THE PARABLE OF THE DRAGNET The seventh and last of the Kingdom parables is that of the Dragnet. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels and cast the bad away.” (Matt 13:47, 48) Is anyone puzzled as to where, on the stream of time, the chronological fulfillment of…
Having considered the first four of the little group of seven parables recorded in the 13th chapter of Matthew we move on to the fifth. THE PARABLE OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” (Matt 13:44) “Let us see if we can discover its chronological fulfillment. Before we…
“Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” (Matt 13:33) PROFESSING CHURCH ASSUMES BABYLONISH CHARACTER (Excerpt taken from The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom, October 1921) “Into these “three measures of meal” the woman of the parable is seen putting leaven, or evil, corrupting teaching. The woman undoubtedly represents the false Church, which is frequently in the Scriptures symbolized by…
THE PARABLE OF THE LEAVEN HIDDEN IN THE MEAL “Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” (Matt 13:33) The fourth parable, that of a woman who hid leaven in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened, shows the result of this rank, worldly prosperity of the Church. It becomes completely corrupted in life and doctrine. The…
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED “Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” (Matt 13:31, 32) There is a well-known saying, “One thing leads…
“He spoke many things unto them in parables.” – Matt 13:3. The following lesson comes from an article from The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom dated February, 1956 and compliments our study on Mystic Babylon its rise and fall as well as providing some needful insight into several of our Lord’s parables concerning the kingdom. We have also added some additional excerpts taken from some other articles on the same subject. There may be some editing done, but nothing to detract…
We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The New Earth? And who Adventist believe will dwell there We continue with our examination of Isaiah Chapter 35 VERSE 9 “No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; It shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there.” “No lion [Satan] shall be there.” Of course, there are other “lions” (temptations) too, but he is the greatest one….
We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The New Earth? And who Adventist believe will dwell there We continue with our examination of Isaiah Chapter 35 VERSE 6 “Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.” “Then the lame (both those physically lame as well as those lame in character) shall leap like a…
We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The New Earth? And who Adventist believe will dwell there According to our Adventist friends: “The “saints” will live with God in the New Earth. In Isaiah 35:9-10 we are told, “But only the redeemed will walk there, and those who the Lord has rescued will return.” In order to gain a better understanding of the text here quoted from Isaiah by our Adventist friends in support…
We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The New Earth? And who Adventist believe will dwell there We continue with our examination of Isaiah Chapter 34 VERSE 12 “They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.” VERSE 13 “And thorns shall come up in its palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortresses; It shall be a habitation of jackals, A courtyard for…