this helps Vintage68 |
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2 | An Enemy Has Done This! (Matt 13:24-30) | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 215547 | ||
Hi, Vintage... Of the 33 parables of Christ, how many of them were for people other than the disciples? Two perhaps? Maybe three? If the parables were primarily for the instruction of the disciples, that would lend little credence to your assertions. Even the passage in Matthew 13 (which you cited) regarded the Lord's answer to an explicit question regarding parables from His disciples. A bit more orthodox approach to sound exegesis of gospel parabolic passages can be found in my post #157835. In Him, Doc |
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3 | An Enemy Has Done This! (Matt 13:24-30) | Bible general Archive 4 | Vintage68 | 215555 | ||
Hi Doc in your post, you say. "Of the 33 parables of Christ, how many of them were for people other than the disciples? Two perhaps? Maybe three?" Would you be so kind, as to provide me with this list of the 33, with the possible 2 or 3 you have mentioned, I would really appreciate it. Because in this chapter alone, there are 4 parables spoken to the people. you go on to say. "Even the passage in Matthew 13 (which you cited) regarded the Lord's answer to an explicit question regarding parables from His disciples." What are you intimating by the fact He was only answering an explicit question? Unless I have missed something, Matt.13 is the chapter in which the question was originally asked, which started this thread. Therefore any answer Jesus might have given, was in direct relation to the context of this chapter. I offer as a conformation, of that answer made by Jesus, these two verses, you will find they are saying virtually the same things, as do the verses 10 - 17 previously posted, But these two, are not in relation to any question asked. 34.) All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35.) 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. welcome back Vintage68 |
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4 | An Enemy Has Done This! (Matt 13:24-30) | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 215564 | ||
Dear Vintage, Thank you for your greeting. Regarding the number of parables: I pulled the number from memory. As I recall there were one or two in dispute amongst scholars as to whether they might actually be considered parabolic. (I think I remembered the number 33 simply because that was about Jesus' age at His crucifixion. That's just the way my mind works.) You can search around the Internet and find itemizations of the parables. Counting them oneself might yield the greatest benefit. At 90 chapters, reading through the gospels in a month is an easy task. One might make that effort, counting and categorizing the parables, and later checking one's work against readily available references. A book that is well worth picking up is "How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth" by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. The chapter "The Parables: Do You Get the Point?" would be particularly helpful -- but I'd encourage anyone to read it cover to cover. This is just one of the books I've used in my hermeneutic classes. Of all of them, though, I deem this to be the easiest read and the most immediately practical. Since the parable in question was explained by Christ after its telling, I should think that we are remiss in seeking any other explanations. As Fee and Stuart wrote, "...for all their charm and simplicity, the parables have suffered the fate of misinterpretation in the church second only to the Revelation." (page 149) That observation certainly seems to be confirmed from posts here on the SBF. As to the specific parables that were directed to people other than Christ's disciples, I think you will find that there are only a very small number. Whereas it is certainly likely that we do not have all the parables Christ spoke, I assumed that our discussion related to those specifically disclosed in the gospels. By the way, Christ explains with almost painfully explicit language why people did not understand what He was teaching in John 8:43-47. The apostolic teachings as expressed in the epistles confirm that the reason for comprehension or the lack of comprehension remains the same today. In Him, Doc |
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