“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
 Parable #6 -  “THE SOWER”
READ Matthew 13:3-6,7-10,11-14,15-18,19-22,23
This is the 1st of the 13 kingdom of heaven parables

It also has application to the kingdom of God dispensation in Mark 4:2-5,6-9,10-13,14-17,18-20;
Luke 8:4-7,8-11,12-15

BACKGROUND:
In 445BC, with one Bible week equating to seven years (a prophetic year being 360 days), God commanded that seventy weeks each of 7 years, would be determined upon Israel, that is … 70 weeks x 7 years = 490 years (Daniel 9:24-27).

This time frame is broken into four time periods of (a) 7 weeks + (b) 62 weeks + (c) the mystery church age of about 2,000 years + (d) 1 week = 70 weeks and is explained as follows:

#1. Seven weeks of years is 7 x 7 = 49 years … the time it takes to restore and build Jerusalem from 445BC to 396BC.

#2. Sixty two weeks of years is 62 x 7 = 434 years … the time from the building of Jerusalem in 396BC to Christ being cut off at the cross in 32AD.

#3. The church age of approximately 2,000 years

#4. One week of years is 1 x 7 = 7 years … this is the seven years of tribulation of God’s wrath upon the earth, that takes place after the rapture … called Daniel’s 70th week.

The following Timeline will help (not drawn to scale):                                       

 DANIEL 9:24-27
“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city … from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks … after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off … he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week …”


“THE SOWER PARABLE” READ Matthew 13:3-23; Mark 4:2-20; Luke 8:4-15

Dear Reader, people who hear about some new self-improvement program … say “The U-Beaut Diet” or “Get Fit in 10 Days” … respond in one of four ways as follows:

#1. A total rejection … “Nah! What a load of rubbish! That’s not for me!”

#2. Started excitedly but don’t last long … maybe got bored?

#3. Begin with purpose, but the pressures of modern life prove too much.

#4. Start, persist and produce results

Christ gets the same responses from his sowing of his salvation gospel seed of the kingdom of heaven works program (Matthew chapters 5-6-7) as follows:

 #1. On the way side … birds eat the seeds immediately … no root no fruit (Matthew 13:4)

#2. On stony places … the seed has minimal root growth … no plant no fruit (Matt 13:5)

#3. Thorns choke the delicate emerging plants … still no fruit (Matthew 13:7)

#4. The seed on good ground produces fruit (Matthew 13:8)

So what were the works they had to undertake for salvation?

1. You must be pure in heart to see God (Matthew 5:8)

2. Your righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees (Matthew 5:20).

3. Saying “Thou fool” with no good cause will mean hell fire (Matthew 5:22)

4. Lusting after women is adultery and equal to the act (Matthew 5:27-28)

5. Pluck your eye out if necessary if it causes you to sin (Matthew 5:30)

6. There will be no oaths using heaven’s name (Matthew 5:33)

7. Limit your agreements to a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ (Matthew 5:37)

8. Don’t pay back evil for evil (Matthew 5:38-44) but go the extra mile (Matthew 5:41)

9. You have to be perfect like God (Matthew 5:48)

10. Give alms in secret (Matthew 6:1-4)

11. Pray in secret (Matthew 6:5-8)

12. Forgive others or God won’t forgive you (6:14-1

13. Fast in secret (Matthew 6:16-18)

14. No hoarding up money or goods (Matthew 6:19-21, 24)

15. No worrying about food and drink (Matthew 6:25-33)

16. Take no thought about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34)

17. No hypocrisy (Matthew 7:1-5)

18. Beware of false prophets (Matthew 7:15-18,19-22,23) 

Israel’s salvation depended on their 100% perfect completion of the above works … a mission impossible!

 And as his puzzled disciples said “Who then can be saved?” (Matthew 19:25)

 But Christ says “I’ll fulfil them on your behalf if you continuously believe that I can do this for you (John 3:16) … plus you’ll need to sacrifice animal blood for the remission of past sins … to give you a home in Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:23) upon death. I will then come and take captivity captive into heaven (Ephesians 4:8) where the kingdom of God is.”

Group #4 were the only group to produce fruit.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD APPLICATION … CHRISTIAN APPLICATION
As a man will have eternal security in this dispensation, it’s only the man’s works that shall be tried by fire.

“Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” (1 Corinthians 3:13-15)

And Dear Reader, have you considered that unlike the kingdom application of only group #4 getting into Abraham’s bosom on death, and then eventually the kingdom of God in heaven, groups #2, #3, and along with of course, group #4, under today’s kingdom of God dispensation, will directly enter the kingdom of God, being heaven itself.

#2. On stony places … the seed has minimal root growth … still has roots … saved but fruit.

#3. Thorns choke the delicate emerging plants … has roots and delicate plant …. saved but no fruit

#4. The seed on good ground produces fruit … saved with roots, plant and fruit.

 
Harley Hitchcock
October 2023


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“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
 Parable #7 -   “THE TARES”
Matthew 13:24-30; Matthew 13:36-39,40-42
This 2nd of the 13 kingdom of heaven parables.


“ARE THERE 12 OR 13

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PARABLES?”

ANSWER:  “THIRTEEN”

“… he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things
new and old.” (Matt 13:52)




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