Parables of the Leavened

He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened."

The woman symbolizes the creator who created man and woman. She is the woman who gave birth to a son in Revelation 12. She is the bride. The three pecks of flour is about tribulation of man that is the 7 seals of Judgment, 7 trumpets, and 7 bowls. It is about the judgment of evil man (leaven) and purify him until there is no more evil in him (leavened)

Related verses…

'No grain offering, which you bring to the LORD, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to the LORD. (Leviticus 2:11)

'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. (Exodus 12:15)

Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:8)

And He was giving orders to them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." (Mark 8:15)

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. (Matthew 16:12)

They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker who ceases to stir up the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. (Hosea 7:4)

Parables of the Mustard Seed

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.”

The mustard seed is about human faith. It is about the faith of the Messiah and his power of the coming Kingdom. If a person has faith as small as a mustard seed he will grow ten times than before and becomes prosperous. He can accomplish whatever he likes. People will come and listen to him and obeys him as a king. People will dwell on him and bless him because of the courage and strength he gives. The birds or the angels will come and minister for Him.

Related verses…

“And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (Matthew 24:30-31)

And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you. (Luke 17:6)

And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. (Matthew 17:20)

Parables of the Wheat and Tares

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
Explanation
“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
“As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

This parable is about the end time prophecy when God will send his angels to harvest the fields (means the earth). When Jesus came to preach the words of God many people misinterpret the true meaning of God. Man twisted the words of God by misquoting it as to mislead others and grew more evil. Therefore God will send his angels to preach the words of God and what it truly meant and when the angels preach they will be prepared and ready to go to the kingdom of God (which is the barn). These angels are the helper.

The reason why the farmer (God) did not pull the weeds is because the servants (angels) might uproot the wheat which is good. It is better to make them grow and teach them proper. And when the time comes, it will be easy for the angels to divide the wheat and the tares. So In this way, He will not lose them to evil.
This is about people who sin because of the influence of the wicked man but still do righteous deed in the sight of God.
So if you are influence by evil (because of persecution and fear) and still want to do good this is probably a good chance for you to change and accept God and do his will.
God knows the one who will change and who will not. So prove yourself to be good. It is all in the will of a person.

Related verses…

The helper (John 15:26-27)
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning."

The lost sheep (Luke 15: 4-7)
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Shepherd and his flock (John 10)
… “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
(The other flock is the Gentiles.)

The angels (Revelation 22:16 )
I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendants of David, the bright morning stars.

Dividing the wheat and tares (Revelation 22:11)
“Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”

The Parables of the Sower

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:18-23
“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

These are people who hear the words of God but disregard the words of God because of the influence of man. When Jesus first appeared in the synagogue in Nazareth and proclaimed that He is the messiah people started to rebuke him because they know Jesus as the son of Joseph and for this reason they did not believe. Same thing what happen to the Pharisee. The world did not believe and because of the disbelief they influence people not to believe in Him. Even the prophecy said that son of man will be descendant of David’s line (David’s line means the next chosen king after David, Salomon was a default because he is the son of David. Normally God pick the next king as he picks David.) Or He will grow us as a Nazarene.
Even after the death of Jesus, people tried to hide the truth about Jesus. The leaders of temple ordered them not to speak of Jesus name or else they will be stoned to death so the next seed comes…

The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

These are the seeds of the disciples’ people who hear the words of God and take it with so much joy because of the blessing of God and the power he gave to the saint by receiving the Holy Spirit but when God tested his followers they lose faith. Jesus had prophecies that they will be stone to death by the Sanhedrin. They will have tribulation because they are not from this world. These are the seals of God. This is about the Revelation 6

Read more: “The Destiny of the Saints” (under construction)

The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.

These are the next seed after the saints. These people are the medieval – 21’st century period who hear the words of God and received it with great fear in his heart and because of fear he warns the whole world with so much terror as to cause chaos and the world becomes unfruitful. People learn to doubt and fear God and because of this they have no faith in their heart but terror and confusion. They mislead people because of the fear of God and God’s law.
These are the leaders who went to make war because of God.
These are the preacher who made wealth by using the name of God with fear.
These are the prophets who prophecy terror and condemn people.
You see them in the news, blogs, and forums.

But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

These are people who hear the words with great understanding and take it to heart as to practice what is good and do good deeds.
This is you now learning what is good as to have faith, to have courage, to have compassion, and to have love in your heart and soul.
Be fruitful and multiply with love (I am not saying to have babies as many of you are probably thinking. What I am saying is to show love so other will love also.)

Listen to what God is trying to preach to you…
“Do not judge so that you will not be judge.”
“Forgive people sins so the father in heaven will forgive also”
“Love one another” (This fulfills the whole law of God)

For god said…
“For I desired mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings”

Start believing and your hearth will heal you. God’s is not that far away from you.
Look inside your heart and you will see God.

Perception of Man

This blog is about human perception. I will discuss how God uses parables to explain the true nature of God like.
For God said…

YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’

Parables are like an example of what the kingdom of God is like. We as humans are very materialistic and we see or hear things according to our own understanding. The reason why God talks in parables is because we become blinded to the truth even when we see the truth. Only children can understand the whole meaning of the words. We deny what we cannot see because we want to see things according to our own observation.
For example the disciples Phillip keep asking “Where God is?” in John 14 and Jesus reply…
"Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father '?
Even though Philip was told where God is He still did not believe Jesus is the Father. He was expecting something grand. He think like other man would think so therefore God said you will keep on hearing or seeing but will not understand. This is what happen to man when they read the bible they have different interpretation or perception of the words of God. People question God and God replies but they do not understand because we are expecting what we can see and touch.
Even though Jesus showed them many miracles and wonders people were not satisfied because they had evil in their hearts. People wanted control and power like Jesus had. Many people will test God to observe how he does it and where he gets his power.
Even if Jesus said He will rise on the third day people will still not believe him because he cannot see it. For example Thomas in John 19
Thomas said to the other disciples…
“Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”
Or…
Even if Jesus said to Peter he will deny him three times Peter did not believe him until it happened and believe.
These are the things that were mysterious to the disciples and believed once they saw it. They did not understand until it was shown to them and believe. This is what will happen to unbeliever once the kingdom of God comes.
We question and mock God now but when the time comes we will not question him anymore because everything he said will be fulfilled and we will be glad.
We deny God many times but God understand that we are unbelieving and he will heal our unbelief. This is what will the Messiah will do.