The Figurative Seed and Field [Shincheonji Church of Jesus]

 

[Shicheonji Church of Jesus] 
The Figurative Seed and Field 

The Word of Revelation from Heaven 

Main Reference

Mt 13:31-32
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 

32 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 kingdom of heaven →(parable) mustard seed (in his field)

What are the true meanings of the figurative seed and field? 

➥ Seed = Word

Field =A person's heart and church 

1. Figurative Seed 

Psalms 78:1-4 
1 O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. 
2 I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old 
3 what we have heard and known, what out fathers have told us. 
4 We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. 

➥prophet's prophecy → Jesus' fulfillment (Mt 13:34-35)

•The importance of the figurative seed 

Mk 4:13) Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

➥The parable of the seed = The basis of all the parables 

⁕Physical characteristics of the seed 

 ① The origin of life of a living things 

 ② You reap what you sow (hereditary characteristics) 

    Physical characteristics → true meanings of the parables 

1) The true meaning of the figurative seed

Lk 8:11) This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God 

Mk 4:14) The farmer sows the Word 

1 Pet 1:23) For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 

➨ True meaning of the figurative seed = The Word

2) Types of figurative seeds 

God's seed and the devil's seed 

3) The importance of the figurative seed 

Jer 31:27) "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals. 

Mt 13:24-25) 
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 
25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 

➥ God's see, Satan's seed 

Mt 13:37-39) 

37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 

38 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. 

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 

Jn 3:9-10

9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because Go'd seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God 

10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother 

➨ The secrets of heaven = Seed 

2. Figurative Field 

⁕Characteristics of a physical field 

 ① Where seeds are sowed

 ② Where seeds grow and bear fruit 

1 Cor 3:9 ) You (people) = God's field 

Lk 8:15) Good soil = A noble and good heart (field) 

Mt 13:38) Field = The world (the church of Jesus) 

➨ True meaning of the figurative field = Person's heart, church 

3. Parable of Four Types of Fields 

Mt 13:3-8) Parables of sowing seeds 

➥ Parables of sowing seeds → interpretation 

Mt 13:18-19) Path : Anyone who hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, and gets what was sown in his heart snatched away 

Mt 13:20-21) Rocky field : The one who falls away (betrays) when trouble or persecution comes 

Mt 13:22) Thorny field : The one who hears the word, but the worries of life and deceitfulness of wealth choke it making it unfruitful 

Mt 13:23) Good soil : The one who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop 

The Figurative Seed and Field [Shincheonji Church of Jesus]

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